Samotność po zmierzchu is the debut studio album by Polish singer Ania

Ania (singer)

Ania ; called also with her birthname: Ania Dąbrowska) is a Polish singer and composer, born January 7, 1981 in Chełm, Poland, performing a retro-inspired blend of pop and soul music. Her inspiration is Polish music of the 1960s as well as music of France. Ania rose to stardom in 2004 and most of...

, released in 2004.

Background

The album's title translates Solitude After Dusk. Ania worked on it with acclaimed Polish producer, Bogdan Kondracki. Album presented wide range of styles: pop, soul, chillout, rhythm and blues. It contained two reworkings

Cover version

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 of songs by Nina Persson

Nina Persson

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 and OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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.

It gathered strongly favourable reviews and achieved great commercial success, reaching #1 in Polish albums chart

OLiS

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. The album went Gold

Music recording sales certification

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 in Poland and was one of the bestselling records in that country in 2004. It spawned five hit singles, most notably "Tego chciałam" and "Charlie, Charlie". Samotność po zmierzchu was re-released twice in 2004.

Track listing

1. "Pamiętać chcę" - 3:41
2. "Tego chciałam" - 2:59
3. "Nie ma nic w co mógłbyś wierzyć" - 4:25
4. "Charlie, Charlie" - 2:59
5. "Czy ktoś spytać chce czemu stało się tak" - 3:37
6. "Nie mogę cię zapomnieć" - 3:21
7. "Zima '81" - 5:28
8. "Gangsta" - 3:47
9. "Tylko słowa zostały" - 3:23
10. "Inna" - 5:36
11. "Glory" - 4:18
12. "Souvenir
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    " - 3:47

Singles

• 2004: "Tego chciałam"
• 2004: "Glory" / "Nie ma nic w co mógłbyś wierzyć"
• 2004: "Charlie, Charlie"
• 2004: "Inna"

Chart precession and succession