Lessons to Be Learned is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist....

, released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2008 by Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

 and in Australia on 10 May 2008 by Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...

. Co-written and produced by the hit team Xenomania

Xenomania

Xenomania is a British songwriting and production team founded by Brian Higgins and based in Kent, England. Formed after Higgins met Miranda Cooper, Xenomania has written and produced for renowned artists such as Cher, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, and Sugababes...

, the album takes its title from a line in the song "Sweet About Me

Sweet About Me

"Sweet About Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Co-written with and produced by Xenomania, it was released in April 2008 as the album's lead single. The song was used in commercials for Sure and Dove Bodywash in Europe, as...

", which would become a worldwide hit.

Background

Speaking in July 2008 to noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning magazine Blues & Soul

Blues & Soul

Blues & Soul is a British music magazine covering black music. Genres covered include soul, R&B, jazz, hip hop, reggae and world music. It was first published in 1966 and is known for first using the term Northern 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!

Track listing

1. "Save the Lies" (Gabriella Cilmi, Miranda Cooper
   Miranda Cooper
   Miranda Eleanor De Fonbrune Cooper has been on the UK charts longer than any other female songwriter in the country. In 2007 Harper's Bazaar wrote of her: ‘If it's a hit you want, you'd better talk to Cooper...
   
   , Brian Higgins
   Brian Higgins (producer)
   Brian Thomas Higgins is a British music producer who has written and produced albums and tracks for several highly successful pop music singers and groups, most notably Girls Aloud, through his Xenomania production group...
   
   , Tim Powell, Bob Bradley
   Bob bradley (composer/producer)
   Bob Bradley is a British composer, producer, singer and songwriter.-Overview:Bob Bradley is an Award winning English composer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He was born in Teeside. He is the director of Organiq Music composition team based in Leeds who are responsible for the...
   
   , Saint Etienne
   Saint Etienne (band)
   Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
   
   ) – 3:38
2. "Sweet About Me
   Sweet About Me
   "Sweet About Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Co-written with and produced by Xenomania, it was released in April 2008 as the album's lead single. The song was used in commercials for Sure and Dove Bodywash in Europe, as...
   
   " (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Tim Larcombe) – 3:23
3. "Sanctuary
   Sanctuary (Gabriella Cilmi song)
   "Sanctuary" is a song by Australian recording artist Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . The song was first released digitally in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2007 as the album's lead single, and subsequently released in Germany and the Netherlands in December 2008 as...
   
   " (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins) – 3:28
4. "Einstein" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Larcombe) – 3:39
5. "Got No Place to Go" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Powell, Nick Coler) – 3:23
6. "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now
   Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now
   "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" is a song by Australian singer–songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Written by Cilmi, Nick Coler, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, and Shawn Lee, the track was released as the album's second Australian single on 21 July 2008...
   
   " (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Powell, Coler, Shawn Lee) – 3:09
7. "Messy" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins) (not included on Italian, Greek and Brazilian editions) – 3:54
8. "Awkward Game" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Powell, Lee) – 3:28
9. "Safer" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Coler, Lee) – 3:24
10. "Cigarettes and Lies" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins) – 2:51
11. "Terrifying" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins) – 2:37
12. "Sit in the Blues" (Cilmi, Cooper, Higgins, Larcombe, Mike Christer) – 3:23

UK and Brazilian edition

13. "Echo Beach
    Echo Beach
    "Echo Beach" is a song recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1979. It was released as a single from their album Metro Music in 1980 and won the Juno Award for Single of the Year. It was certified gold in Canada on October 1, 1980, a month after Metro Music achieved gold status...
    
    " (Mark Gane) – 3:27

Australian edition

13. "Sorry" (Cilmi, Adrian Hannan, Barbara Hannan) – 3:29

Original Australian edition

1. "Save the Lies" – 3:38
2. "Sweet About Me" – 3:23
3. "Sanctuary" – 3:28
4. "Einstein" – 3:39
5. "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" – 3:09
6. "Messy" – 3:54
7. "Awkward Game" – 3:28
8. "Safer" – 3:24
9. "Terrifying" – 2:37
10. "Sad Sad World" – 3:43
11. "Sit in the Blues" – 3:23
12. "Sorry" – 3:29

U.S. regular edition

1. "Got No Place to Go" – 3:21
2. "Sweet About Me" – 3:22
3. "Sanctuary" – 3:27
4. "Einstein" – 3:38
5. "Save the Lies" – 3:38
6. "Round & Round" – 3:39
7. "Awkward Game" – 3:28
8. "Cigarettes and Lies" – 2:51
9. "Terrifying" – 2:37
10. "Safer" – 3:24
11. "Sit in the Blues" – 3:23

