Lessons to Be Learned is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2008 by Island Records and in Australia on 10 May 2008 by Mushroom Records. Co-written and produced by the team Xenomania, the album takes its title from a line in the song "Sweet About Me", which became a worldwide hit.
Speaking in July 2008 to Pete Lewis of the magazine Blues & Soul, Cilmi explained the meaning behind the album title:
I guess the title 'Lessons To Be Learned' has always been a line that jumped out from the single 'Sweet About Me'. Plus it kinda sums up the whole experience for me, because I've been recording this album for three years - I started when I was 13! So, during its making, I had to learn so many things! I moved from Melbourne to London last year. So I had to learn how to communicate with adults and just get my opinion across really fast, as well as learn just basic everyday things like how to catch tubes![1]
Several different versions of the album have been released with varying track lists, without there being one edition including all released tracks. On some early printings, "Messy" was not included. Tracks such as "Round and Round", "Sorry" and "Warm This Winter" were included as bonus tracks on only some editions of the album. A track titled "Sad Sad World" appeared only on a promotional UK version of the album.
Lessons to Be Learned received generally mixed reviews from critics. Sharon Mawer from AllMusic called it "a good debut album" and praised Cilmi's "confidence" and range of styles, however did not feel the album was original, saying "it had all been heard before, many times in a crowded market". Mawer also compared her vocals and styles to artists including Anastacia, Joss Stone, Kylie Minogue, and Duffy.[2]Daily Music Guide gave the album a generally mixed-to-negative review, calling "Sweet About Me" "slightly irritating" and also noted "if you expected ["Sweet About Me"] to give you a preview of what her debut album might sound like, you would be wrong". "Save the Lies" and "Sit in the Blues" were considered highlights of the album, while "Awkward Game" and "Einstein" were criticised for having "too much gloss".[4]
Mike Joseph from PopMatters considered Cilmi an Amy Winehouse clone, yet without "a fraction of the wit or lived-in soulfulness that Back to Black (or even Winehouse's debut, Frank) possessed." Joseph also said he found himself "praying Lessons to Be Learned will end quickly". He highlighted "Safer" and "Sit in the Blues", but compared Cilmi negatively to fellow artists such as Winehouse, Adele and Duffy.[5]
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Lessons to Be Learned is the debut album by Australian singer songwriter Gabriella Cilmi It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2008 by Island Records and in Australia on 10 May 2008 by Mushroom Records Co written and produced by the team Xenomania the album takes its title from a line in the song Sweet About Me which became a worldwide hit Lessons to Be LearnedStudio album by Gabriella CilmiReleased31 March 2008 2008 03 31 Recorded2005 2008 Kent EnglandLength37 46 standard edition LabelIslandProducerBrian Higgins XenomaniaGabriella Cilmi chronologyLessons to Be Learned 2008 Ronnie Scott s Live Session 2008 Alternative coverUS cover and European deluxe edition coverSingles from Lessons to Be Learned Sanctuary Released 12 December 2007 Sweet About Me Released 10 March 2008 Don t Wanna Go to Bed Now Released 21 July 2008 Save the Lies Released 18 August 2008 Warm This Winter Released 15 December 2008 Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts and certifications 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Certifications 5 Release history 6 ReferencesBackground editSpeaking in July 2008 to Pete Lewis of the magazine Blues amp Soul Cilmi explained the meaning behind the album title I guess the title Lessons To Be Learned has always been a line that jumped out from the single Sweet About Me Plus it kinda sums up the whole experience for me because I ve been recording this album for three years I started when I was 13 So during its making I had to learn so many things I moved from Melbourne to London last year So I had to learn how to communicate with adults and just get my opinion across really fast as well as learn just basic everyday things like how to catch tubes 1 Several different versions of the album have been released with varying track lists without there being one edition including all released tracks On some early printings Messy was not included Tracks such as Round and Round Sorry and Warm This Winter were included as bonus tracks on only some editions of the album A track titled Sad Sad World appeared only on a promotional UK version of the album Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 BBC Music mixed 3 Daily Music Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 PopMatters3 10 5 The Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Lessons to Be Learned received generally mixed reviews from critics Sharon Mawer from AllMusic called it a good debut album and praised Cilmi s confidence and range of styles however did not feel the album was original saying it had all been heard before many times in a crowded market Mawer also compared her vocals and styles to artists including Anastacia Joss Stone Kylie Minogue and Duffy 2 Daily Music Guide gave the album a generally mixed to negative review calling Sweet About Me slightly irritating and also noted if you expected Sweet About Me to give you a preview of what her debut album might sound like you would be wrong Save the Lies and Sit in the Blues were considered highlights of the album while Awkward Game and Einstein were criticised for having too much gloss 4 Mike Joseph from PopMatters considered Cilmi an Amy Winehouse clone yet without a fraction of the wit or lived in soulfulness that Back to Black or even Winehouse s debut Frank possessed Joseph also said he found himself praying Lessons to Be Learned will end quickly He highlighted Safer and Sit in the Blues but compared Cilmi negatively to fellow artists such as Winehouse Adele and Duffy 5 Track listing editStandard editionNo TitleWriter s Length1 Save the Lies Gabriella CilmiMiranda CooperBrian HigginsTim PowellBob BradleySaint Etienne3 382 Sweet About Me CilmiCooperHigginsTim Larcombe3 233 Sanctuary CilmiCooperHiggins3 284 Einstein CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombe3 395 