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Jj n° 2

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Released
  
July 1, 2009

jj no. 2 (2009)
  
jj no. 3 (2010)

Release date
  
1 July 2009

Length
  
26:39

Artist
  
JJ

Label
  
Sincerely Yours

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Genres
  
Indie pop, Balearic beat, Dream pop

Dream pop albums
  
jj n° 3, Seek Magic, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Two Suns, It's Blitz!

Ecstasy jj n 2


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.

Contents

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.

Ecstasy jj n 2


Track listing

  • Note: The vinyl edition features the bonus track "Pure Shores".
  • Note: "Ecstasy" uses elements of Lil Wayne's "Lollipop".
  • Top lists

    jj n° 2 appeared on several internet publications lists of best albums of 2009. Some include:

  • Pretty Much Amazing - 8th
  • Gorilla vs. Bear - 9th
  • Roberawards - 10th
  • Prefixmag - 19th
  • Music For Ants - 21st
  • Obscure Sound - 24th
  • Pitchfork Media - 35th
  • PopMatters - 56th
  • Songs

    1Things Will Never Be The Same Again3:34
    2From Africa To Malaga2:50
    3Ecstasy3:33

    References

    Jj n° 2 Wikipedia