Prinsessor is the second studio 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, released on December 6, 2006 on Warner Music Sweden Records

Warner Music Group

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. The album wasn't as successful as her debut album, peaking at number three on the Swedish Albums Chart. None of the album's singles managed to break into the charts.

Description

Laleh described the album as following: "The album is called Prinsessor, it is named after a track from the album. There are twelve songs on the album in which one is an instrumental track and another classic, but some tough and some soft. As usual, I have been alone in the studio, which I love. However - after the fantastic experiences me and the band had together on our tours, it was time to invite my favorite little bunch to the studio, and they played on four of the songs.

It feels difficult to resist playing all of the instruments by myself because it's simply so incredibly fun and liberating - but they're so talented, besides, it requires other techniques to record several instruments at the same time, and as a technician it was fun to try it too. It was actually fun to form the music and work in this way as a producer, they understood what I wanted to access, so it worked."

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. "Det är vi som bestämmer (Vem har lurat alla barnen?)" – 4:12 (It is we who decide [Who fooled all the children?])
2. "Mamma" – 3:53 (Mom)
3. "Closer" – 2:53
4. "Call on Me" – 3:29
5. "Prinsessor" – 4:19 (Princesses)
6. "November" – 3:48
7. "Your Town" – 3:48
8. "Step on You" – 3:44
9. "I Know This" – 4:11
10. "Part Two" – 2:20
11. "Far har lärt mig" – 4:38 (Father has taught me)
12. "12" – 3:25

Additional personnel

• Magnus Larsson – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9)
• Oscar Gezelius – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   (on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9)
• Henrik Ekberg – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9)

Production

• Mastering: Henrik Johnson
• Mixing: Henrik Edenhed
• Photography: Laleh, Oscar Gezelius

Charts

Chart (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 ....	3