Falling Leaves (album) (History of Margovya)

Falling Leaves is the fourth studio album by Margovyan rock band, released on 27 July 2005 through Tidzhomov Records. The album was produced by Denis Tidzhomov and Not So Socialist. Falling Leaves was Not So Socialist's follow-up album to  and features a shift in the band's musical direction. For the group, the album marks their return to the alternative rock and post-grunge style they started with before their experimentation with heavy metal and industrial metal in the previous album.

Not So Socialist started working on the album immediately after the release of 2 in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of 2 between 2003 and 2004. During this time period, the band members became involved in other projects; got back with his boy band side project  while, , and  all worked on their movie and TV careers, necessitating the long development process for the album as the band could only get together to work on it for so many days. Eventually the band was able to fully focus on developing the album, and by December 2004 Kumilyova claimed to have finished their final recording session for the album. "Hold On" was chosen as the album's lead single in June 2005, with the album seeing release in Margovya on July 27, 2005 and the rest of South America three days later.

The album debuted at number three on the Margovyan Top 100, eventually claiming top spot after three weeks. It also reached number one in Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and was in the top five of all other South American nations. In Margovya, it had the biggest first week sales of 2005 at 607,000 albums sold, going on to become platinum-certified in Margovya. It was also certified fivefold platinum in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia, double platinum in Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela, and platinum in the rest of South America. Falling Leaves has also met positive reviews from critics. The album has sold more than five million copies in Margovya and fifteen million copies worldwide. Oomph! magazine named it the second best album of the 2000s, just losing out to  by.