Australian deluxe edition

Disc 1

1. "Save the Lies" – 3:38
2. "Sweet About Me" – 3:23
3. "Sanctuary" – 3:28
4. "Einstein" – 3:39
5. "Got No Place to Go" – 3:23
6. "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" – 3:09
7. "Messy" – 3:54
8. "Awkward Game" – 3:28
9. "Safer" – 3:24
10. "Cigarettes and Lies" – 2:51
11. "Terrifying" – 2:37
12. "Sit in the Blues" – 3:23
13. "Sorry" – 3:29

Disc 2 (live and acoustic EP)

1. "Sanctuary"
2. "Sweet About Me"
3. "Cigarettes and Lies"
4. "Awkward Game"
5. "Cry Me a River
   Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)
   "Cry Me a River" is the second single from Justin Timberlake's solo debut album Justified. Released on December 17, 2002, the single, which features guest vocals and production by Timbaland & Scott Storch, won Timberlake a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance" in 2004.-Background...
   
   " (Justin Timberlake
   Justin Timberlake
   Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
   
   , Timothy Mosley
   Timbaland
   Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
   
   , Scott Storch
   Scott Storch
   Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces a variety of music, particularly hip hop, reggaeton, and R&B. His label, Storch Music Company responsible for signing Brooke Hogan and Nox...
   
   )
6. "Got No Place to Go"
7. "Save the Lies"
8. "Terrifying"
9. "Safer"

European deluxe edition

1. "Save the Lies (Good to Me)" – 3:38
2. "Sweet About Me" – 3:23
3. "Sanctuary" – 3:28
4. "Einstein" – 3:39
5. "Got No Place to Go" – 3:23
6. "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" – 3:09
7. "Messy" – 3:54
8. "Awkward Game" – 3:28
9. "Safer" – 3:24
10. "Cigarettes and Lies" – 2:51
11. "Terrifying" – 2:37
12. "Sit in the Blues" – 3:23
13. "Sweet About Me" (Acoustic) – 3:42
14. "Cry Me a River" (Acoustic) – 3:41
15. "Round and Round" – 3:39
16. "Echo Beach" – 3:21

UK edition

16. "Warm This Winter" (Hank Hunter, Mark Barkan
    Mark Barkan
    Mark Barkan is a songwriter and producer. He was also a musical director for the television show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. This prolific songwriter has written numerous songs including Lesley Gore's Top 5 hit "She's a Fool," the often covered "Pretty Flamingo," which was a hit single for...
    
    ) – 2:33

Singles chronology

United Kingdom

• "Sanctuary
  Sanctuary (Gabriella Cilmi song)
  "Sanctuary" is a song by Australian recording artist Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . The song was first released digitally in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2007 as the album's lead single, and subsequently released in Germany and the Netherlands in December 2008 as...
  
  "
• "Sweet About Me
  Sweet About Me
  "Sweet About Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Co-written with and produced by Xenomania, it was released in April 2008 as the album's lead single. The song was used in commercials for Sure and Dove Bodywash in Europe, as...
  
  "
• "Save the Lies"
• "Sanctuary" (re-release)
• "Warm This Winter"

Europe

• "Sweet About Me"
• "Save the Lies"
• "Sanctuary"

Australia

• "Sweet About Me"
• "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now
  Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now
  "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" is a song by Australian singer–songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Written by Cilmi, Nick Coler, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, and Shawn Lee, the track was released as the album's second Australian single on 21 July 2008...
  
  "
• "Save the Lies"
• "Sanctuary"

United States, Italy and Brazil

• "Sweet About Me"
• "Sanctuary"

Chart positions

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	2
Austrian Albums Chart	6
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Flanders)	26
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...  (Wallonia)	31
Danish Albums Chart	29
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	9
European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	16
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	17
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	10
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	70
Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	40
New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	6
Norwergian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	15
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	7
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	8
Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...  (deluxe edition)	67
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	17

Certifications

Country	Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	Platinum
Germany	Gold
Switzerland	Gold
United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	Gold

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	13
Austrian Albums Chart	65
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	43
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	134
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	97
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	28
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	68

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
United Kingdom	31 March 2008	Island Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	1763307
Australia	10 May 2008	Mushroom Mushroom Records Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...		5144275002
New Zealand	12 May 2008	Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...		5144275002
Europe	20 June 2008	Island		060251773945
Brazil	10 September 2008	Universal Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...	CD	602517739468
Australia (deluxe edition)	11 October 2008	Mushroom		5186504315
Poland	28 October 2008	Universal		1785089
United States	17 March 2009	Universal Republic Universal Republic Universal Republic Records is a record label, owned by Universal Music Group. It is based on the now-defunct Republic Records label founded by brothers Monte and Avery Lipman...		B0012720-02