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 enlarge | Artist: Lykke Li
Label: ATLANTIC / ADA
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 579
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 512707
UPC: 825646946457
EAN: 8256469464576
ASIN: B001B92EBC
Release Date: August 19, 2008
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 Awful November 4, 2008
Queeny (Orlando, Fl USA)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
This CD was not for me. Not my era~ I think if you are over 20, you'll hate it.
Breath of Fresh Air December 14, 2008
B. Hour (long beach, ca)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My first introduction to Lykke Li was through a friend via a youtube video for her song "Little Bit." I admit that I was hooked. The video was different in a good way and her voice was unique: soft, innocent and a little bluesy. Her sound is eclectic ranging from dance to indie to electro to blues. There's no other way to describe it. A very melodic album. I can't wait to see what else she has up her sleeve. All in all, a breath of fresh air in all the pollution streaming through the radio these days.
Awesome! (4.5 stars) September 1, 2008
Doug (Pennsylvania)
I'm so glad I saw Lykke Li's late-night performance that inspired me to buy this album, because I love it. It's pop music that we haven't heard before, with really interesting instrumentation and vocal arrangements. It's odd enough to appeal to my "art rock" taste, but totally catchy and accessible. It's not quite a perfect album - a couple songs are repetitive enough that they threaten to wear thin after a while - but it's certainly a great one, and a terrific soundtrack to these late-summer days. Definitely one of the better albums I've bought this year.
Lykke Li - Youth Novels September 5, 2008
S. D. Mason (Greenville, NC)
Youth Novels (2008, LL Recordings) Lykke Li's first studio album. ***1/2
In 2007 I became very tired of minimalism. It had been around since the late 1990s, and only few bands were able to do it successfully, namely blues-based bands such as the White Stripes and the Black Keys. There were others of course, but they seemed to be the only ones who had it down pat. And even then I wasn't crazy about it; Icky Thump, while still an exceptional album, ranked as one of the Stripes' weakest outputs. At the same time, wonderfully flourished albums like Neon Bible were sonically epic in every sense, and that was the direction that I had been waiting for.
And now in 2008, we've been seeing less minimalism in favor of bigger sounds. That doesn't always make things better, but it was a nice change from the norm. Li, however, seems to have missed the memo, and has actually put out one of the few truly great minimalist indie electronic albums (assuming there's more than this one). It's dance music for the kids who are too cool to dance. Youth Novels is disjointed, and it tends to sputter more than it stands solid. Things don't kick in until "Let It Fall," a very simple Prince-esque groove with lapping vocals. Even after this moment, it doesn't always work. The next great moment doesn't come until the robotic "Complaint Department," and appropriately it meanders until the end. There is no bad material here, what's here is just uneven, and Li is merely inconvienced to have a debut that's not quite as proper as it should be. We'll see where she can go from here, because while it's a promising start, the genre she's adopted as well as her sound don't lend to a whole lot of growth. (Let It Fall, Complaint Department, Breaking It Up)
 Lykke Li album is a hit September 16, 2008
Maggie (New York State, USA)
Youth Novels is singer Lykke Li's first major US debut. Stand out tracks include I'm Good, I'm Gone and Little Bit. I hope this album blows up, her voice is absolutely stunning. The sparse instrumentation on a lot of the tracks definitely works to her advantage! Pick this album up if you're a fan of upbeat, mellow, female voices.
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