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jj n° 2 is the debut studio album by Swedish indie pop band JJ. It was released on the Swedish record label Sincerely Yours on 1 July 2009. A vinyl edition, titled jj n° 2.1, was released in late December 2009.

jj n° 2

Studio album by

Released

1 July 2009

Genre

Indie pop
Balearic beat
dream pop

Length

26:44

Label

Sincerely Yours
Secretly Canadian

Producer

JJ chronology

jj n° 2
(2009)

a jj 12"
(2009)

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Dagens Nyheter	4/5[3]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[4]
PopMatters	8/10[5]
Slant Magazine	[6]
Under the Radar	7/10[7]

jj n° 2 received a "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork.[4] At the end of 2009, Paste named jj n° 2 "The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity",[8] and The Washington Post named it the second best pop album of the year, behind Maxwell's BLACKsummers'night.[9]

jj n° 2 was ranked by several publications on lists of the best albums of 2009, including at number nine by Gorilla vs. Bear,[10] at number 35 by Pitchfork,[11] and at number 56 by PopMatters.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by JJ (Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander), except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Things Will Never Be the Same Again"		3:34
2.	"From Africa to Málaga"		2:50
3.	"Ecstasy"	JJ Dwayne Carter, Jr. Stephen Garrett Darius Harrison James Scheffer Rex Zamor	3:33
4.	"Are You Still in Vallda?"		2:34
5.	"My Love"		3:12
6.	"Intermezzo"		2:48
7.	"My Hopes & Dreams"		2:43
8.	"Masterplan"		2:48
9.	"Me & Dean"		2:42
Total length:			26:44

Vinyl edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Things Will Never Be the Same Again"		3:34
2.	"From Africa to Málaga"		2:50
3.	"Ecstasy"	JJ Carter Garrett Harrison Scheffer Zamor	3:33
4.	"Are You Still in Vallda?"		2:34
5.	"Pure Shores"		3:34
6.	"My Love"		3:12
7.	"Intermezzo"		2:48
8.	"My Hopes & Dreams"		2:43
9.	"Masterplan"		2:48
10.	"Me & Dean"		2:42
Total length:			30:18

Notes

"Ecstasy" uses elements of "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major.

References

"Reviews for jj n 2 by jj". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Hoffman, K. Ross. "jj No. 2 – jj". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
Dahlström, Mattias (8 July 2009). "JJ: 'No 2'". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
Hogan, Marc (17 July 2009). "JJ: jj n° 2". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
Newmark, Mike (25 August 2009). "jj: jj n° 2". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
Liedel, Kevin (30 July 2010). "jj: jj n° 2". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Studarus, Laura (14 September 2010). "jj: nº 2 (reissue) (Secretly Canadian)". Under the Radar. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Marino, Nick (28 October 2009). "The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity". Paste. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
Richards, Chris (20 December 2009). "The best and worst of 2009: Pop music". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
"gorillavsbear.net: gorilla vs. bear's albums of 2009". Gorillavsbear.blogspot.com. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
"The Top 50 Albums of 2009". Pitchfork. 17 December 2009. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
"The Best 60 Albums of 2009". PopMatters. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

v t e jj
Joakim Benon Elin Kastlander
Studio albums	jj n° 2 jj n° 3 V
Mixtapes	Kills
Singles & EPs	"jj n° 1" a jj 12" "jj n° 4" High Summer Death
Record labels	Sincerely Yours Secretly Canadian

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