''Learning from Falling'' is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter artist Lamya. The album included production by

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and

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and entered the

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chart in the United States at #16. 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

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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

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song.

Track listing

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" (Lamya, Major) 5:07 # "East of Anywhere" (Lamya, Major) 3:57 # "Black Mona Lisa" (Lamya, Major) 4:22 # "Never Enough" (Lamya, Andres Levin, Camus Celli) 4:13 # "Judas Kiss (Brutus Diss)" (Lamya, Louis Metoyer, Justin Stanley) 3:49 # "Full Frontal Fridays" (Lamya, Major) 4:19 # "I Get Cravings" (Lamya, Stanley, Mark Ronson) 4:56 # "Splitting Atoms" (Lamya, Stanley, Ronson) 4:03 # "Never's Such a Long Time" (Lamya,

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) 2:47 # "Black Mona Lisa (Single Mix)" (Lamya, Major) 4:10 # "Bed I Never Made" (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

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 The balalaika (russian: link=no, балала́йка, ) is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body, fretted neck and three strings. Two strings are usually tuned to the same note and the thir ...

*Aloke Dasgupta:

Sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form i ...

*Allan Gibson:

Standup Bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar ...

*Abe Laboriel Jr.,

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, N ...

: Drums, Percussion *The Soulhusters: "Beats", Multi-Instruments *Ian Rossiter, Fabien Waltman: Programming

Strings

*Chandru, Ralph Morrison, Sara Perkins, Marsha Skins:

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

*Karen Elaine Bakunin, Merlyn Sturt: Viola *Arranged & Conducted By Will Malone

References

2002 debut albums Albums produced by David Kahne Albums produced by Nellee Hooper J Records albums Lamya albums {{2000s-RnB-album-stub