Laleh is the self-titled debut album by Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian-Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Laleh

Laleh

Laleh Pourkarim is an Iranian born Swedish singer-songwriter and former actress. She uses her given name Laleh as a stage name. She left Iran when she was a one year old and came to Sweden as a teenager, attending school in the multicultural district of Hammarkullen, Angered of Gothenburg. Before...

, released on March 30, 2005 on Warner Music Sweden Records

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

. The album, which was both written and produced by Laleh

Laleh

Laleh Pourkarim is an Iranian born Swedish singer-songwriter and former actress. She uses her given name Laleh as a stage name. She left Iran when she was a one year old and came to Sweden as a teenager, attending school in the multicultural district of Hammarkullen, Angered of Gothenburg. Before...

 herself, was nominated to "Album of the Year" at the Grammis Awards

Grammis

The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....

 for 2005 but lost to pop singer Robyn

Robyn

Robin Miriam Carlsson , better known by her stage name Robyn, is a Swedish recording artist, singer, and songwriter. Robyn became known in the late nineties for her worldwide dance-pop hit "Do You Know " from her debut album Robyn Is Here . She co-wrote the song "Du gör mig hel igen" for...

 for her self-titled album "Robyn

Robyn (album)

Robyn is the fourth studio album by Swedish recording artist Robyn. It was released by Konichiwa Records on 27 April 2005 in Sweden. The album represented a change in Robyn's musical style, and featured pop and electronic dance music; inspirations were electronic duo The Knife and rock band...

". 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. The album is sung in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

 and Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

.

Singles

• "Invisible (My Song)" was released as Laleh's debut single on February 5, 2005. The song peaked at number seven on the Swedish Singles Chart and is so far the only top ten song by Laleh on the Swedish Singles Chart.

• "Storebror" was released as Laleh's second single on May 4, 2005. The song didn't manage to break into the charts.

• "Live Tomorrow
  Live Tomorrow
  "Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on August 31, 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in 2005....
  
  " was released as Laleh's third single on August 31, 2005. The song peaked at number twenty on the Swedish Singles Chart and at number eleven on the Danish Singles Chart.

• "Forgive But Not Forget" was released as Laleh's fourth single on February 12, 2006. The song peaked at number forty-six on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Track listing

All songs written, performed, recorded and produced by Laleh

Laleh

Laleh Pourkarim is an Iranian born Swedish singer-songwriter and former actress. She uses her given name Laleh as a stage name. She left Iran when she was a one year old and came to Sweden as a teenager, attending school in the multicultural district of Hammarkullen, Angered of Gothenburg. Before...

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1. "Invisible (My Song)" – 4:18
2. "Live Tomorrow
   Live Tomorrow
   "Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on August 31, 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in 2005....
   
   " – 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 goshe" – 3:24
14. "Hide Away" – 3:53

Production

• Mastering: Henrik Johnson
• Mastering studio: Masters of Audio
• Mixing: Henrik Edenhed
• Mixing studio: Ljudhavet
• Photography: Nina Ramsby
  Nina Ramsby
  Nina Ramsby, born 1972, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and musician from Stockholm. During the 1990s she was the vocalist and guitarist for the alternative rock band Salt, She was also part of the bands Baxter and Grande Tone Music....
  
  , Sevin Aslanzadeh

Charts

Chart (2005/2006)	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	1