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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]
BBC Music(favourable)[2]
Entertainment Weekly(B)[3]
Digital Spy[4]
The Guardian[5]
Music OHM[6]
The Daily Telegraph[7]

Lenka is the self-titled debut album by Australian recording artist Lenka. It was released on 23 September 2008 through Epic Records.[8] This is Lenka's first solo album after having been a member of the group Decoder Ring. The first single, "The Show", was released on 15 June 2009.[9]

Track listing

  1. "The Show" (Lenka, Jason Reeves) – 3:56
  2. "Bring Me Down" (Stuart Brawley, Lenka) – 3:29
  3. "Skipalong" (Michael Kevin Farrell, Lenka) – 3:53
  4. "Don't Let Me Fall" (Lenka, Thomas Salter) – 2:51
  5. "Anything I'm Not" (Lenka) – 3:18
  6. "Knock Knock" (Kevin Griffin, Lenka) – 3:41
  7. "Dangerous and Sweet" (Dan Burns, Lenka, Billy Mohler) – 3:32
  8. "Trouble Is a Friend" (Lenka, Salter) – 3:36
  9. "Live Like You're Dying" (Lenka) – 3:49
  10. "Like a Song" (Lenka) – 3:20
  11. "We Will Not Grow Old" (Burns, Lenka, Mohler) – 3:18
  12. "Force of Nature" (Lenka, Wally Gagel, Xandy Barry) (iTunes bonus track) – 3:33

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 30[10]
German Albums Chart 35
Polish Albums Chart[11] 4
Swiss Albums Chart 48[12]
UK Albums Chart 58[13]
US Billboard 200 142[14]
US Billboard Heatseekers 3[14]

Personnel

  • John Alagia – acoustic guitar, producer, mixing
  • Fiona Brawley – assistant engineer
  • Stuart Brawley – organ, piano, keyboards, bells, producer, engineer, tympani [timpani], vibraphone, horn arrangements
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • David Campbell – string arrangements
  • Keith Ciancia – drums, keyboards
  • Brian Conrad – assistant engineer
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Joe Corcoran – guitar, percussion, programming, moog synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Howie Day – vocals
  • Mario Diaz de Leon – violin, concert master
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • Mike Elizondo – acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, producer, mellotron, vibraphone
  • Matt Funes – viola
  • Armen Garabedian – violin
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Pierre Girard – engineer
  • Mark Goldenberg – bass
  • Scott Graves – A&R
  • Nicole Harding – project coordinator
  • Sean Hurley – bass
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Suzie Katayama – music preparation, string contractor
  • Roland Kato – viola
  • Jason Lader – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Trevor Lawrence – drums
  • Sheri Lee – art direction
  • Ana Lenchantin – cello
  • Paz Lenchantin – violin
  • Danny Levin – trombone, trumpet
  • Adam MacDougall – piano, keyboards
  • Pierre Marchand – bass, accordion, producer, engineer, mixing
  • Lester Nuby – drums
  • Wes Precourt – violin
  • Zac Rae – piano, keyboards
  • Tim Roberts – mixing assistant
  • Stacey Ross – hair stylist
  • Maxime St-Pierre – horn
  • Kevin Salem – mixing
  • Brian Scheuble – engineer, mixing
  • Pascal Shefteshy – guitar, engineer
  • Tereza Stanislav – violin
  • Aaron Sterling – drums
  • Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
  • Daniel Thouin – organ, piano
  • Philip Vaiman – violin
  • Joey Waronker – drums

References

  1. ^ Leahey, Andrew. "Review: Lenka". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  2. ^ 09:59am. "Music - Review of Lenka - Lenka". BBC. Retrieved 2009-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Day, Adrienne (Sep 16, 2008). "Review: Lenka". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Music - Album Review - Lenka: 'Lenka'". Digital Spy. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (26 June 2009). "Review: Lenka". Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Lenka - Lenka | album reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  7. ^ McCormick, Neil (01 Jul 2009). "Review: Lenka". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Lenka Discography". discogs.com. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  9. ^ "Columbia Records UK". Columbia Records. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Text "Lenka - Lenka" ignored (help)
  10. ^ Steffen Hung. "Lenka - Lenka". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  11. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLIS. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  12. ^ Steffen Hung. "Lenka - Lenka". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  13. ^ "Lenka". Chart Stats. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  14. ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1422145/charts-awards
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