- pop, pop rock, rock
- 45 min
- 12 tracks
- Service
When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog is the debut studio album by Swedish indie pop musician Jens Lekman. His first full-length, the album was released on 7 April 2004 on Service, and later in the year was also released on Secretly Canadian with a slightly altered track listing.
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemporary and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Boston Phoenix3/4 ★
- Pitchfork7/10
- Stylus MagazineA
- Uncut4/5 ★
- ViceB+
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Tracks
- 1Tram #7 to Heaven3:06
- 2Do You Remember the Riots?2:30
- 3You Are the Light (by Which I Travel Into This and That)3:23
- 4If You Ever Need a Stranger (to Sing at Your Wedding)3:22
- 5Maple Leaves3:59
- 6Silvia4:57
- 7The Cold Swedish Winter3:50
- 8Julie2:52
- 9Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa3:31
- 10Psychogirl5:28
- 11When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog4:39
- 12A Higher Power3:44
12 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jens Lekman
- Label
- Service
- Released
- April 7, 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- SE
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