Lesser Matters

Lesser Matters
Studio album by The Radio Dept.
Released March 4, 2003
Genre Dream pop, indie pop, shoegazing
Length 43:10
Label Labrador, Shelflife
Producer Johan Duncanson, Martin Larsson
The Radio Dept. chronology
Lesser Matters
(2003)		 Pet Grief
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link
NME (9/10) link
PopMatters (favourable) link
Drowned in Sound (9/10) link

Lesser Matters is the 2003 debut of Swedish pop group The Radio Dept. It ranked number nine on NME's list of the 50 Best Albums of 2004.[1] It received favorable reviews from UNCUT, Mojo and Q Magazine with a rating of 84/100 on Metacritic.[2]

The song "Keen on Boys" and "Pulling Our Weight" were featured in Sofia Coppola's adaptation of Marie Antoinette, appearing also on the soundtrack to the film.[3]

Track listing

Songs written by Johan Duncanson, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Too Soon" – 1:17 (Johan Duncanson/Martin Larsson)
  2. "Where Damage Isn't Already Done" – 2:43
  3. "Keen on Boys" – 4:53 (Duncanson/Larsson)
  4. "Why Won't You Talk About It?" – 3:08
  5. "Its Been Eight Years" – 2:33
  6. "Bus" – 2:58
  7. "Slottet #2" (The Castle #2) – 3:07
  8. "1995" – 3:11
  9. "Against the Tide" – 4:23
  10. "Strange Things Will Happen" – 4:24
  11. "Your Father" – 4:01
  12. "Ewan" – 2:23
  13. "Lost and Found" – 4:09 (Duncanson/Larsson)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Metacritic: Best Albums of 2004". http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2004.shtml. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 
  2. ^ "Metacritic entry". http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiodept/lessermatters?q=radio%20dept.. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 
  3. ^ "Amazon.com Marie Antoinette soundtrack". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ICLSQU/. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 
The Radio Dept.
Johan Duncanson · Martin Larsson · Daniel Tjäder
Studio albums
Lesser Matters · Pet Grief · Clinging to a Scheme
EPs
Against the Tide · Annie Laurie · Pulling Our Weight · This Past Week
Compilation albums
Singles
"Where Damage Isn't Already Done" · "Liebling" · "Why Won't You Talk About It?" · "Ewan" · "The Worst Taste in Music" · "We Made the Team" · "Freddie and the Trojan Horse" · "David" · "Heaven's on Fire" · "Never Follow Suit" · "The New Improved Hypocrisy"
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