Kleerup (album)

Kleerup
Studio album by
Released19 May 2008 (2008-05-19)
Recorded2007–2008
GenreElectropop, synthpop, disco
Length46:28
LabelVirgin
ProducerKleerup
Singles from Kleerup
  1. "With Every Heartbeat"
    Released: 15 January 2007
  2. "Longing for Lullabies"
    Released: 21 March 2008
  3. "3AM"
    Released: 25 August 2008
Alternative cover
International cover
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Digital Spy[3]
musicOMH[4]
The Observer[5]
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[6]
Popmatters[7]
Q[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Spin(7/10)[10]

Kleerup is the debut album by Swedish recording artist and producer Kleerup, released in Sweden on 21 May 2008 by Virgin Records. Following the success of his collaboration with fellow Swede Robyn on 2007's "With Every Heartbeat", the album debuted and peaked at number seven on the Swedish Albums Chart. A revised edition of the album was released internationally in mid-2009.

"Thank You for Nothing" is an alternative, almost instrumental version of Cyndi Lauper's song "Lay Me Down", produced and co-written by Kleerup and included on Lauper's 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink. "Until We Bleed" and "3AM" appeared, in altered forms, as B-sides to singles released by their vocalists (Lykke Li and Marit Bergman respectively).[11][12]

  1. ^ "Kleerup – Kleerup". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Balls, David (June 3, 2009). "Kleerup: 'Kleerup'". Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Cragg, Michael (May 4, 2009). "Kleerup – Kleerup". musicOMH. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  5. ^ Bainbridge, Luke (April 18, 2009). "Electronic review: Kleerup, Kleerup". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ^ Sawdey, Evan (July 23, 2009). "Kleerup: Kleerup". Popmatters. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  8. ^ Q. June 2009. p. 134.
  9. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (June 26, 2008). "Kleerup: Kleerup". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  10. ^ Spin review
  11. ^ "Tonight – Single by Lykke Li". iTunes Store Sweden. Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
  12. ^ "Mama, I Remember You Now – Single by Marit Bergman". iTunes Store Sweden. Apple Inc. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

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