Duper Sessions is the third album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist Sondre Lerche, released in Norway on February 27, 2006, and in the US on March 21, 2006. The album entered the Billboard Official Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart at No. 5. The album was the 4th most added on the CMJ Jazz Chart during the first week of April 2006.
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| Released | February 27, 2006 (Norway) March 21, 2006 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, indie pop | |||
| Length | 41:45 | |||
| Label | Astralwerks | |||
| Producer | Jorgen Træen | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.1/10)[3] |
| PopMatters | (6/10)[4] |
Track listing
editAll songs by Sondre Lerche unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everyone's Rooting for You" | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Minor Detail" | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Across the Land" | 1:17 |
| 4. | "The Curse of Being in Love" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Dead End Mystery" | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) | 2:23 |
| 7. | "Once in a While" | 3:09 |
| 8. | "Human Hands[5]" (Elvis Costello) | 2:34 |
| 9. | "(You Knocked Me) Off My Feet" | 4:55 |
| 10. | "(I Wanna) Call it Love" | 3:16 |
| 11. | "Nightingales" (Paddy McAloon) | 3:31 |
| 12. | "I'm Not From Here" | 2:00 |
| 13. | "You Sure Look Swell" | 4:11 |
| 14. | "Lulu-vise" (Knutsen & Ludvigsen (hidden track)) | 1:34 |
Personnel
edit- Sondre Lerche – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- The Faces Down Quartet
- Eric Halvorsen – piano
- Morten Skage – upright bass
- Ole Ludvig Kruger – piano, drums
- Kato Ådland – guitar, percussion, pedal steel
- Matias J. Monsen – cello
- Mari Boine Persen – violin
- Jesper Riis – string arrangements
- Jørgen Træen – percussion, backing vocals
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Reviews for Duper Sessions by Sondre Lerche". Metacritic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Tim Sendra (March 21, 2006). "Duper Sessions – Sondre Lerche,Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived February 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos". PopMatters. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ In the Norwegian and Japanese releases of the album, "Human Hands" is replaced by a cover version of "The More I See You", by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon.