''Another Lonely Soul'' is the second album of the Belgian band

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, released in 2004 by

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. The album stayed at #1 of the

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album chart for six weeks and was awarded a

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and the

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for best album. The songs "Never Back Down", "When the Light Go Down on the Broken Hearted" and "Rome" were released as singles. In 2006,

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released the album in all European countries. For this release, the album was remixed and supplemented with the song "Wrong", a single from the previous album ''

'', which preceded the other songs.

Background

Singer and pianist Joost Zweegers intended to record the album in the

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, but unhappy with the way he was pushed to produce hits, he returned to Belgium. He started a collaboration with the Belgian musician Piet Goddaer (Ozark Henry) and together they wrote the songs for ''Another Loney Soul''. Piet Goddear also produced the album, and sings or plays instruments on several songs. ''Another Lonely Soul'' has no straightforward hits, like the debut album ''

'', but is more coherent. Joost Zweegers described ''Another Loney Soul'' as "more emotional and less suited for the radio" In another interview, he tells that "''Another Lonely Soul'' was intended to be different from the debut, which was too poppy".8WEEKLY: Evolutie: Interview met Joost Zweegers van Novastar
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Track listing

* All songs by Piet Goddaer and Joost Zweegers, except "Don't Ever Let It Get You Down" by Goddaer, Jonnie Most and Zweegers. #"Lend Me Love" – 4:53 #"Never Back Down" – 4:18 #"Rome" – 4:08 #"Faith" – 5:02 #"When the Lights Go Down on the Broken Hearted" – 4:39 #"Lost Out over You" – 4:39 #"Ask for the Moon" – 4:30 #"This is a Road to Nowhere" – 2:47 #"Don't Ever Let It Get You Down" – 4:24 #"Still Learning to Fly" – 4:11

Background

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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