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  • Summary: The Norwegian songwriter's self-titled sixth album features collaborations with Midlake percussionist McKenzie Smith and experiments with multiple genres, including jazz and bossa nova.

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 4, 2011
    91
    Lerche is fast becoming indie rock's Burt Bacharach with his clever, unobtrusive lyrics and artful melding of jazzy folk with punchy power pop. [17 Jun 2011]
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  2. Spin
    Nov 4, 2011
    80
    Offering a slightly subtler take on the style-shuffling of 2009′s Heartbeat Radio, Lerche somehow never loses cohesion.
  3. PopMatters
    Aug 8, 2011
    60
    He's proved over six albums that he's adept at writing a tune that's catchy without being superficial. He spends a little too much time here doing that, which is why Sondre Lerche, while not a bad record, plays like a safe one.
  4. musicOMH.com
    Aug 29, 2011
    60
    For new fans, this is a pretty good introduction. For fans who already own all his previous work, it's more of the same, but so well-crafted that they probably won't mind.

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