Mama Lilla Would

In 2001, Vanessa Petruo became the member of popular German girl group No Angels,[2] which disbanded in 2003.[3] Petruo was the first member of No Angels to launch a solo career. In 2004, she released her debut single "Drama Queen", which reached number 11 Germany,[1] number 35 in Austria[4] and number 88 Switzerland.[5] Another single, "Pop That Melody", produced by Mousse T, was planned. The music video was shot, but, like "Drama Queen", it pulled back due to differences in style with Mama Lilla Would.

In 2004, Petruo wanted to release a pop album, 2004, which had a working title Faces of Drama. Besides "Drama Queen" and "Pop That Melody", eight more songs were planned for the album: "Army of Me", "Time Has Changed", "Don't Mess With This Latina", "Dear Man in the Moon", "Warrior of Light", "What the Hell Is This?", "Call Dr. Music" and "Wind Me Up". Almost all these songs were later uploaded on Petruo's official MySpace page.[6] "What the Hell Is This?" was eventually re–written in more soul style and became "Hot Blooded Woman", while "What the Hell Is This?" eventually became one of the lines of the new song.[7] "Call Dr. Music" was also included on the album. Originally written as a pop song, it was re–written and arranged as a soul song.

Fifteen songs were recorded for Mama Lilla Would, including the song "Miss Celie's Blues", written by Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones. More four songs were recorded, but were not included on the album — "What God Likes on Me", "Enemy", "I Wish You Love" and "End of the Road", the cover version of Boyz II Men's song. "End of the Road" was included exclusively on the BRAVO: Come Together compilation album. Most of the songs are available on Petruo's MySpace page.[6] Petruo wrote and composed most of the songs for Mama Lilla Would, helped by several songwriters. Thorsten Brötzmann and Alex Geringas, who wrote "Drama Queen",[8] wrote one song, "Call Dr. Music".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
CDStarts	[9]
LAUT	[10]
Amazon.com	[11]

Though the album was commercially unsuccessful, it was well–received by music critics. German edition of Amazon.com awarded it with 4.5 stars out of five.[12] Laut.de gave it three out of five stars, stating that the album "had the potential" and naming the song as "original".[13] Mama Lilla Would also received six out of ten stars at the CDStars.de.[14]

• "Hot Blooded Woman" was released on 4 November 2005 as the lead single from the album.[15] Though it garnered positive reviews from music critics, it charted at number 59 at German Singles Chart and remained on chart for only a week.[1]
• "Break My Wings" was released shortly after "Hot Blooded Woman", but it failed to chart on German Singles Chart. It was released as a radio single only, and the accompanying music video was not filmed.

• Official Website of Vanessa Petruo