''Kleerup'' is the debut album by Swedish recording artist and producer

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, released in Sweden on 21 May 2008 by

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. Following the success of his collaboration with fellow Swede

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on 2007's "

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", the album debuted and peaked at number seven on the

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. A revised edition of the album was released internationally in mid-2009. "Thank You for Nothing" is an alternative, almost

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version of

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'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 "

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" appeared, in altered forms, as B-sides to singles released by their vocalists (

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and

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respectively).

Track listing

Swedish edition

International edition

Charts

Peak positions

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2008 debut albums Kleerup albums Positiva Records albums Virgin Records albums