Learning from Falling

Learning From Falling
Studio album by Lamya
Released	July 30, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	R&B, dance, trip hop
Length	54:37
Label	J
Producer	Peter Edge, David Kahne, Nellee Hooper, Lamya (also executive producer), Soulshock, The Soundhustlers
Lamya chronology
Learning From Falling (2002) Hiding in Plain Sight (TBA)
Singles from Learning From Falling
"Empires (Bring Me Men)" Released: 23 September 2002 "Black Mona Lisa"

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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.

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)

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
• 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