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Declaration of Dependence

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Released
  
October 20, 2009

Artist
  
Kings of Convenience

Label
  
Astralwerks

Length
  
45:15

Release date
  
20 October 2009

Genres
  
Indie pop, Indie folk

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Recorded
  
February 2007 – June 2009

Producer
  
Davide Bertolini Robert Jønnum Kings of Convenience

Similar
  
Kings of Convenience albums, Indie pop albums

Kings of convenience declaration of dependence full album


Declaration of Dependence is the third album from Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience, their first album in five years. It was released on October 5, 2009. "Mrs Cold" and "Boat Behind" have been released as radio singles in some countries.

Contents

The album was pre-released on September 21 for Spotify premium subscribers. It was released in selected countries (such as Poland) on September 28, 2009.

The album reached Gold status in Italy.

Kings of convenience me in you


Critical reception

Declaration of Dependence received mostly positive reviews 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 65, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

All tracks written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye.

Personnel

Kings of Convenience
  • Erlend Øye – lead (2), co-lead (1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12) and backing (3, 6, 9, 10, 13) vocals, steel (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13) and nylon (2, 8, 12) string guitar
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – lead (3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13), co-lead (1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12) and backing (2) vocals, nylon (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13) and steel (2, 8, 12) string guitar, piano (3)
  • Additional personnel
  • Davide Bertolini – upright bass (2, 4, 6, 9)
  • Tobias Hett – viola (2, 4, 9)
  • Songs

    124-253:38
    2Mrs Cold3:06
    3Me in You3:09

    References

    Declaration of Dependence Wikipedia