Oh You're So Silent Jens

Oh You're So Silent Jens
Compilation album by Jens Lekman
Released	2005-06-08 first release 22 November 2005 on Secretly Canadian
Genre	Indie pop
Length	63:22
Label	Service Secretly Canadian
Jens Lekman chronology
When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog (2004) Oh You're So Silent Jens (2005) Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)

Oh You're So Silent Jens is a compilation album released by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman in 2005. It is composed of previously released tracks taken from Maple Leaves (2003), Rocky Dennis in Heaven (2004), and Julie (2004), as well as "F-word" (2003) from the En Garde Fanzine and "The Wrong Hands" (2004) from the Accelerator Compilation.

The album cover was designed by the Swedish musician Rasmus Hägg, one half of the balearic duo Studio.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
Pitchfork Media	8.5/10[4]
PopMatters	7/10[5]
Q	[6]
Stylus Magazine	A−[7]
Uncut	[8]

Oh You're So Silent Jens received wide acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 13 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Amy Phillips of Pitchfork Media gave the album a very positive review, stating, "Oh You're So Silent Jens, his new collection of previously released singles and B-sides, is a marvel of pure songcraft. Clichés unravel, traditional structures break down and build back up again, unpretentious witticisms sparkle. And then there are the sonics of the thing: lo-fi Phil Spector room dividers of sound, unexpected samples, and Lekman's rich, cavernous monotone."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jens Lekman, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"At the Dept. of Forgotten Songs"		1:32
2.	"Maple Leaves" (EP version)	Dan Treacy Jens Lekman	3:59
3.	"Sky Phenomenon"		4:34
4.	"Pocketful of Money"		4:20
5.	"Black Cab"		4:54
6.	"Someone to Share My Life With"	Treacy	3:32
7.	"Rocky Dennis' Farewell Song"		5:22
8.	"Rocky Dennis in Heaven"		1:02
9.	"Jens Lekman's Farewell Song to Rocky Dennis"		3:55
10.	"Julie" (Remix)		3:02
11.	"I Saw Her in the Anti War Demonstration"		3:11
12.	"A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill"		3:27
13.	"A Man Walks into a Bar"		4:20
14.	"Another Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill"		3:22
15.	"F-Word"	Aidan Moffat Lekman Malcolm Middleton	4:36
16.	"The Wrong Hands"		4:21
17.	"Maple Leaves" (7" version)	Treacy Lekman	3:45
Total length:			63:22

• Track 2 samples "Walk Away Renée" by The Left Banke, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Glen Campbell and "Do You Wanna Dance?" by The Mamas & the Papas
• Track 4 samples "Gravedigger Blues" by Beat Happening
• Track 5 samples "Mary Jo" by Belle & Sebastian, "I've Got Something On My Mind" by The Left Banke
• Track 12 samples "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" by The Shangri-Las
• Track 17 samples "Walk Away Renee" by The Left Banke

References

1. "Reviews for Oh You're So Silent Jens by Jens Lekman". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
2. Sendra, Tim. "Oh You're So Silent Jens – Jens Lekman". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
3. Dombal, Ryan (9 December 2005). "Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens". Entertainment Weekly: 89.
4. Phillips, Amy (27 November 2005). "Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
5. Begrand, Adrien (17 November 2005). "Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
6. "Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens". Q (236): 108. March 2006.
7. Mathers, Ian (December 3, 2005). "Jens Lekman – Oh You're So Silent Jens – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
8. "Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens". Uncut (106): 85. March 2006.