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1.	Can’t Get Over Loving You 04:47	lyrics	buy track
Is it my song that I’m singing? Is it a lie? Is it that feeling you’re bringing? This feels so right One morning I woke up and everything was different Is it that love that you’re bringing? Rewriting my song I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you Sometimes I wanna scream out to the world that I’m so lonely But I never was to try, never wanna be one of those Here I am with my song, singing it into the world And you took it with your peace Gave me such release Filled me up with eternal hope I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you Is it my song that I’m singing? Is it a lie? Is it that feeling you’re bringing? This feels so right I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you I can’t get over loving you
2.	Obey 04:50	lyrics	buy track
We’re living in a cold, cold-hearted world In these times we can fly, we can rise, but we still fall apart Just living in a cruel, cold-hearted world In our minds we are free, it’s on me, happiness is so far We’re living in a fake, fake-hearted world Where every single soul is bold and we know we’ll grow old alone Who are you? What will be? Who are you? We’re living just a delusional life When our dreams of our youth by the path of our age are destroyed (You gotta do the job) although it may kill ya (Get married, have a baby) ‘cause this is what we do (Conform to the rules) ‘cause we made them Follow follow follow Now we are told about our goals, made to glorify We must fulfill our rules, no matter mental health No we were not born this way, just raised to obey If we know how to fly, why don’t we fly away? (Who are you?) Who are you that you decide? (What will be?) What’s going on? (Who are you?) Tell me baby! I want to know how you feel Does anybody out there care how you feel? I don’t think so, think so I don’t think so, think so (You gotta do the job) although it may kill ya (Get married, have a baby) ‘cause this is what we do (Conform to the rules) ‘cause we made them Follow follow follow (Who are you?) Who are you that you decide? (What will be?) What’s going on? (Who are you?) Tell me baby! (What will be?) What will be? (Who are you?) Who are you that you decide? (What will be?) What’s going on? (Who are you?) Tell me baby! (What will be?) What will be? Who are you? What will be? Who are you? What will be? What will be? Who are you? What will be? I want to know Who are you? What will be? Who are you? I want to know how you feel
3.	Please Come Home 02:23	lyrics	buy track
Now baby won’t you please come home I’ve been waiting all alone Still I’m waiting all alone Still I’m waiting here Now baby won’t you please come home In love there is no right or wrong Understand me, I know I’m strong Understand me, I know I’m strong Here’s where you belong In love there is no right or wrong Still I’m waiting here Now baby won’t you please come home Here’s where you belong In love there is no right or wrong Still I’m waiting here Now baby won’t you please come home
4.	Kava 03:25	lyrics	buy track
E srećo, evo sjedi, uživaj Evo malo kave, hoćes vina? Jesi li za pitu? Suvo meso, maslina? Biće malo svirke, uživaćemo Hajd opusti se Sad ćemo na naš način, ah Kava, na stolu vino Kava, oluja na moru Kava, na stolu vino Kava, oluja na moru Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Daj mi malo vina dušo Hajde da igramo Kava, na stolu vino Kava, oluja na moru Kava, na stolu vino Kava, oluja na moru Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Kava, kava, oh oh oh Kava, kava, oh oh oh Kava, kava, oh oh oh Kava, kava, oh oh oh
5.	Turn The Page! 04:26	info	buy track
6.	No No No (I’m So Broke) 04:02	lyrics	buy track
Every day I’m goin’ to my job now (and I’m slave, and I’m slaving) Tryin’ to give the best that I can (still I’m struggling, I’m struggling) I’m doin’ my best to make a living (it’s not work… it’s not working) Whatever I try, I stay broke, something’s wrong Feels like I’m trapped in a rat race running towards end of all ends You know that shit ain’t healthy, do you? Wondering why I do what I do, wondering where I go makes no sense I just want my fair share When I tell my boss that I fear I won’t make it through winter time Like anybody else in this round All he says is you gotta save some cash, there is no rhyme Mmh-mmh I’m so tired, so damn tired My work is so much more No no no, I’m so broke Can’t make a living anymore No no no, something’s changed What am I doing all this for? No no no, I want more Can’t live of a dime No no no, I’m so broke Hey hey hey Every day I’m going to my job now (and I’m slave, and I’m slaving) Trying to give the best that I can (still I’m struggling, I’m struggling) I’m doin’ my best to make a living (it’s not work… it’s not working) Whatever I try, I stay broke, something’s wrong I’m so tired, so fuckin’ tired My work is so much more No no no, I’m so broke Can’t make a living anymore No no no, something’s changed What am I doing all this for? No no no, I want more Can’t live of a dime No no no, I’m so broke Hey hey hey I’m so tired, so fuckin’ tired My work is so much more (Hey, hey hey) (Hey, hey hey) (Hey, hey hey) (Hey, hey hey) No no no, I’m so broke Can’t make a living (hey, hey, hey) No no no, something’s changed What can I do? (hey, hey, hey) No no no, I want more Can’t live of a dime (hey, hey, hey) No no no, I’m so broke Hey hey hey No
