Wounded Rhymes

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AlbumJan 01 / 201110 songs, 41m 22s
Indie Pop Art Pop
Popular Highly Rated

Any honey flowing through Lykke Li\'s coy pop fully hardened on this dark and doomy follow-up to her 2008 debut album. The Swedish singer/songwriter traps the loss of youth and love in a warped wall of sound that echoes vintage girl-group pop on big, gushing torch songs like \"Unrequited Love\" and \"Sadness Is a Blessing.\" But she comes into her own when harnessing her womanly power, with big, booming percussion on the tribal-esque thriller \"Get Some.\"

8.3 / 10

Swedish star follows her Youth Novels with another record that captures the complex, contradictory, and intense yearning of young adulthood.

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When Sweden’s Lykke Li first appeared, she seemed like an indie-pop dream—slight of stature, big on heart. Adorable, energetic, and just artsy enough, she was effortlessly able to weave radio buoyancy through a comely web of electro, folk, and rock. Bloggers and critic types were sure they’d discovered their…

7.8 / 10

At the drop of a programmed snare hit, Lykke Li, the Swedish princess of off-beat art-pop, can turn from sugar-coated…

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6.0 / 10

On her 2008 debut Youth Novels, Lykke Li scored a hit with "I'm Good, I'm Gone" by essentially rewriting Lee Dorsey's "Working in a Coal Mine."

8 / 10

After touring 2008’s post-pop debut ‘Youth Novels’, the Swedish singer-songwriter acquired a failed relationship and escaped to the LA hills to write away her anguish and birth this brilliant se

The album is not so much a stylistic departure as it is a stark transformation of mood.

9 / 10

The Swedish pop star's heartbreak-saturated songs make you yearn for some respite, but they suit her, writes <strong>Michael Cragg</strong>

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Lykke Li's Wounded Rhymes is big, bouncy and entertaining. Rating: * * *

Frank, full-bore pop on the second album from Sweden's one-woman musical tornado. Review by Kieron Tyler

8 / 10