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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Swedish musician and songwriter</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Jens_Lehmann" title="Jens Lehmann">Jens Lehmann</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style 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title="Angered">Angered, Gothenburg</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indie_pop" title="Indie pop">Indie pop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, songwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>guitar</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ukulele" title="Ukulele">ukulele</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_Production_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Music Production Center">MPC</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2000–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Service Records">Service</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Secretly_Canadian" title="Secretly Canadian">Secretly Canadian</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jenslekman.com/">jenslekman.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Jens Martin Lekman</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sv-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Swedish" title="Help:IPA/Swedish">[jɛns<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈmǎʈːɪn<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈlêːkman]</a></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-Splendid_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Splendid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born 6 February 1981) is a Swedish musician.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">samples</a> and <a href="/wiki/String_(music)" title="String (music)">strings</a>, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. His work is heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Richman" title="Jonathan Richman">Jonathan Richman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belle_%26_Sebastian" class="mw-redirect" title="Belle & Sebastian">Belle & Sebastian</a>, and he has been likened to <a href="/wiki/Stephin_Merritt" title="Stephin Merritt">Stephin Merritt</a> (of <a href="/wiki/The_Magnetic_Fields" title="The Magnetic Fields">The Magnetic Fields</a>), <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Byrne (musician)">David Byrne</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Splendid_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Splendid-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Walker_(singer)" title="Scott Walker (singer)">Scott Walker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lekman was born 6 February 1981 in Angered, Gothenburg. As a child, he was not particularly interested in music, but the age of fourteen he was asked to play bass in a friend's cover band. This sparked his own songwriting and he quickly came to write hundreds of songs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gradually, he adopted the pseudonym Rocky Dennis, a name he borrowed from the protagonist in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Mask_(1985_film)" title="Mask (1985 film)">Mask</a></i>. Under this name, he began releasing limited edition CD-R discs, the first of which was 2001's <i>The Budgie</i>. In the early 2000s, he sent a collection of the songs to the American record label <a href="/wiki/Secretly_Canadian" title="Secretly Canadian">Secretly Canadian</a>, who contracted him.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_career">Music career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Music career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2000 to 2003, Lekman recorded and released much of his material privately on <a href="/wiki/CD-R" title="CD-R">CD-R</a>. Because one of his songs during this time was entitled "Rocky Dennis' Farewell Song to the Blind Girl", inspired by the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Mask_(1985_film)" title="Mask (1985 film)">Mask</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Jens_Lekman_Interview_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jens_Lekman_Interview-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lekman was mistakenly referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Roy_L._Dennis" title="Roy L. Dennis">Rocky Dennis</a>". Lekman says that it was a "mistake": "someone thought that was my real name cause I had a song about him, and then radio picked up on it, and I never had a chance to change it".<sup id="cite_ref-Jens_Lekman_Interview_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jens_Lekman_Interview-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He put the confusion to rest with his <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Dennis_in_Heaven" title="Rocky Dennis in Heaven">Rocky Dennis in Heaven</a></i> EP (2004). </p><p>In 2003, Lekman self-released a 7" vinyl <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">EP</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaves_(Jens_Lekman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maple Leaves (Jens Lekman)">Maple Leaves</a></i>. When the same EP was released on CD by the Swedish independent label <a href="/wiki/Service_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Service Records">Service Records</a> later that year, he was a well-known name.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The songs "Maple Leaves" and "Black Cab" were heavily played on Swedish national radio and the former garnered significant attention through file-sharing platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-metcalf_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metcalf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His work has proven to be considerably more successful in Sweden than America.