Music for People in Trouble

Susanne Sundfør - Music for People in Trouble
Critic Score
Based on 18 reviews
2017 Ratings: #59 / 940
User Score
Based on 468 ratings
2017 Rank: #62
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
The Arts Desk

Though certainly a work of art, Music For People in Trouble is wonderfully approachable. At its heart, the album is about beautiful, heart-rending melodies.

100
God Is in the TV

Music For People In Trouble is another exceptional masterpiece from the best songwriter around.

90
The Young Folks
For a record so sparsely composed, it’s perhaps her most stylistically consistent. And for a record so worldly, so concerned with the external, it’s the one that better reflects Susanne Sundfør inner present.
90
Spectrum Culture

Music for People in Trouble is nothing short of a personal and professional triumph for Susanne Sundfør.

90
Northern Transmissions
While it may not be exactly what fans are expecting, it will please anyone thanks to her amazing song writing
80
Evening Standard
She’s defied expectations on a follow-up that retains the Nordic gloom but summons a more classic songwriting approach.
80
musicOMH

Music For People In Trouble will perhaps be a surprise for those who came to Sundfør via her last album, but they won’t be disappointed. This is an album full of hidden depths, stark emotion, and most importantly, absolutely beautiful songs.

80
The Irish Times
This kind of sadness can truly be a blessing.
80
Q Magazine
A beautifully unsettling album.
80
Mojo

As striking as her career-defining 2010 album, The Brothel.

80
The Guardian

Another triumph for Sundfør, who delivers complex, maudlin subjects with lightness and majesty.

80
Clash
Her previous LP, although conventional by Sundfør’s unique standard, contained moments of wild, gloriously unhinged songcraft but now it feels as if the more leftfield strands of her sound — such as her experimentation with structure — are being pushed to the fore, and it’s thrilling to behold.
80
The Line of Best Fit

Musically and lyrically, Music for People in Trouble retains the dark heart of the previous album, but the mood is more introspective, at least on the surface.

80
The 405

Susanne Sundfør’s new album Music For People In Trouble goes for simplicity over technology in her most personal work to date, conveying her feeling of wholeness as a musician again. The rule of ‘less is more’ can be a double-edged sword, but in this case simplicity is the clear winner.

80
AllMusic

Such militant introspection can sometimes be off-putting, but Music for People in Trouble is rooted in empathy, and even at its most cynical ... the warmth of its core radiates outward.

80
PopMatters

Music for People in Trouble is poetry without being poetry. It is one of the gentlest excursions of art pop to come this year. Susanne Sundfør might have perfected a sound she has been searching for.

60
Uncut
Sundfor's first for Bella Union suffers from an occasional excess of affectations, her melismatic vocal style an acquired taste. Fortunately, she's best at her most intimate, this sixth collection's dominate quality.
60
The Observer

As the album’s title suggests, Sundfør wishes to pour oil on the choppy waters of a weary world, and the warm clarity of her voice offers beautiful moments of respite.

gabromzk
100

Another triumphant album for one of the most underrated artist.
Edit. It's definitely a grower

imgroot
70

i'm not a person but thank you susanne ! this rocks !

EMR
67

The feeling of being carried away, not cherished, not nourished, not taken care of, but carried away by life may strike many as a shock too harsh to handle. And it is, if one suddenly realizes he or she has been cast away like a leave driven aimless by the wind. The utter sense of helplessness that overtakes us all, inevitably, at a certain point of our lives.

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Boydove
73

Far from blómi

Nikoslay
76

decent. ikke nokka helt sjukt men ho har jo fine sanga liksom

toastyseggs
89

Rating each track individually;

84 - Mantra
87 - Reincarnation
83 - Good Luck Bad Luck
90 - The Sound Of War
79 - Music For People In Trouble
88 - Bedtime Story
98 - Undercover
92 - No One Believes In Love Anymore
93 - The Golden Age
89 - Mountaineers (featuring John Grant)

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Added on: June 6, 2017