''Come Closer'' is the debut

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by Turkish pop singer Tarkan. Album was published in Europe, Asia, Japan, North America, South America, Australia. It was released by

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on April 7, 2006 in

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and

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. Tarkan began recording the album in 1997, following the success of his third Turkish release '' Ölürüm Sana'' that year. Referring to the album's title, Tarkan said: In August 2005, a number of songs recorded for the album were leaked onto the internet by a Turkish DJ. The leaked songs garnered considerable airplay in

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s in Turkey, before Tarkan's management took legal action against the DJs playing the songs.

Track listing

* ''Come Closer'' US Remix Editio Tarkan was about to release his U.S Remix album featuring

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and

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. Pete "Boxsta" Martin remixed the entire album. The album was recorded in L.A at Westlake Studio, N.Y at Sony Music Studio and London at The Matrix Studio Complex. Pete remixed the original versions from his debut English album "Come Closer". There were supposed to be two new tracks added in as well. It was going to be released worldwide in 2008. ''Confirmed tracks:''Boxsta Official Website - Discography
# Just Like That # In Your Eyes # Why Don't We? (Aman Aman) ''(Feat.

& Filly **)'' # Mine # Over # Shhh # Bounce ''(Feat. Malverde ** & Filly **)'' # Come Closer # Don't Leave Me Alone # I'm Gonna Make U Feel Good # Mass Confusion # If Only You Knew # Nothing Like You * # Who's Gonna Love You Now? ''(Feat.

)'' * * New track
** New guest artist

Credits and personnel

*Lead

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— Tarkan *Backing vocals — Anas Allaf,

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— Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Devrim Karaoglu,

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, Brian Kierulf,

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— Anas Allaf, Marc Copely, Brian Kierulf, Billy Mann, Giles Palmer * Drum programming —Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Devrim Karaoglu, Ozan Çolakoğlu *

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— Mehmet Akatay, Cengiz Ercumer *

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— Grup Gündem * Bağlama — Çetin Akdeniz * Programming — Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Devrim Karaoglu, Ozan Çolakoğlu, Brian Kierulf, Lester Mendez *Executive Producer — Tarkan * Mixed by Dexter Simmons * Mastering by Eddie Schreyer *

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by Tamer Yılmaz * Hair by Yıldırım Özdemir * Make-up by Neriman Eroz * Art direction by Marc Schilkowski

Music videos

* "Bounce" * "Start The Fire"

Charts

References

External links

tarkan.com
— official website.
tarkanmusic.de
— official album website.
boxstamusic
— official Pete "Boxsta" Martin website. {{Authority control 2006 albums Tarkan (singer) albums