7.	Plenty of Life 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Children playing in the sunshine Everybody feeling alright Margarita in my hand Oh the sounds of the wave’s so fine Every view is so divine Lovers walking in the sand Fine, it feels so fine This is cloud nine The best of times My pockets are empty but still I got plenty of life With the right attitude you can find gratitude and shine I’m pretty content I got a 100 percent of life One thing I know is to go with the flow Life is mine All that light All those colors in my mind So many scents are there to find With you, and you, and you So much rhythm So much heartbeat in this child Oh, its melody is wild And true, and true, so true Fine, it feels so fine This is cloud nine The best of times My pockets are empty but still I got plenty of life With the right attitude you can find gratitude and shine I’m pretty content, I got a 100 percent of life One thing I know is to go with the flow Life is mine Fine, it feels so fine This is cloud nine The best of times My pockets are empty but still I got plenty of life With the right attitude you can find gratitude and shine I’m pretty content, I got a 100 percent of life One thing I know is to go with the flow Life is mine I got plenty of life, I got plenty of life Plenty of life, plenty of life Plenty of life, plenty of life Plenty of life, plenty of life Still I got plenty of life Plenty of life, plenty of life
8.	I Wanna Go 03:34	lyrics	buy track
I wanna go, I wanna go Back to that place where I feel that I belong Oh I know, oh I know That the sunshine on the ocean makes me strong Red wine and the air I breathe People looking at me, and not just through me Fresh figs peeking through the leaves People really listen when they’re talking to me I wanna go, I need to go I wanna go Back to my roots now Back to my people I’m homesick, I just can’t make up my mind Strong winds and the waves of love Flash into my mind when I’m thinking of you Big dreams of heading home Keep me wondering if I can make it through When I think of my people, my heart’s bleeding, uh-oh Is this really worth the price Of all that sacrifice? I wanna go, I need to go I wanna go Back to my roots now Back to my people I’m homesick, I just can’t make up my mind Back to my roots now Back to my people I’m homesick, I just can’t make up my mind Bring it all home, boys I wanna go, I need to go I wanna go Back to my roots now Back to my people I’m homesick, I just can’t make up my mind Back to my roots now Back to my people I’m homesick, I just can’t make up my mind Back to my roots now Back to my people I’m homesick, I just can’t make up my mind Can’t make up my, can’t make up my Can’t make up my, can’t make up my mind
9.	I’m A Good Woman 02:26	lyrics	buy track
You leave your home for days and days And I know, I said I know You got another woman somewhere around Hey, I’m a good woman I’m a good woman Such a good woman So don’t treat me like dirt I don’t go nowhere You don’t take me out If I put on a nice dress baby You wanna start a fight Even my next door neighbors Know it’s a shame by men They are talking Even my so called friends Now I know what I’m gonna do (what?) I’m gonna move away from here And pretend that I have happiness Said I know what I’m gonna do I’m gonna leave you Said I know what I’m gonna do I’m gonna leave you A change gonna come A change gonna come, baby And I don’t mean maybe I’m gonna leave you ‘Cause I’m a good woman I’m gonna leave you I’m a good woman
10.	∞ (Infinity) 04:45	lyrics	buy track
And every time I’m sitting alone in my room Wondering if I deserve love And every time I’m sitting alone at my table Searching for love songs And every time I wonder if this is me forever Do I have to stay alone And every time I wonder if it’s meant to be If I’d ever find love Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity And every time it catches me again and again I wanna feel you And every time I wanna love again and again I am your friend And every time I wanna reach out to the stars And put them in your hand And every time I find so much peace in your love You are infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity Love is infinity, infinity (‘til the end of time) And every time I’m sitting alone in my room Wondering if I deserve love And every time I’m sitting alone at my table Searching for love songs And every time I wonder if this is me forever Do I have to stay alone And every time I wonder if it’s meant to be If I’d ever find love

