Ten Love Songs

For the 1953 film Ten Love Songs, see Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare.
Ten Love Songs
Studio album by Susanne Sundfør
Released 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
Genre
Length 46:39
Label Warner Music Norway
Producer
Susanne Sundfør chronology
The Silicone Veil
(2012)		 Ten Love Songs
(2015)
Singles from Ten Love Songs
  1. "Fade Away"
    Released: 24 October 2014
  2. "Delirious"
    Released: 12 January 2015
  3. "Kamikaze"
    Released: 18 May 2015
  4. "Accelerate"
    Released: 19 October 2015

Ten Love Songs is the sixth studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfør. It was released on 16 February 2015.[1] A European tour ensued on March 3, 2015. "Fade Away" was the first single released from the album. "Delirious" was released as the second single. For the album Sundfør collaborated with Anthony Gonzalez of M83, Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland of Röyksopp, Lars Horntveth and the Trondheimsolistene Chamber Ensemble. Sundfør described the album as an attempt to make a pop record.[2] 'Ten Love Songs' and its lead single 'Fade Away' became a commercial success in Sundfør's home country both receiving a gold certification.[3]

Themes

Sundfør said in an interview, "When I first started to work on the album, I wanted to make an album about violence, and then, as I was writing the songs, there were violent aspects, but they were usually about love or relationships, how you connect with other people. And in the end, that turned out to be 10 love songs."[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Gaffa[6]6/6
Music Is[7]8/10
MusicOMH[8]
NBHAP[9]4/5
NRK P3[10]
Release Music Magazine[11]
The 405[12]7/10
The Guardian[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Ten Love Songs received an average score of 87, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on seven reviews.[5] Writing for The Guardian, Michael Hann deemed it a "quite brilliant album" and summarised it as "both appealingly direct yet perfectly thought-through".[13] The reviewer for Sonic Seducer wrote that throughout the album Sundfør's vocals stood out among the arrangements of orchestra and dancefloor style.[14]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Rolling Stone 20 Best Pop Albums of 2015 2015
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2015

Track listings

All tracks written by Susanne Sundfør. 

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Darlings"  Susanne Sundfør 2:39
2. "Accelerate"  
 5:26
3. "Fade Away"  Sundfør 3:18
4. "Silencer"  
 3:28
5. "Kamikaze"  Sundfør 5:12
6. "Memorial"  
 10:06
7. "Delirious"  Sundfør 4:56
8. "Slowly"  
 4:27
9. "Trust Me"  Sundfør 4:02
10. "Insects"  Sundfør 3:05
Total length:
 46:39
Notes

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 47
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 78

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[3] Gold 15,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Susanne Sundfor Streams 'Ten Love Songs' Globally; New Album Out 2/16". February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "SUSANNE SUNDFØR Ten Love Songs". The Electricity Club. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Norwegian album certifications – Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  4. ↑ "Susanne Sundfør announces new LP 'Ten Love Songs', shares 'Fade Away'". October 24, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Reviews for Ten Love Songs by Susanne Sundfør". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Susanne Sundfør hyllas för sitt nya album 'Ten Love Songs'". Örebro Guiden (in Swedish). 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Ochał, Sara (20 February 2015). "Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs". Music Is (in Polish). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Murphy, John (16 February 2015). "Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs". MusicOMH. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Grabow, Henning (17 February 2015). "Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs". Nothing but Hope and Passion. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Aandahl, Trine (13 February 2015). "De ti bud". NRK P3 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Schlatta Wik, Fredrik. "Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs". Release Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Jonson, Jennifer (3 February 2015). "Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs". The 405. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  13. 1 2 Hann, Michael (12 February 2015). "Susanne Sundfør: Ten Love Songs review – brilliant pop from Norwegian megastar". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Pilgrim, Thomas (2015). "Susanne Sundfø: Ten Love Songs". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 3. p. 102.
  15. ↑ "20 Best Pop Albums of 2015'". Rolling Stone.
  16. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2015". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Susanne Sundför – Ten Love Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Susanne Sundför – Ten Love Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Susanne Sundfor | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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