''My Paper Made Men'' is the second album by

Amy Studt Amy Jane Studt (born 22 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family, with her father a violinist and conductor who had toured with Roy Orbison, and her mother a pianist, Studt began writing music at ...

released nearly five years after her debut '' False Smiles''. It is said to be different from her first album ''False Smiles'', the ''

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'' said to "ignore any dim memories of her midteens pop phase a while ago". Initially it was released as a download-only album in early 2008, a week after the single "Chasing the Light", which only managed a #277 peak. In early 2009 it was released physically with the lead single being "Nice Boys", which only managed a peak at #165, with the album failing to chart.

Singles and other songs

The first single from the album "

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" was released on December 3, 2007 as a download-only single, however, it failed to chart. The second single " Chasing the Light" was released a week before the album, on April 28, and has so far charted at #277 on the

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. Several songs have been made available such as "Paper Made Men" (originally titled "My Paper Made Man") and "Sad, Sad World" (B-Side to "

") According to her official website, a further single, "Nice Boys" was released and has an accompanying video. Studt posted a sneak preview of the "Nice Boys" video on YouTube a week before the full video was posted.

Track listing

# "Sad, Sad World" (

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) — 4:29 # "She Ran" (Studt, Andrew Crutwell-Jones) — 3:15 # "

" (Studt, Crutwell-Jones) — 3:40 # "She Walks Beautiful" (Studt,

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) — 5:38 # "One Last Cigarette" (Studt, White) — 3:31 # " Nice Boys" (Studt, Crutwell-Jones) — 3:32 # "Walking Out" (Studt, John Fortis) — 4:00 # " Chasing the Light" (Studt, Biancaniello, Watters) — 4:11 # "Paper Made Man" (Studt,

Guy Sigsworth Guy Sigsworth is an English record producer and songwriter. During his career, he has worked with many artists, including Seal, Björk, Goldie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Bebel Gilberto, Mozez, David Sylvian, Alanis M ...

) — 3:40 # "Here Lies Love" (Studt, Crutwell-Jones) — 3:35 # "Foolish Heart" (Studt,

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& Felix Howard) — 3.33 (Bonus Track featured only on the 2009 iTunes re-release) # "The Lucky Ones" (Studt, Peter Woodruffe, Charlie Grant) — 3:35 (Bonus Track featured only on the 2009 CD release)

References

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