Learning from Falling

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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