''The Way I Am'' is the international debut album by Swedish singer-songwriter

Ana Johnsson Anna Lovisa Johnsson (Jonsson), better known by her stage name Ana Johnsson (; born 4 October 1977), is a Swedish singer, best known for the song "We Are" from the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. Johnsson reached the finals of the first Swedish series ...

and the second studio album overall. It was released on August 9, 2004, by

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and

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. The album was the 2005 winner of the European Border Breakers Award for Sweden. It is composed of the first seven songs of the first album, Cuz I Can, plus four new songs. The album spawned three singles: "

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", which was the theme song from the '' Spider-Man 2'' movie, and two songs co-written by Johnsson, "

Don't Cry for Pain "Don't Cry for Pain" is the second single released by Swedish pop rock singer Ana Johnsson, featured on her worldwide debut album '' The Way I Am''. The song is a rock ballad about a woman who gets beaten by her husband and steps up. There is a p ...

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Coz I Can "Cuz I Can" is the third single by Swedish pop rock singer Ana Johnsson released from her first studio album, '' Cuz I Can''. The single was released only in Sweden in 2004. After Johnsson obtained recognition from her worldwide hit single "We A ...

", the latter making it to the top 5 most popular songs in Japan at the time of its release. In addition to reaching the top 20 in Germany and Switzerland, ''The Way I Am'' was a commercial success in Japan, where it debuted at number four and went on to sell over 150,000 copies, receiving a Gold certification. It sold 300,000 copies worldwide.

Track listings

Standard album Includes the videos: *''On the road with... Ana Johnsson'' *''We Are'' usic video(without the '' Spider-Man 2'' scenes)

Japanese version (CD/DVD)

;CD #"We Are" – 3:57 #"Don't Cry for Pain" – 3:48 #"The Way I Am" – 3:32 #"I'm Stupid" – 3:48 #"Life" – 3:08 #"6 Feet Under" – 3:45 #"Coz I Can" – 3:03 #"Crest of the Wave" – 4:50 #"L.A." – 3:44 #"Now It's Gone" – 3:43 #"Here I Go Again" – 3:27 #"

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– 3:58 ;DVD #"We Are" ideo#On the Road with Ana Johnsson (photo session in Japan) ideo

Japanese special edition 2CD

;CD 1 As the regular CD. ;CD 2 Includes the videos: *"Coz I Can" *"Don't Cry for Pain" ''Note:'' The CD 2 tracks are from Johnsson's first album '' Cuz I Can''.

Singles

Charts

*¹: The International Album Chart excludes Japanese artists. Peak position in parentheses is for the full album chart. The album peaked at No. 24 at the Japanese

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International Albums of 2004.

Credits

;Production *Vocals, backing vocals: Ana Johnsson *Producer, mixer,

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– Leif Larson *Producer, mixer, instruments – Marcus Black *Producer, mixer, instruments, arranged, recorder – Ghost *Producer, mixer, instruments, additional vocals – Mikael Nord Andersson, Martin Hansen *Producer, guitar – Max Martin, Johan Brorson, Christian Nilsson *Producer, mixer, arranged, keyboards, programming, backing vocals – Jörgen Elofsson *Producer, mixer, arranged, instruments – Kalle Engstrom, Carlk Falk *Producer, arranged, guitar, bass guitar, drums, programming – Mathias Venge *Mixer, – Stefan Glaumann *Mixer, – Bo Reimer *programming – Peter Wennerberg *Mastered by – Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios ;Additional musicians *Drums – Nicci Notini Wallin, Sank, Lars Morten, Alar Suurna *Drums, bass guitar – Olle Dahkstedt *Drums, percussion – Christer Jansson *Guitar, bass guitar – Ola Gustavsson *Guitar – Staffan Astner *Guitar – Mattias Blomdahl *Bass guitar – Thomas Lindberg *Bass guitar – Stefan Olsson *

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– Stockholm Session Strings *Strings arranged and conducted by – Rutger Gunnarsson *Background vocals – Jurl, Didrik Thott, Andreas Carlsson ;Artwork *Photography by – Ralf Strathmann *

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by – Christian Bagush, dangerous. Berlin

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Way I Am, The Ana Johnsson albums 2004 debut albums Albums produced by Ghost (production team) Sony BMG albums European Border Breakers Award-winning albums