Oh You're So Silent Jens

Compilation album by Jens Lekman

Released

8 June 2005

Genre

Indie pop

Length

63:22

Label

Producer

Jens Lekman

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)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	A−
Pitchfork	8.5/10
PopMatters	7/10
Q
Stylus Magazine	A−
Uncut
Vice	A−

Oh You're So Silent Jens is a compilation album by Swedish indie pop musician Jens Lekman. It was first released on Service on 8 June 2005, and later re-released on 22 November 2005 on Secretly Canadian. The album 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.

Oh You're So Silent Jens received widespread 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".

Amy Phillips of Pitchfork 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."

All tracks written by Jens Lekman, except where noted.

Credits for Oh You're So Silent Jens adapted from liner notes.

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