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{{Infobox album
| name       = Lessons to Be Learned
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Gabriella Cilmi]]
| cover      = GabriellaCilmiLTBLstandard.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2008|3|31|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 2005–2008; [[Kent]], England
| studio     =
| genre      = <!--Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length     = 37:46 (standard edition)
| label      = [[Island Records|Island]]
| producer   = 
* [[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]]
* [[Xenomania]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Ronnie Scott's Live Session]]
| next_year  = 2008
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = GabriellaCilmiLTBLUS.png
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = US cover and European deluxe edition cover
}}
  {{Singles
 | name        = Lessons to Be Learned
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Sanctuary (Gabriella Cilmi song)|Sanctuary]]
 | single1date = 12 December 2007
 | single2     = [[Sweet About Me]]
 | single2date = 10 March 2008
 | single3     = [[Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now]]
 | single3date = 21 July 2008
 | single4     = [[Save the Lies]]
 | single4date = 18 August 2008
 | single5     = [[I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter#Gabriella Cilmi version|Warm This Winter]]
 | single5date = 15 December 2008
}}
}}

'''''Lessons to Be Learned''''' is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter [[Gabriella Cilmi]]. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2008 by [[Island Records]] and in Australia on 10 May 2008 by [[Mushroom Records]]. Co-written and produced by the team [[Xenomania]], the album takes its title from a line in the song "[[Sweet About Me]]", which became a worldwide hit.

== Background ==
Speaking in July 2008 to Pete Lewis of the magazine ''[[Blues & Soul]]'', Cilmi explained the meaning behind the album title:

{{blockquote|
I guess the title 'Lessons To Be Learned' has always been a line that jumped out from the single 'Sweet About Me'. Plus it kinda sums up the whole experience for me, because I've been recording this album for three years - I started when I was 13! So, during its making, I had to learn so many things! I moved from Melbourne to London last year. So I had to learn how to communicate with adults and just get my opinion across really fast, as well as learn just basic everyday things like how to catch tubes!<ref>{{cite web|title=Gabriella Cilmi: Lessons Learned|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/311/gabriella_cilmi_lessons_learned/|publisher=Blues & Soul Magazine|accessdate=6 September 2012|author=Pete Lewis|year=2012}}</ref>}}

Several different versions of the album have been released with varying track lists, without there being one edition including all released tracks. On some early printings, "Messy" was not included. Tracks such as "Round and Round", "Sorry" and "Warm This Winter" were included as bonus tracks on only some editions of the album. A track titled "Sad Sad World" appeared only on a promotional UK version of the album.

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1347838|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [[BBC Music]]
|rev2score = (mixed)<ref>{{cite web|title=Gabriella Cilmi Lessons To Be Learned Review|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/8q63/|work=BBC|accessdate=6 September 2012|author=Chris Jones|date=18 April 2008}}</ref> 
|rev3 = ''Daily Music Guide''
|rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="dmg">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned (Island) |url=http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/gabriella-cilmi-lessons-to-be-learned-album-30112008-1633.aspx |website=DailyMusicGuide |accessdate=6 September 2012 |author=David Spencer |date=30 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312020913/http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/gabriella-cilmi-lessons-to-be-learned-album-30112008-1633.aspx |archivedate=12 March 2012 }}</ref> 
|rev4 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
|rev4score = 3/10<ref name="popm">{{cite web|title=Gabriella Cilmi: Lessons to Be Learned|url=https://www.popmatters.com/92583-gabriella-cilmi-lessons-to-be-learned-2496016978.html|website=[[PopMatters]]|accessdate=8 June 2023|author=Mike Joseph|date=20 May 2009}}</ref> 
|rev5 = ''[[The Times]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616143125/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article3808413.ece The Times review]</ref>
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''Lessons to Be Learned'' received generally mixed reviews from critics. Sharon Mawer from [[AllMusic]] called it "a good debut album" and praised Cilmi's "confidence" and range of styles, however did not feel the album was original, saying "it had all been heard before, many times in a crowded market". Mawer also compared her vocals and styles to artists including [[Anastacia]], [[Joss Stone]], [[Kylie Minogue]], and [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]].<ref name="allmusic"/> ''Daily Music Guide'' gave the album a generally mixed-to-negative review, calling "Sweet About Me" "slightly irritating" and also noted "if you expected ["Sweet About Me"] to give you a preview of what her debut album might sound like, you would be wrong". "Save the Lies" and "Sit in the Blues" were considered highlights of the album, while "Awkward Game" and "Einstein" were criticised for having "too much gloss".<ref name="dmg"/>

