''White Turns Blue'' is the international debut album by Norwegian singer-songwriter

Maria Mena Maria Viktoria Mena (born 19 February 1986) is a Norwegian pop singer, best known for her singles such as " You're the Only One", "Just Hold Me", "All This Time" which charted in multiple countries. Early life Maria Mena was born into an art ...

, released in 2004 in the United States by

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. It consists of tracks from her first two albums, '' Another Phase'' and '' Mellow'', and was specifically

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for the American market. The album peaked at 102 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. With the exception of " You're the Only One", all tracks are listed as a "US album version", although only the songs taken from Another Phase were re-recorded. There are several versions of the album. The version released in Norway has the same standard track listing, but with the album art and photos of her previous album Mellow. The US, European, Mexican, Australian, and South African versions have the new artwork. The Indonesian cassette has the Mellow artwork. The Target exclusive edition has two bonus tracks, and a bonus DVD containing the music video to "You're The Only One", and an interview with Mena talking about the making of the album.

Track listing

All songs were written by Maria Mena and Arvid Solvang, except where noted #" You're the Only One" – 2:44 (Originally from Mellow) #"Fragile (Free)" – 4:00 (Originally from Another Phase) #"Just a Little Bit" – 3:56 (Mellow) #"Blame It on Me" (Mena, Thomas Whoni) – 3:41 (Another Phase) #"My Lullaby" – 2:58 (Another Phase) #"Take You with Me" – 3:00 (Mellow) #"What's Another Day" – 2:57 (Mellow) #"Lose Control" – 2:41(Mellow) #"Shadow" (Mena, Whoni) – 3:40 (Mellow) #"Your Glasses" – 4:02 (Mellow) #"Sorry" – 2:52 (Mellow) #"A Few Small Bruises" – 3:55 (Mellow) #"You're the Only One" coustic*] – 2:46 (Acoustic version exclusive to Target edition) #"Sleep to Dream" – 3:58 (Another Phase) * bonus track Bonus DVD: # "You're the Only One" (video) # Behind the scenes with Maria Mena

Personnel

*Maria Mena – vocals, background vocals *Jarle Bernhoft – background vocals *Havard Caspersen –

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*Celsius – keyboard *Borren Flyen – drums *Steffen Isaksen –

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*Kjell Harald Litangen – acoustic guitar,

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*Elias Muri – background vocals *Christian Nystrom – keyboard *Børge Petersen Øverlier – acoustic guitar *Arvid Solvang – acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard, background vocals, multi instruments,

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*Vemund Stavnes – bass *David Wallumrod – Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer *Fredrik Wallumrod – drums

Production

*Producer: Arvid Solvang *Engineer: Arvid Solvang *Mixing: Andrew Dawson, Ulf Holand, Arvid Solvang *Mastering: James Cruz *A&R: Jørgen Bradtlie *Programming: Celsius, Arvid Solvang, Thomas Whoni *Sampling: Spectrasoncicsm, Miroslav Vitous *Arranger: Arvid Solvang *Art direction: Susanne Cerha *Design: Susanne Cerha *Photography: Susanne Cerha *Hair stylists: Dugg, Viveke Trønsdal *Stylist: Tommy Løland *Make-up: Linda Mehrens, Mikas

Charts

Album – ''Billboard'' (North America) Singles – ''Billboard'' (North America)

References

Information from CDON

Maria Mena's Official Website
{{Authority control Maria Mena albums 2004 albums Columbia Records albums