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Learning from Falling

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Released
  
July 30, 2002

Length
  
54:37

Release date
  
30 July 2002

Recorded
  
2002

Artist
  
Lamya

Label
  
J Records

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Learning From Falling (2002)
  
Hiding in Plain Sight (TBA)

Genres
  
Dance music, Rhythm and blues, Trip hop

Producers
  
Peter Edge, David Kahne, Nellee Hooper, Lamya, Soulshock

Similar
  
Speak Love‑Life Lessons, Elaine Paige and Friends, Queen of Clubs Trilogy: R, Raccontiraccolti, Love Songs

Learning from Falling is a 2002 album by R&B artist Lamya. The album included production by Nellee Hooper and Mark Ronson and entered the Top Heatseekers chart in the United States at #16.

Contents

A remix of the first single "Empires (Bring Me Men)" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The track "Black Mona Lisa" was covered by British R&B singer Maria Lawson on her eponymous album. A third single, "Never Enough", was only released as a promo.

All tracks were co-written by Lamya. "Pink Moon" is a cover of the Nick Drake song.

Track listing

  1. "Empires" (Lamya, Major) 5:07
  2. "East of Anywhere" (Lamya, Major) 3:57
  3. "Black Mona Lisa" (Lamya, Major) 4:22
  4. "Never Enough" (Lamya, Andres Levin, Camus Celli) 4:13
  5. "Judas Kiss (Brutus Diss)" (Lamya, Louis Metoyer, Justin Stanley) 3:49
  6. "Full Frontal Fridays" (Lamya, Major) 4:19
  7. "I Get Cravings" (Lamya, Stanley, Mark Ronson) 4:56
  8. "Splitting Atoms" (Lamya, Stanley, Ronson) 4:03
  9. "Never's Such a Long Time" (Lamya, Rick Nowels) 4:27
  10. "The Woman Who" (Lamya, Charles Stepney, Rudolph) 4:42
  11. "The Perfect Girl" (Lamya, Ronald Tomlinson, Don E.) 3:21
  12. "Pink Moon" (Drake) 2:47
  13. "Black Mona Lisa (Single Mix)" (Lamya, Major) 4:10
  14. "Bed I Never Made" (Japanese bonus track)

Musicians

  • Lamya: Vocals
  • Rusty Anderson, Lukasz Gottwald, Jimmy Hogarth, Teddy Kumpel, Manny Lopez, Adam Zimmon: Guitars
  • David Kahne: Bass, Keyboards, Programming
  • Sal Cuevas: Bass
  • Rick Nowels: Balalaika
  • Aloke Dasgupta: Sitar
  • Allan Gibson: Standup Bass
  • Abe Laboriel Jr., Shawn Pelton: Drums, Percussion
  • The Soulhusters: "Beats", Multi-Instruments
  • Ian Rossiter, Fabien Waltman: Programming

    • Strings

  • Chandru, Ralph Morrison, Sara Perkins, Marsha Skins: Violin
  • Karen Elaine Bakunin, Merlyn Sturt: Viola
  • Arranged & Conducted By Will Malone

    • Songs

    1Empires5:07
    2East of Anywhere3:58
    3Black Mona Lisa4:22

    References

    Learning from Falling Wikipedia
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