Youth Novel [Import]

Lykke Li | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Sweden
• ASIN: B0011X9S62
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Melodies & Desires

2. Dance, Dance, Dance

3. I'm Good, I'm Gone

4. Let It Fall

5. My Love

6. Tonight

7. Little Bit

8. Hanging High

9. This Trumpet in My Head

10. Complaint Department

11. Breaking It Up

12. Everybody But Me

13. Time Flies

14. Window Blues

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Imagine The Neptunes remixing 'Joe Le Taxi' as performed by Peter Bjorn & John and you're about a tenth of the way to what Lykke Li's come up with." --Nme --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Product Description

Sweden's Lykke Li presents one of the most perfect pop albums you'll hear all year. Just as her music sometimes seems to have arrived from another planet, she's not quite like anyone you've met before. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric Pop from Sweden!!, July 14, 2008

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Youth Novel (Audio CD)

Lykke Li is Sweden's latest Pop export and she's gotten the inevitable comparisons to fellow Nordic Pop stars Robyn and Annie, but in truth, her style is miles different from those two. 22 years old she may be, but her music is far ahead of her years, even her arty cover photo sets her apart from those two.

Her debut "Youth novels" is produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John and Lasse Mårtén, it is rather experimental and dreamy, fitting her light airy vocals to a tee.

In an album awash in brilliance, standouts include "Dance dance dance" (tapped percussion and strummed percussion, a squidgy Sax solo building to a nice choir finale), the sunny "I'm good, I'm gone" (with a killer chorus and lovely keyboard flourishes), the acoustic/Pop "Let it fall", the lilting Jazz/Folk "Little Bit" (which wouldn't sound out of place on a Kings of Convenience CD), the stark yet astonishingly beautiful ballad "Hanging high", the acoustic spoken largely instrumental "This trumpet in my head" (of course daintily adorned with trumpet playing), the buzzing Björk-like "Complaint department", the hand clap-filled Jazzy/Synth number "Breaking it up", and the brooding, almost hymnal closing number "Window blues" (with haunting harmonies).

This album is incredibly clever pop music with a great attention to detail. If only all Pop music could be this intelligent. I think we'll be hearing a lot more of Ms. Li in the near future.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even enjoyable for old farts, February 20, 2009

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A. lozano "ageless rocker" (SFO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Youth Novels (Audio CD)

Seeing some of the ageist comments on here made me reflect..... good music can be enjoyed by anyone... of any age.
This ablem has entertained me for several months now - and i am 62. I was brought up on the staples of hippydom and hard rock, but the album reaches across those boundaries and has given me hours of listening pleasure.

zippydedodah

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top class tuneful album, November 13, 2008

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British Commentator (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Youth Novels (Audio CD)

Ignore the person who says this is not for over 20's, I am late 30's and love this album. It is full of great tunes, very catchy with strong beats. It is best described as electronic pop, but I think it will strongly appeal to some Hip Hop heads too. It is from Sweden but lyrics are in English.
Buy it!!!