''Before I'll Die...'' is the second and final studio album by Polish band

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, released in 2008 by

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, a subsidiary of

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Album information

All songs on the album were written and co-produced by the singer and co-founder of the band,

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. Following

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's departure from the band in 2006, Tola was now the only lead singer on the album. The material was recorded in various studios in

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, but mixed in

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. Tola had the album's title

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ed on her wrist shortly before its release, even though it contains a grammatical error (it should have been ''Before I Die''). The incorrect title was heavily criticised on celebrity gossip websites, and eventually an ironic warning in Polish was added on the album's cover, which read: "

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. Contains grammatical and orthographical errors :)". "Cute (I'm Not Cute)" preceded the album as the lead single. Its music video received a four-star review from the American music magazine ''

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''. The second and final single was "Fuck U!", accompanied by a video filmed in

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. A number of songs from the album was featured in the popular Polish TV series ''

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'' in which the band appeared as B27 and Tola played the part of a character named Ola. Contrarily to the band's debut album, ''Before I'll Die...'' did not receive international release. In Poland, it did not sell as well as ''

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'', but still managed to reached no. 3 in the chart and was eventually certified gold. Several months after the release of the album, Tola relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a degree in music and as a result, Blog 27 ceased activity.

Track listing

#"Cute (I'm Not Cute)" – 3:08 #"That Lady" – 2:34 #"Cry and Die!" – 3:49 #"Finally (Outta' Ma Life!)" – 3:21 #"Fuck U!" – 3:19 #"Do U Care?!" – 3:16 #"2 Fast 2 Live" – 2:59 #"Nothing's Gonna Change..." – 4:25 #"Whoever Whatever" – 3:18 #"Feel It, Shout It!" – 3:30 #"Tell Me Y" – 3:08 #"Where's Ma Place?" – 3:30 :+ all songs in instrumental

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External links

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