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Track Listing
1. Writer's Block
2. Objects of My Affection
3. Young Folks
4. Amsterdam
5. Start to Melt
6. Up Against the Wall
7. Paris 2004
8. Let's Call It Off - (Single Mix)
9. Chills, The
10. Roll the Credits
11. Poor Cow
12. Ancient Curse - (Bonus Track)
13. All Those Expectations - (Weak Remix, Bonus Track)
14. Let's Call It Off - (Girl Talk Remix, Bonus Track)
Album Notes
Bonus Disc Included.
Peter Bjorn and John: John (vocals, whistling, electric guitar, dulcimer, Moog synthesizer, bass guitar, drums, bongos, shaker, steel drum, tambourine, tubular bells, foot stamps, sound effects, thunder sheet); BJorn (vocals, whistling, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass guitar, drum machine, tambourine); Peter (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, harmonica, piano, bass guitar, foot stamps, sound effects).
Additional personnel: Victoria Bergsman (vocals).
The Stockholm trio of Peter Moren, Bjorn Yttling, and John Eriksson scored a European hit with their delightfully amateurish "Young Folks" single, included here complete with whistling and bongos. The rest of their second album, a fully realized fusion of intelligent songwriting and innovative production, is equally enchanting. Moren's "Objects Of My Affection" combines the rhythm, soul, and self-analysis of a RUBBER SOUL-era John Lennon composition with the atmosphere and melodic distortion of My Bloody Valentine, and Eriksson's "Up Against The Wall" evokes Blur's early Syd Barrett-influenced songs.
Industry Reviews
The album is teeming with pristine, thoughtfully executed moments.
Much like the Shins, this Swedish trio draws heavily from the sunny sound of British Invasion pop....[The] lyrics ensure that the balance of sweet and sad is just right. -- Grade: B+
4 stars out of 5 -- PB&J casually swap instruments and styles while carefully nurturing their delicate tunes.
Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Top Albums of the Year 2007 -- [W]arm, Sixties-derived folk pop that feels instantly familiar and improves on repeated listens.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [B]right, warm pop music....WRITER'S BLOCK is one of those albums where the songs seem familiar in a good way...
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