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He soon signed a contract with the American label <a href="/wiki/Secretly_Canadian" title="Secretly Canadian">Secretly Canadian</a> for releases outside of Sweden. Heavy touring and his debut album soon followed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg/220px-Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg/330px-Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg/440px-Jens_Lekman_Accelerator_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="548" /></a><figcaption>Lekman performing live in Stockholm in 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>His first album <i><a href="/wiki/When_I_Said_I_Wanted_to_Be_Your_Dog" title="When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog">When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog</a></i> was released in 2004, and consisted of recordings made between 2000 and 2004 (some tracks had been previously released independently by Lekman). The album attracted attention among the alternative music press in both Europe and the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song "You Are the Light" was a successful radio hit, and a video received some rotation in the Nordic <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> and ZTV. In <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, the album reached No. 6 on the national chart.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lekman was nominated for three Swedish Grammies, three P3 Guld and three Manifest awards, and the album was named the album of the year by Nöjesguiden.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A concert film shot from Lekman's sold-out show with <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(singer)" title="José González (singer)">José González</a> at <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg_Concert_Hall" title="Gothenburg Concert Hall">Göteborg Concert Hall</a> in December 2003 was broadcast by Swedish national television in 2005. In June 2005, a compilation CD of Lekman's first three EPs (plus extra tracks) was released as <i><a href="/wiki/Oh_You%27re_So_Silent_Jens" title="Oh You're So Silent Jens">Oh You're So Silent Jens</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lekman's cover of <a href="/wiki/Scout_Niblett" title="Scout Niblett">Scout Niblett</a>'s "Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death" appeared on Secretly Canadian's <i>SC100</i> compilation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Falls_Over_Kortedala" title="Night Falls Over Kortedala">Night Falls Over Kortedala</a></i> was released in Sweden on 5 September 2007 and worldwide on 9 October 2007. The single "Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo" preceded the album's release.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg/220px-Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg/330px-Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg/440px-Jens_Lekman_Williamsburg_01-2007-10-28.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2066" data-file-height="1607" /></a><figcaption>Lekman onstage in the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, USA in October 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Live performances by Lekman have differed in style; at times he has performed alone with only a guitar and a CD player, sometimes doing <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> versions of his songs, while at other times he has been accompanied by a choir and string quartet. In 2008, he toured with an all-female back-up band (dressed mostly in white) that provided basic rock instrumentation as well as horns and backing vocals.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2008 Jens played a short China tour organised by <a href="/wiki/Split_Works" title="Split Works">Split Works</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, Lekman released a free song entitled "The End of the World is Bigger Than Love" online. This was his first release in three years.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 March 2011, Lekman played a show in support of libraries during the widespread closures in the United Kingdom where he premiered a new song, "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lekman's <i><a href="/wiki/An_Argument_With_Myself" class="mw-redirect" title="An Argument With Myself">An Argument With Myself</a></i> EP was released in September 2011 to generally favorable reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-Houle_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Houle-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed up by <i><a href="/wiki/I_Know_What_Love_Isn%27t" title="I Know What Love Isn't">I Know What Love Isn't</a></i> in September 2012, Lekman's first full-length album since 2007, also receiving favorable reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 September 2014, Lekman released a 33-minute-long mixtape titled <i>WWJD</i>, which included three unreleased songs: "WWJD", "I Remember", and "What's That Perfume That You Wear?"<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mixtape has been described as being "one cohesive experience as intimate as writing a postcard, as pleasant as receiving one."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All through 2015, Jens Lekman released a new song every week on his website for free. They are all titled <i>Postcard</i> with the number of the week, making 52 tracks in total.<sup id="cite_ref-ew_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ew-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In parallel, he led a musical experiment called <i>Ghostwriting</i> where he translates into songs stories submitted to him by the public.