I Know What Love Isn't

I Know What Love Isn't
Studio album by Jens Lekman
Released 3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)
Recorded 2009-2012 in Melbourne and Gothenburg
Genre Indie pop
Length 38:00
Label Service, Secretly Canadian
Jens Lekman chronology
Night Falls Over Kortedala
(2007)		 I Know What Love Isn't
(2012)

I Know What Love Isn't is the third album by Jens Lekman. It was released in the UK/EU on 3 September 2012 and in the United States on 4 September 2012 through Secretly Canadian. The album was the final album released by Service Records, who had been Lekman's European label since 2004.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB[4]
Consequence of SoundB[5]
The Guardian[6]
MSN Music[7]
NME7/10[8]
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

I Know What Love Isn't received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 28 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jens Lekman. 

No. Title Length
1. "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name"   1:26
2. "Erica America"   3:56
3. "Become Someone Else's"   4:24
4. "Some Dandruff on Your Shoulder"   3:41
5. "She Just Don't Want to Be with You Anymore"   3:53
6. "I Want a Pair of Cowboy Boots"   2:57
7. "The World Moves On"   6:11
8. "The End of the World Is Bigger than Love"   4:41
9. "I Know What Love Isn't"   3:34
10. "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name"   3:17
Total length:
 38:00

References

  1. ↑ "R.I.P. Service, Swedish Label Behind Jens Lekman, Tough Alliance, Studio, Whitest Boy Alive | News". Pitchfork. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for I Know What Love Isn't by Jens Lekman". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "I Know What Love Isn't – Jens Lekman". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ↑ DeVille, Chris (September 4, 2012). "Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn’t". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  5. ↑ Madden, Michael (September 7, 2012). "Jens Lekman – I Know What Love Isn’t". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mossman, Kate (August 30, 2012). "Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn't – review". The Guardian. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 26, 2012). "Odds and Ends 017". MSN Music. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Stevens, Jenny (August 31, 2012). "Jens Lekman – 'I Know What Love Isn't'". NME. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  9. ↑ Zoladz, Lindsay (September 7, 2012). "Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn't". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  10. ↑ Rosen, Jody (September 4, 2012). "I Know What Love Isn't". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

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