Night Falls Over Kortedala
Jens Lekman
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And I Remember Every Kiss | Jens Lekman | 2:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Sipping On the Sweet Water | Jens Lekman | 4:11 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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The Opposite of Hallelujah | Jens Lekman | 4:21 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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A Postcard to Nina | Jens Lekman | 5:00 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Into Eternity | Jens Lekman | 3:44 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You | Jens Lekman | 3:48 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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If I Could Cry (it Would Feel Like This) | Jens Lekman | 3:23 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Your Arms Around Me | Jens Lekman | 5:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Shirin | Jens Lekman | 3:56 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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It Was a Strange Time In My Life | Jens Lekman | 5:08 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig | Jens Lekman | 4:43 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Friday Night At the Drive-In Bingo | Jens Lekman | 4:16 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - Night Falls Over Kortedala | Jens Lekman | -- | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Album Review
Nothing on Jens Lekman's second album does anything to change the fact that he's a true pop music genius. Night Falls Over Kortadela is witty, pretty, silly, and wise; and filled with instantly memorable melodies, thrilling moments of surprise in the arrangements, and laugh-out-loud lyrics. As always, he draws from a wide range of musical influences, mixing in deft samples from sources as varied as Renaldo & the Loaf and fellow Swedes the Tough Alliance, and always sounding like a guy who is head over heels in love with music. This love translates into the joyous atmosphere that spills over the record like candy from a piñata as he leaps from disco-fied love songs (the blissful "Sipping on the Sweet Nectar") to doo wop-meets-hip-hop ballads ("Kanske Är Jag Kär I Dig"), from orchestral declarations of devotion ("And I Remember Every Kiss," with orchestra on loan from Enoch Light) to delightfully ramshackle rockers ("Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo"). Lekman mixes and matches sounds and genres like the world's most adept DJ, coming up with practically his own style in the process. It's hard to think of another artist who so gracefully blends the acoustic with the electric, the real with the fake. Lyrically Lekman sticks mostly to love, finding it, losing it, sacrificing for it (his story of being his friend's boyfriend to fool her father on "A Postcard to Nina" provides the album's lyrical highlights), but most of all believing in it wholeheartedly. He also shows his talent for capturing the small moments of life — whether it's cutting the tip of your finger off while slicing avocados ("Your Arms Around Me") or worrying about your little sister ("The Opposite of Hallelujah") — hasn't dimmed at all. Jens Lekman is a craftsman, a showman, and a magician all wrapped up into one tuneful bundle of joy, and Night Falls Over Kortadela is his best album. It'll have you walking in the clouds before the first song is half over and have you filled with happiness for days afterward. What more could you ask for?
Customer Reviews
Oh you're so brilliant Jens
Jens Lekman is one of Sweden's many recent pop successes and one of my favourites. While 'Oh You're So Silent Jens' was a collection of EP songs meaning at times there was a couple of patchy songs amongst the gems 'Night Falls Over Kortedala' is a cohesive whole full of superbly used orchestral samples and sweet lyrical observations. Occasionally the lyrics are a bit iffy, but Lekman can be forgiven the odd clunky lines about his heart "beating like Ringo" when he comes up with songs as great as 'Sipping on the Sweet Nectar.' In an album full of highlights my favourite song 'Is Postcard to Nina' which tells of an awkward meeting with a girl's father. So if you like your pop nice and sweet, with lots of reflections on the ups and downs of love then Lekman is your man. Oh and iTunes really need to sort out their track listings, last time I checked there wasn't a song on the album called 'Sipping on the Sweet Water'!
Biography
Born: 06 February 1981 in Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Jens Lekman
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Your Arms Around Me | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 5:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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A Postcard to Nina | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 5:00 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Little Lost | Four Songs By Arthur Russell - EP | 3:31 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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The Opposite of Hallelujah | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 4:21 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Black Cab | Maple Leaves - EP | 5:03 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Friday Night At the Drive-In Bingo | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 4:16 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Sipping On the Sweet Water | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 4:11 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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And I Remember Every Kiss | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 2:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Maple Leaves | Maple Leaves - EP | 4:11 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You | Night Falls Over Kortedala | 3:48 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