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first installment was held in Stockholm and yield 5 tracks in Swedish. The second installment was held in Cincinnati and 11 English tracks came out of it. They bring the total of his 2015 output to 68 tracks and they can all be downloaded on his website. </p><p>Lekman's 4th proper LP, <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Will_See_You_Now" title="Life Will See You Now">Life Will See You Now</a></i>, was released on 17 February 2017, on the Secretly Canadian label.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 March 2022, Lekman's most popular and successful album, <i>Night Falls Over Kortedala</i>, was removed from all streaming services and made unavailable to purchase. This move was met with shock by fans, with whom the album is very popular. Lekman cited legal issues as the main reason due to sampling issues. </p><p>On 27 April 2022, Lekman announced the reissue of two of his albums that had previously been made unavailable: <i>Oh You're So Silent Jens</i> and <i>Night Falls Over Kortedala</i>. They were reissued respectively as <i>The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom</i> and <i>The Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom</i>. The reissued versions of the albums are composed of re-recordings of all the original tracks, as well as entirely new tracks. <i>The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom</i> was released digitally on 27 April 2022, whereas <i>The Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom</i> was digitally released on 4 May 2022. Both albums were released physically on 3 June 2022 via record label Secretly Canadian. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistry">Artistry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Artistry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Metcalf_(writer)" title="Stephen Metcalf (writer)">Stephen Metcalf</a> noted that Lekman differs from his influences, among them Morrissey and <a href="/wiki/Stephin_Merritt" title="Stephin Merritt">Stephin Merritt</a>, by fashioning a coyness in his songs about sex – a demeanor that is euphemistic or "even aseptically unsexual" – although he similarly writes of passion and longing.<sup id="cite_ref-metcalf_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metcalf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has often made use of samples, comparable to that of <a href="/wiki/The_Avalanches" title="The Avalanches">the Avalanches</a>, who he admits to have "rip[ped] off".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th rowspan="2">Album details </th> <th colspan="2">Peak chart positions </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">SWE</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-swe_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swe-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-us_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/When_I_Said_I_Wanted_to_Be_Your_Dog" title="When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog">When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog</a></i> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: 7 April 2004</li> <li>Label: Service</li> <li>Re-released: 7 September 2004</li> <li>Label: Secretly Canadian</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Falls_Over_Kortedala" title="Night Falls Over Kortedala">Night Falls Over Kortedala</a></i> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: 5 September 2007</li> <li>Label: Service</li> <li>Re-released: 9 October 2007</li> <li>Label: Secretly Canadian</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">192 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/I_Know_What_Love_Isn%27t" title="I Know What Love Isn't">I Know What Love Isn't</a></i> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: 4 September 2012<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Label: Secretly Canadian</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">137 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Will_See_You_Now" title="Life Will See You Now">Life Will See You Now</a></i> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: 17 February 2017</li> <li>Label: Secretly Canadian</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i>The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom</i> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: 27 April 2022<sup id="cite_ref-/jens-lekman-announces-partially-remade-versions_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-/jens-lekman-announces-partially-remade-versions-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Label: Secretly Canadian</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i>The Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom</i> </th> <td> <ul><li>Released: 4 May 2022<sup id="cite_ref-/jens-lekman-announces-partially-remade-versions_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-/jens-lekman-announces-partially-remade-versions-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Label: Secretly Canadian</li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilations">Compilations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oh_You%27re_So_Silent_Jens" title="Oh You're So Silent Jens">Oh You're So Silent Jens</a></i> (Service Records, 8 June 2005; Secretly Canadian, 22 November 2005) – a collection of previously released singles, EPs, and compilation appearances</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="EPs">EPs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: EPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Insect EP</i> (self-released, 2000) – 20 copies</li> <li><i>7" Vinyl EP</i> (self-released, 2003) – 250 copies</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maple_Leaves_(EP)" title="Maple Leaves (EP)">Maple Leaves</a></i> (Service Records, 1 October 2003; Secretly Canadian, 3 February 2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Dennis_(EP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky Dennis (EP)">Rocky Dennis</a></i> (Service Records, 21 January 2004; Secretly Canadian, 6 April 2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Killed_a_Party_Again" title="I Killed a Party Again">I Killed a Party Again</a></i> (self-released, 29 May 2004) – 100 copies</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julie_(EP)" title="Julie (EP)">Julie</a></i> (Service Records, 28 July 2004) – 2000 copies</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Are_the_Light" title="You Are the Light">You Are the Light</a></i> (Secretly Canadian, 17 August 2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Opposite_of_Hallelujah_EP" class="mw-redirect" title="The Opposite of Hallelujah EP">The Opposite of Hallelujah</a></i> (Thievery; Evil Evil, January 2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Stora_Teatern" title="Live at Stora Teatern">Live at Stora Teatern</a></i> (Secretly Canadian, 15 February 2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Deserve_Someone_Better_Than_a_Bum_Like_Me" title="You Deserve Someone Better Than a Bum Like Me">You Deserve Someone Better Than a Bum Like Me</a></i> (self-released, May 2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/USA_October_2005" title="USA October 2005">USA October 2005</a></i> (self-released, October 2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kalenderv%C3%A4gen_113.D" title="Kalendervägen 113.D">Kalendervägen 113.D</a></i> (Service Records, 2007) Bonus EP included with initial copies of "Night Falls Over Kortedala"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Argument_With_Myself_EP" class="mw-redirect" title="An Argument With Myself EP">An Argument With Myself EP</a></i> (Secretly Canadian, September 2011)</li> <li><i>WWJD</i> (2014)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Jens Lekman/<a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(singer)" title="José González (singer)">José González</a></i> (Service Records, January 2004) – 300 copies, contains "If You Ever Need A Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_Perro_del_Mar" title="El Perro del Mar">El Perro del Mar</a>/Jens Lekman</i> (Secretly Canadian,30 October 2004) – contains " I Don't Know If She's Worth 900 Kronor"</li> <li><i>Jens Lekman/Blood Music</i> (Insound, November 2006) – contains "A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill", with spoken word introduction</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_at_the_Drive-In_Bingo" class="mw-redirect" title="Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo">Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo</a>" / "Radio NRJ" (Service Records, 14 July 2007) – 800 copies</li> <li><i>The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love </i> (self-released, 2010)</li> <li>The Postcards series was released digitally throughout 2015: one song each week. Of the 52, #17 was released on <i>Life Will See You Now</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Kajak</i> – Benni Hemm Hemm (2007) – guest vocals on "Aldrei"</li> <li><i>Något dåligt nytt har hänt</i> – <a href="/wiki/Vapnet" title="Vapnet">Vapnet</a> (2007) – guest vocals on "Håll ihop"</li> <li><i>Kingdom Came</i> – Kocky (2007) – guest vocals on "Be Part of It All"</li> <li><i>Yeah! Oh Yeah!</i> (2009) – Duet with <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Thorn" title="Tracey Thorn">Tracey Thorn</a> for "SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!"</li> <li><i>Inside (The Corrections)</i> – Duet with New Buffalo</li> <li><i>Here Comes the Rain EP</i> (2006) <a href="/wiki/The_Ladybug_Transistor" title="The Ladybug Transistor">The Ladybug Transistor</a> – Backing Vocals on "Here Comes the Rain"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clocks/Pretender" title="Clocks/Pretender">Clocks/Pretender</a></i> (2007) – Duet with <a href="/wiki/Montt_Mardie" class="mw-redirect" title="Montt Mardie">Montt Mardie</a> on "Castle in The Sky"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mena_(album)" title="Mena (album)">Mena</a></i> (2010) – <a href="/wiki/Javiera_Mena" title="Javiera Mena">Javiera Mena</a> – guest vocals on "Sufrir"</li> <li><i>Breakfast in America</i> – Viktor Sjöberg (2010) – guest vocals on "A Million Bucks"</li> <li><i>CORRESPONDENCE</i> (2019) – Collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Annika_Norlin" title="Annika Norlin">Annika Norlin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilation_appearances">Compilation appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Compilation appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>En Garde Fanzine</i> CD-R (2003) – contains "F-Word" and "Sky Phenomenon"</li> <li><i>Based on a True Story</i> (2004) – contains "Be Good"</li> <li><i>Accelerator Compilation</i> (July 2004) – contains "The Wrong Hands"</li> <li><i>Risky Dazzle: A Service Party Shuffle</i> (January 2005) – contains "Maple Leaves", "And I Remember Every Kiss (Demo Version)" (previously unreleased), and "You Are the Light (Reprise)"</li> <li><i>Rallye Cloak 02: Swim Sweet Swedish</i> (24 August 2005) – contains "Boisa-Bis-O-Boisa"</li> <li><i>SC100</i> (24 April 2007) – contains a cover of Scout Niblett's songs "Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death" and "Shining/Burning"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Songs_by_Arthur_Russell" title="Four Songs by Arthur Russell">Four Songs by Arthur Russell</a></i> (20 August 2007) – contains "A Little Lost"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whip_It!" class="mw-redirect" title="Whip It!">Whip It!</a> </i> (29 September 2009) – contains "Your Arms Around Me"</li> <li><i>Det ordnar sig</i> (February 2014) – contains a cover of Peter Lunblad's "Ta Mig Till Havet"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jens_Lekman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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