Mike Joseph from ''[[PopMatters]]'' considered Cilmi an [[Amy Winehouse]] clone, yet without "a fraction of the wit or lived-in soulfulness that ''[[Back to Black]]'' (or even Winehouse's debut, ''[[Frank (Amy Winehouse album)|Frank]]'') possessed." Joseph also said he found himself "praying ''Lessons to Be Learned'' will end quickly". He highlighted "Safer" and "Sit in the Blues", but compared Cilmi negatively to fellow artists such as Winehouse, [[Adele]] and Duffy.<ref name="popm"/>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline         = Standard edition
| title1           = [[Save the Lies]]
| writer1          = {{hlist|Gabriella Cilmi|[[Miranda Cooper]]|[[Brian Higgins (producer)|Brian Higgins]]|Tim Powell|[[Bob Bradley (composer/producer)|Bob Bradley]]|[[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]}}
| length1          = 3:38
| title2           = [[Sweet About Me]]
| writer2          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Tim Larcombe}}
| length2          = 3:23
| title3           = [[Sanctuary (Gabriella Cilmi song)|Sanctuary]]
| writer3          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length3          = 3:28
| title4           = Einstein
| writer4          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe}}
| length4          = 3:39
| title5           = Got No Place to Go
| writer5          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Nick Coler}}
| length5          = 3:23
| title6           = [[Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now]]
| writer6          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Coler|Shawn Lee}}
| length6          = 3:09
| title7           = Messy
| note7            = not included on early printings
| writer7          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length7          = 3:54
| title8           = Awkward Game
| writer8          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Lee}}
| length8          = 3:28
| title9           = Safer
| writer9          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Coler|Lee}}
| length9          = 3:24
| title10          = Cigarettes and Lies
| writer10         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length10         = 2:51
| title11          = Terrifying
| writer11         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length11         = 2:37
| title12          = Sit in the Blues
| writer12         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe|Mike Christer}}
| length12         = 3:23
| total_length     = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline         = Australian bonus track
| title13          = Sorry
| writer13         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Adrian Hannan|Barbara Hannan}}
| length13         = 3:29
| total_length     = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline         = UK and Brazilian bonus track
| title13          = [[Echo Beach]]
| writer13         = Mark Gane
| length13         = 3:27
| total_length     = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline         = Australian special edition bonus disc
| title1           = Sanctuary
| note1            = live acoustic
| writer1          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length1          = 3:32
| title2           = Sweet About Me
| note2            = live from the Alice Sessions
| writer2          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe}}
| length2          = 3:40
| title3           = Cigarettes and Lies
| note3            = live acoustic
| writer3          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length3          = 3:06
| title4           = Awkward Game
| note4            = live acoustic
| writer4          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Lee}}
| length4          = 3:45
| title5           = [[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]
| note5            = live from the Alice Sessions
| writer5          = {{hlist|[[Justin Timberlake]]|[[Timbaland|Timothy Mosley]]|[[Scott Storch]]}}
| length5          = 3:38
| title6           = Got No Place to Go
| note6            = live acoustic
| writer6          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Coler}}
| length6          = 3:10
| title7           = Save the Lies
| note7            = live acoustic
| writer7          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Bradley|Saint Etienne}}
| length7          = 3:35
| title8           = Terrifying
| note8            = live acoustic
| writer8          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length8          = 3:46
| title9           = Safer
| note9            = live acoustic
| writer9          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Coler|Lee}}
| length9          = 3:44
| total_length     = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline         = European deluxe edition
| title13          = Sweet About Me
| note13           = acoustic
| writer13         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe}}
| length13         = 3:42
| title14          = [[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]
| note14           = acoustic
| writer14         = {{hlist|Timberlake|Mosley|Storch}}
| length14         = 3:41
| title15          = Round and Round
| writer15         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length15         = 3:39
| title16          = Echo Beach
| writer16         = Gane
| length16         = 3:21
| total_length     = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline         = UK deluxe edition
| title13          = Sweet About Me
| note13           = acoustic
| writer13         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe}}
| length13         = 3:42
| title14          = [[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]
| note14           = acoustic
| writer14         = Timberlake, Mosley, Storch
| length14         = 3:41
| title15          = Round and Round
| writer15         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length15         = 3:39
| title16          = [[I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter#Gabriella Cilmi version|Warm This Winter]]
| writer16         = {{hlist|Hank Hunter|[[Mark Barkan]]}}
| length16         = 2:31
| title17          = Echo Beach
| writer17         = Gane
| length17         = 3:21
| total_length     = 
}}
{{track listing
| headline         = US edition
| title1           = Got No Place to Go
| writer1          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Coler}}
| length1          = 3:21
| title2           = Sweet About Me
| writer2          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe}}
| length2          = 3:22
| title3           = Sanctuary
| writer3          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length3          = 3:27
| title4           = Einstein
| writer4          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe}}
| length4          = 3:38
| title5           = Save the Lies
| writer5          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Bradley|Saint Etienne}}
| length5          = 3:38
| title6           = Round and Round
| writer6          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length6          = 3:39
| title7           = Awkward Game
| writer7          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Powell|Lee}}
| length7          = 3:28
| title8           = Cigarettes and Lies
| writer8          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length8          = 2:51
| title9           = Terrifying
| writer9          = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins}}
| length9          = 2:37
| title10          = Safer
| writer10         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Coler|Lee}}
| length10         = 3:24
| title11          = Sit in the Blues
| writer11         = {{hlist|Cilmi|Cooper|Higgins|Larcombe|Christer}}
| length11         = 3:23
| total_length     = 
}}

