Lenka (album)
Appearance
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
BBC Music | (favourable)[2] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B)[3] |
Digital Spy | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Music OHM | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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
- "The Show" (Lenka, Jason Reeves) – 3:56
- "Bring Me Down" (Stuart Brawley, Lenka) – 3:29
- "Skipalong" (Michael Kevin Farrell, Lenka) – 3:53
- "Don't Let Me Fall" (Lenka, Thomas Salter) – 2:51
- "Anything I'm Not" (Lenka) – 3:18
- "Knock Knock" (Kevin Griffin, Lenka) – 3:41
- "Dangerous and Sweet" (Dan Burns, Lenka, Billy Mohler) – 3:32
- "Trouble Is a Friend" (Lenka, Salter) – 3:36
- "Live Like You're Dying" (Lenka) – 3:49
- "Like a Song" (Lenka) – 3:20
- "We Will Not Grow Old" (Burns, Lenka, Mohler) – 3:18
- "Force of Nature" (Lenka, Wally Gagel, Xandy Barry) (iTunes bonus track) – 3:33
Charts
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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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
- ^ Leahey, Andrew. "Review: Lenka". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ 09:59am. "Music - Review of Lenka - Lenka". BBC. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Day, Adrienne (Sep 16, 2008). "Review: Lenka". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ "Music - Album Review - Lenka: 'Lenka'". Digital Spy. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (26 June 2009). "Review: Lenka". Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ "Lenka - Lenka | album reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
- ^ McCormick, Neil (01 Jul 2009). "Review: Lenka". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Lenka Discography". discogs.com. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ "Columbia Records UK". Columbia Records. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
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- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLIS. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Lenka - Lenka". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ "Lenka". Chart Stats. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1422145/charts-awards