about

The debut album of soul singer Maiiah is also the third full-length by Hamburg collective Angels of Libra, following on from the success of their collaboration with Irish singer Nathan Johnston.

Maiiah is a singer with roots in the Balkans but growing up in Düsseldorf, the city of the legendary Unique Club and the label of the same name. Soul left its mark on her early on, and when she met Hamburg producer, musician and composer Dennis Rux (Hamburg Spinners/Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios) during the pandemic, the two realized they shared a similar musical vision. Their common love of soul music and old rhythm & blues brought them together, and they started recording music together in Hamburg with the Angels of Libra. Lo and behold, their first single together "Obey" got into rotation at tastemaker station Radioeins and confirmed them as a winning team.

Following in the footsteps of many a classic soul tune, second single, "No No No (I'm So Broke)" is a social critique and commentary. In it Maiiah literally wears her heart on her sleeve, as she sings about the back-breaking job she was working at the time and the poor earnings as a hotel service employee.

But naturally life has more to offer than just work and so a large part of the songs on this record revolve around love. Maiiah gives her own spin to the classic "I'm A Good Woman", which the spirited singer has performed live many times. The story goes that the late DJ and Unique Records label owner Henry Storch sent Maiiah the original song by Barbara Lynn to comfort her after a heavy heartbreak. The song thus holds a very important place in Maiiah's heart, and it was released as the third advance single, recorded during her tour with Nathan Johnston at Bekegg Studios in Rastede, Lower Saxony.

With Dennis Rux at her side and the powerful arrangements of the Angels of Libra, Maiiah has found the right partners for her personal debut. On "Kava" & "Plenty of Life", Hamburg's jack-of-all-trades Carsten Meyer aka Erobique is featured as a guest on the keyboards, so here the rhythm section of the Hamburg Spinners comes together again. The love for old soul, rhythm & blues and the analog sound of the sixties is also fully expressed on this album. The longings and deep feelings in Maiiah's lyrics are carefully picked up musically, whether as a classic R&B song as in "Please Come Home" or in boogaloo party mode as in the Croatian-sung "Kava", the fourth single. "Plenty of Life" is a song for self-cheering and a call to open up to the beautiful sides of life despite all adversity. In "I wanna go", on the other hand, Maiiah longs for her Croatian homeland. The crowning finale of the album is the intense "Infinity" about life's phases and the recurring ups and downs as the essence of human existence.

The ingredients of Maiiah and the Angels of Libra's recipe are authentic lyrics, to the point arrangements, tight horns, rousing background vocals and the spirit of the golden age of soul music, as it was shaped by labels like Motown and Stax. Recorded in part with original equipment from the 50s. Producer Dennis Rux says, "We wanted to create a record that people would go dance to at the Komet" (a neighborhood club on St. Pauli in Hamburg, the band's second home). The joint album combines the Hamburg soul of the Angels of Libra with the passion of Maiiah, who can fully live out her temperament on the mic.

credits

released October 20, 2023

All tracks recorded by Dennis Rux, except B4 recorded by Peter Patzer at Bekegg Studios. Track A2 recorded at Yeah! Yeah Yeah! Studios Barmbek & track B1 recorded at Ferienhuset Denmark, both with overdubs at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios Barmbek and Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios Exile Wandsbek. All other tracks recorded at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios Exile Altona. Double bass, trumpet, flugelhorn & piano recorded at home. Additional percussion recorded by Lucas Kochbeck at Monopalast.

Mixed by Dennis Rux at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios St.Pauli.
Mastered by Doug Krebs, Fort Collins, CO.
All songs published by Edition YYYMI, except „I’m A Good Woman“ published by Crazy Cajun Music.

℗&© 2023 Waterfall Records. WR2303LP. LC14342. GEMA. All rights reserved.

Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

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The Angels Of Libra are a 10-piece soul outfit from Hamburg with a high affinity to analog recording techniques, 60s soul revue concepts and film scores remeniscent of Ennio Morricone, Khruangbin & Air.

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