Learning From Falling
by Lamya
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15

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  1. BethyB
    Oct 2, 2002
    6
    I have to agree with the Blender and Rolling Stone reviews. I wanted to like this record but it's not what it should've or could've been. It's one of those CD's that's ALMOST good. I think the record company got too involved and overshadowed what may have been a great and original record. Now despite all the effort, she just sounds like a lame copy of India.Arie.
  2. Jeremy
    Oct 9, 2002
    4
    Musically creative at a minimum. It's just a shame she "borrowed" her lyrics from Samuel Walter Foss' (1858-1911) classic poem "Bring Me Men" to write her song "Empires." She even seemed to take credit for it on after her performance on "Regis." Too bad she's not honest enough to credit the original author.
  3. Tommy
    Jun 18, 2003
    5
    Honestly I haven't heard anything but the "Empires" song, which was okay. I just wanted to note to Jamila S that the chorus is not from the original version of the poem, however if you look at the Air Force Academy "BRING ME MEN" ramp, when it was still intact, the chorus is straight from that version of the poem. She may have used it for inspiration, but she did use all of it, not Honestly I haven't heard anything but the "Empires" song, which was okay. I just wanted to note to Jamila S that the chorus is not from the original version of the poem, however if you look at the Air Force Academy "BRING ME MEN" ramp, when it was still intact, the chorus is straight from that version of the poem. She may have used it for inspiration, but she did use all of it, not just two lines.… Expand

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#88 Most Discussed Album of 2002

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Q Magazine
    60
    Locates her coffee-cream vocals amid glossy settings ranging from hip hop to gurgling electronica and folk. [Nov 2002, p.105]
  2. Blender
    60
    The sitar flourishes ini "Splitting Atoms" are muted by Learning's adult sheen, which lands this unusual record in an awkward middle ground between Bjork and, say, Oleta Adams. [#9, p.150]
  3. CDNow
    60
    The album as a whole isn't quite as brilliant as it ought to be, given the ideas at play.
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