==Charts and certifications==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Lessons to Be Learned''
!Chart (2008–2009)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|2|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|6|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|26|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|31|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|29|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|9|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[European Top 100 Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gabriella cilmi|chart=European Albums}} |title=European Top 100 Albums – Chart Listing For The Week Of Aug 23 2008 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |accessdate=18 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/628q51XQN?url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Rihanna/chart-history/658897?f=793&g=Singles |archivedate= 2 October 2011 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|16
|-
{{album chart|France|17|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|10|id=86843|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|70|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|40|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|6|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|15|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|album=Lessons to Be Learned|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|8|date=20080518|rowheader=true|access-date=8 June 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' [[Top Heatseekers]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1409953|pure_url=yes}} |title=Lessons to Be Learned > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=18 August 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''Lessons to Be Learned''
! scope="col"|Chart (2008)
! scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2004.htm |title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2004 |work=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |accessdate=18 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101851/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2004.htm |archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/2008_album.asp |title=Jahreshitparade 2008 – austriancharts.at |language=German |publisher=austriancharts.at |accessdate=28 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917151008/http://austriancharts.at/2008_album.asp |archivedate=17 September 2011 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|65
|-
!scope="row"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/yearchart_2008.asp?cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 2008 |language=Dutch |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=18 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917015620/http://dutchcharts.nl/yearchart_2008.asp?cat=a |archivedate=17 September 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|43
|-
!scope="row"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=2008&type=2 |title=Classement Albums – année 2008 |language=French |work=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |accessdate=18 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729033409/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=2008&type=2 |archivedate=29 July 2012 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|134
|-
!scope="row"|[[GfK Entertainment Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charts-surfer.de/musikcharts.php |title=Deutsche Alben-Charts 2008 (select "Deutsche Album-Charts", "Top 100" and "2008") |language=German |publisher=Charts-Surfer |accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|97
|-
!scope="row"|[[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2008 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2008 |publisher=swisscharts.com |accessdate=18 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213230250/http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2008 |archivedate=13 February 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|28
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="chartsplus">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf |title=UK Year-End Charts 2008|work=[[The Official Charts Company]] |publisher=[[ChartsPlus]] |accessdate=18 August 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|68
|}

===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Lessons to Be Learned''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Lessons to Be Learned|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|relyear=2008|region=Australia|award=Platinum|certyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Lessons to Be Learned|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|relyear=2008|region=Germany|award=Gold}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Lessons to Be Learned|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|relyear=2008|region=Netherlands|certyear=2010|award=Gold|access-date=October 14, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Lessons to Be Learned|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|relyear=2008|region=Switzerland|award=Gold}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Lessons to Be Learned|artist=Gabriella Cilmi|relyear=2008|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="chartsplus"/>}}
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==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release history and formats for ''Lessons to Be Learned''
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalogue
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|31 March 2008<ref>[http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=95;-1;-1;-1&sku=741511 hmv.com: albums: Lessons To Be Learned (2008)]</ref>
|[[Island Records|Island]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Compact Disc|CD]], [[music download|digital download]]
|1763307
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|10 May 2008<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2106860 |title=CILMI, GABRIELLA / LESSONS TO BE LEARNED |access-date=31 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080806082100/http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2106860 |archive-date=6 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
|5144275002
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand
|12 May 2008
|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
|5144275002
|-
!scope="row"|Europe
|20 June 2008
|Island
|060251773945
|-
!scope="row"|Brazil
|10 September 2008
|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
|rowspan="4"|CD
|602517739468
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (deluxe edition)
|11 October 2008<ref>http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2116575 {{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref>
|Mushroom
|5186504315
|-
!scope="row"|Poland
|28 October 2008
|Universal
|1785089
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|17 March 2009
|[[Universal Republic]]
|B0012720-02
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2008 debut albums]]
[[Category:Gabriella Cilmi albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Xenomania]]
[[Category:ARIA Award-winning albums]]
[[Category:Island Records albums]]