Laleh (album)

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Laleh
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Studio album by
Released30 March 2005
Recorded2004–2005
Genre Pop, Pop rock, Folk
Length48:08
Label Lost Army / Warner Music Sweden
Producer Laleh Pourkarim
Laleh chronology
Laleh
(2005)
Prinsessor
(2006)
Singles from Laleh
  1. "Invisible (My Song)"
    Released: 5 February 2005
  2. "Storebror"
    Released: 4 May 2005
  3. "Live Tomorrow"
    Released: 31 August 2005
  4. "Forgive but Not Forget"
    Released: 12 February 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Helsingborgs Dagblad Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Svenska Dagbladet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Laleh is the self-titled debut album by Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, released on 30 March 2005 on Warner Music Sweden Records. [4] The album, which was both written and produced by Laleh herself, [5] was nominated to "Album of the Year" at the Grammis Awards for 2005 but lost to pop singer Robyn for her self-titled album " Robyn ". [6] [7] The album was also a success on the Swedish Albums Chart where it peaked at number one and stayed on the list for 71 weeks. [8] The album is sung in English, Swedish and Persian.

Contents

Singles

Track listing

All songs written, performed, recorded and produced by Laleh. [5]

  1. "Invisible (My Song)" – 4:18
  2. "Live Tomorrow" – 3:37
  3. "Forgive But Not Forget" – 3:11
  4. "Interlude" – 1:10
  5. "Hame Baham" – 3:46
  6. "Bostadsansökan" – 3:38 (Housing Application)
  7. "Kom Tilda" – 4:09 (Come Tilda)
  8. "Storebror" – 4:04 (Big Brother)
  9. "Tell Me" – 3:43
  10. "Salvation" – 4:11
  11. "How Wrong" – 3:39
  12. "Han tuggar kex" – 3:35 (He Chews Biscuits)
  13. "Der yek gooshe" – 3:24
  14. "Hide Away" – 3:53

Credits

Additional personnel

Production

Source [5]

Charts

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