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Lykke LiWounded Rhymes82 Based on 14 reviews 2011 Ranking: #38 / 498
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REVIEWS
In moving firmly away from the happier pop tone of her debut Lykke Li has nonetheless made a better record.
This is a seriously heavy and seriously excellent album.
The album serves as a bit of a soundtrack for anyone who’s managed to retain a romantic outlook past the age where such a thing is likely realistic, and the bitter struggle of rediscovery that follows.
Li proves a rich and compelling character in her songs, which are dark but also complex, contradictory, and, thank goodness, still rough around the edges.
Li’s explosion of confidence and fearless experimentation add together to create an album that is sensual and immense, as substantial as it is enjoyable.
Rhymes is smarter and more mature than 2008's Youth Novels in nearly every conceivable way.
At other times, the album works magnificently; more so than anything on her breakthrough debut.
The mild disappointment of this record can be firmly classed as a first world problem in itself.
Youth Novels
(2008)DETAILS
RATINGS
| 90 | No Ripcord |
| 90 | PopMatters |
| 85 | Beats Per Minute |
| 83 | Pitchfork |
| 83 | A.V. Club |
| 80 | AllMusic |
| 80 | Consequence of Sound |
| 80 | musicOMH |
| 80 | Spin |
| 80 | Tiny Mix Tapes |
| 78 | Paste |
| 76 | Coke Machine Glow [src ] |
| 70 | NME [src] |
| 60 | Drowned in Sound |
| # 31 - | Amazon |
| # 19 - | Clash |
| # 35 - | Drowned in Sound |
| # 13 - | FILTER |
| # 28 - | MOJO |
| # 34 - | musicOMH |
| # 29 - | No Ripcord |
| # 10 - | One Thirty BPM |
| # 28 - | Paste |
| # 38 - | Pazz and Jop |
| # 43 - | Pitchfork |
| # 23 - | PopMatters |
| # 20 - | Pretty Much Amazing |
| # 26 - | Q |
| # 2 - | Slant |
| # 10 - | SPIN |
| # 38 - | The Fly |
| # 32 - | The Guardian |
- Youth Knows No Pain
- I Follow Rivers
- Love Out Of Lust
- Unrequited Love
- Get Some
- Rich Kids Blues
- Sadness Is A Blessing
- I Know Places
- Jerome
- Silent My Song