Got No Place to Go CilmiCooperHigginsPowellNick Coler3 236 Don t Wanna Go to Bed Now CilmiCooperHigginsPowellColerShawn Lee3 097 Messy not included on early printings CilmiCooperHiggins3 548 Awkward Game CilmiCooperHigginsPowellLee3 289 Safer CilmiCooperHigginsColerLee3 2410 Cigarettes and Lies CilmiCooperHiggins2 5111 Terrifying CilmiCooperHiggins2 3712 Sit in the Blues CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombeMike Christer3 23 Australian bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length13 Sorry CilmiAdrian HannanBarbara Hannan3 29 UK and Brazilian bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length13 Echo Beach Mark Gane3 27 Australian special edition bonus discNo TitleWriter s Length1 Sanctuary live acoustic CilmiCooperHiggins3 322 Sweet About Me live from the Alice Sessions CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombe3 403 Cigarettes and Lies live acoustic CilmiCooperHiggins3 064 Awkward Game live acoustic CilmiCooperHigginsPowellLee3 455 Cry Me a River live from the Alice Sessions Justin TimberlakeTimothy MosleyScott Storch3 386 Got No Place to Go live acoustic CilmiCooperHigginsPowellColer3 107 Save the Lies live acoustic CilmiCooperHigginsPowellBradleySaint Etienne3 358 Terrifying live acoustic CilmiCooperHiggins3 469 Safer live acoustic CilmiCooperHigginsColerLee3 44 European deluxe editionNo TitleWriter s Length13 Sweet About Me acoustic CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombe3 4214 Cry Me a River acoustic TimberlakeMosleyStorch3 4115 Round and Round CilmiCooperHiggins3 3916 Echo Beach Gane3 21 UK deluxe editionNo TitleWriter s Length13 Sweet About Me acoustic CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombe3 4214 Cry Me a River acoustic Timberlake Mosley Storch3 4115 Round and Round CilmiCooperHiggins3 3916 Warm This Winter Hank HunterMark Barkan2 3117 Echo Beach Gane3 21 US editionNo TitleWriter s Length1 Got No Place to Go CilmiCooperHigginsPowellColer3 212 Sweet About Me CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombe3 223 Sanctuary CilmiCooperHiggins3 274 Einstein CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombe3 385 Save the Lies CilmiCooperHigginsPowellBradleySaint Etienne3 386 Round and Round CilmiCooperHiggins3 397 Awkward Game CilmiCooperHigginsPowellLee3 288 Cigarettes and Lies CilmiCooperHiggins2 519 Terrifying CilmiCooperHiggins2 3710 Safer CilmiCooperHigginsColerLee3 2411 Sit in the Blues CilmiCooperHigginsLarcombeChrister3 23Charts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Lessons to Be Learned Chart 2008 2009 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 7 2Austrian Albums O3 Austria 8 6Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 9 26Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 10 31Danish Albums Hitlisten 11 29Dutch Albums Album Top 100 12 9European Top 100 Albums 13 16French Albums SNEP 14 17German Albums Offizielle Top 100 15 10Irish Albums IRMA 16 70Italian Albums FIMI 17 40New Zealand Albums RMNZ 18 6Norwegian Albums VG lista 19 15Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 20 7UK Albums OCC 21 8US Billboard Top Heatseekers 22 17 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Lessons to Be Learned Chart 2008 PositionAustralian Albums Chart 23 13Austrian Albums Chart 24 65Dutch Albums Chart 25 43French Albums Chart 26 134German Albums Chart 27 97Swiss Albums Chart 28 28UK Albums Chart 29 68Certifications edit Certifications for Lessons to Be Learned Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 30 Platinum 70 000 Germany BVMI 31 Gold 100 000 Netherlands NVPI 32 Gold 30 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 33 Gold 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 29 Gold 100 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Release history editRelease history and formats for Lessons to Be Learned Region Date Label Format CatalogueUnited Kingdom 31 March 2008 34 Island CD digital download 1763307Australia 10 May 2008 35 Mushroom 5144275002New Zealand 12 May 2008 Warner Bros 5144275002Europe 20 June 2008 Island 060251773945Brazil 10 September 2008 Universal CD 602517739468Australia deluxe edition 11 October 2008 36 Mushroom 5186504315Poland 28 October 2008 Universal 1785089United States 17 March 2009 Universal Republic B0012720 02References edit Pete Lewis 2012 Gabriella Cilmi Lessons Learned Blues amp Soul Magazine Retrieved 6 September 2012 a b AllMusic review Chris Jones 18 April 2008 Gabriella Cilmi Lessons To Be Learned Review BBC Retrieved 6 September 2012 a b David Spencer 30 November 2008 Gabriella Cilmi Lessons To Be Learned Island DailyMusicGuide Archived from the original on 12 March 2012 Retrieved 6 September 2012 a b Mike Joseph 20 May 2009 Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned PopMatters Retrieved 8 June 2023 The Times review Australiancharts com Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Austriancharts at Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned in German Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Ultratop be Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Ultratop be Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned in French Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Danishcharts dk Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Dutchcharts nl Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 European Top 100 Albums Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 23 2008 Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc Archived from the original on 2 October 2011 Retrieved 18 August 2009 Lescharts com Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Offiziellecharts de Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 8 June 2023 Irish charts com Discography Gabriella Cilmi Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Italiancharts com Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Charts nz Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Norwegiancharts com Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Swisscharts com Gabriella Cilmi Lessons to Be Learned Hung Medien Retrieved 8 June 2023 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 8 June 2023 Lessons to Be Learned gt Charts amp Awards gt Billboard Albums AllMusic Retrieved 18 August 2009 ARIA Charts End Of Year Charts Top 100 Albums 2004 Australian Recording Industry Association Archived from the 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