Beautiful Soul (Cynthia Layne album)

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Beautiful Soul
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Studio album by
Released25 September 2007 (2007-09-25)
Genre Pop rock
Length1:09:38
Label Owl
Producer
Cynthia Layne chronology
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(2004)
Beautiful Soul
(2007)
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Beautiful Soul is the third and final studio album by Cynthia Layne. The album was recorded and released in 2007, after Layne had taken a three-year hiatus from her career as a solo artist. Beautiful Soul was the last studio solo album released during Layne's lifetime.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Be You" - 3:43
  2. "Kings & Queens" - 4:47
  3. "Letting You Go" - 3:42
  4. "Pimp Talk" - 4:41
  5. "I Can't Change You" - 4:05
  6. "Will U Be There" - 7:05
  7. "All I Need" - 3:39
  8. "Beautiful Soul" - 4:54
  9. "Free Yourself" - 5:13
  10. "Funny" - 6:01
  11. "Mystery" - 5:42
  12. "We" - 5:01
  13. "Two and One" - 4:52
  14. "Letting You Go (Extended Play)" - 5:27
  15. "Nina Shouts" - 0:47

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [2]

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex. "Alex Henderson – Beautiful Soul". AllMusic . Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  2. Beautiful Soul liner notes. Owl. 2007.