jj n° 2 | ||||
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Studio album by jj | ||||
Released | July 1, 2009 | |||
Genre | Indie pop, Balearic beat, Dream pop | |||
Length | 26:39 | |||
Label | Sincerely Yours, Secretly Canadian | |||
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Source | Rating |
Aftonbladet | |
Allmusic | |
Cokemachineglow | |
Dagens Nyheter | |
No Ripcord | |
PopMatters | |
Pitchfork Media | (8.6/10) |
jj n° 2 is the first studio album by jj. It was released on the Swedish record label Sincerely Yours on July 1, 2009. The album received a Best New Music inclusion from Pitchfork Media and a rating of 8.6. A vinyl edition, titled jj n° 2.1, was released in late December 2009.
The album was ranked 35th on Pitchfork "Top 50 Albums of 2009".
At the end of 2009, Paste named jj n° 2 "The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity", and The Washington Post named the album the second best pop album of the year in front of Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion and behind Maxwell's BLACKsummers'night.
jj n° 2 appeared on several internet publications lists of best albums of 2009. Some include: