''Maria Awaria'' is the second studio album by Polish singer

Maria Peszek Maria Teresa Peszek (born September 9, 1973) is a Polish singer, songwriter and actress. She embarked on a professional acting career in the early 1990s and went on to appear in over 40 stage plays, as well as a number of feature films and tele ...

, released in 2008 by

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. Majority of the material was composed and produced by

Andrzej Smolik Andrzej Smolik (born 10 February 1970, in Swinoujscie) is a Polish musician, composer, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He began his career as a keyboard player in the band Wilki in 1993. Later he collaborated with Wilki's vocalist, Rob ...

and most of the lyrics were written by Peszek herself. The album explored the subject of

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which caused controversies in Poland, especially in the

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media. Nonetheless, it met with generally favourable reviews and became her first number 1 album. It was

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in less than a month and won the

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award in 2009. Peszek toured the album from autumn 2008 into late 2010.

Track listing

# "Miś" – 3:33 ("Teddy Bear") # "Kobiety pistolety" – 4:53 ("Pistol Women") # "Marznę bez ciebie" – 3:28 ("I'm Freezing Without You") # "Rosół" – 2:39 ("Chicken Soup") # "Miłość w systemie Dolby Surround" – 3:49 ("Love in the Dolby Surround Sound System") # "Reks" – 0:27 ("Rex") # "Hujawiak" – 3:29 (a pun; "chuj" is a vulgar word for penis,

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is a Polish folk dance) # "Maria Awaria" – 3:40 ("Faulty Mary") # "Superglue" – 2:26 # "Ciało" – 4:01 ("Body") # "Rozpuda" – 3:28 # "Hedonia" – 3:57 # "Ładne słowa to" – 3:03 ("Nice Words Are...") # "Muchomory" – 3:47 ("Toadstools")

Singles

* 2008: "Ciało" * 2008: "Rosół" * 2009: "Muchomory"

Commercial performance

References

External links

Official audio stream
on

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The official Maria Peszek website
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