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12/18/2007

Top 10 Albums Of 2007: No.6, Jens Lekman- Night Falls Over Kortedala

Even crooners need cleaning

Night Falls Over Kortedala is an album about love. It is Jens Lekman's most upbeat release to date full of Motown Oooh's, humble finger-snaps, and a spirited horn section. Jens proves himself as a truthful gentleman with songs like, "I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You". Most songs like this one are about relationships, whether it's about his own egotistical tainted relationships ("the drop of blood in his glass of milk" on the song "Shirin",) or pretending to be his lesbian friend's boyfriend in "A Postcard To Nina".

The album runs the gamut, featuring doo-wop, funk, Sam Cooke balladry, disco, and of course ultimately Jens' patented sad-eyed-sing-songy pop.

My favorite track on Night Falls Over Kortedala has to be the white-boy funk of "Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig." Equally notable is the single, "The Opposite Of Hallelujah", joyfully recalls Chairmen of the Board's "Give Me Just A Little More Time."

Fall in love with Jens and buy Night Falls Over Kortedala from Secretly Canadian.

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