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| Released | 18 June 2021 | |||
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Peace or Love is the fourth studio album by Norwegian indie folk-pop duo Kings of Convenience. Released on 18 June 2021, it is their first album in 12 years. It features two song collaborations with Canadian musician Feist. It was preceded by two singles: "Rocky Trail" and "Fever".
Kings of Convenience released their third studio album Declaration of Dependence in 2009 which reached number four on the US Billboard 200 chart and was met with generally favourable reviews. [1] [2] In April 2021, the duo, which consists of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, announced the release of their fourth studio album titled Peace or Love. [3] "Rocky Trail" was released as the lead single on 30 April 2021, alongside the album's announcement. [4] "Fever" was served as the second single on 28 May. [5] The album was released on 18 June by EMI Records. [6] Their first album in 12 years, [7] Peace or Love was recorded by the duo five times. [8]
The melody and arrangement of "Catholic Country" was "jammed out" with The Staves at the first PEOPLE Festival. [9]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.0/10 [10] |
| Metacritic | 76/100 [11] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 [12] |
| Evening Standard | [13] |
| The Guardian | [14] |
| The Independent | [15] |
| Mojo | [16] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| Paste | 7.4/10 [17] |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10 [8] |
| Uncut | 9/10 [18] |
Peace or Love received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76 based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [11] At AnyDecentMusic?, which collates album reviews from websites, magazines and newspapers, they gave the release a 7 out of 10, based on a critical consensus of 13 reviews. [10]
In a 9/10 review, Tom Pinnock of Uncut called it their most cohesive album to date, writing that the band "seem to have discovered the purest essence of the music they create." [18] Reviewing for The Guardian , Ben Beaumont-Thomas praised the duo's vocal chemistry as well as the album's acoustic arrangement and emotional narrative, calling it "a beautifully simple return". [14] Similarly, Eric Mason from Slant Magazine commended the record for retaining the duo's "distinctly tranquil guitar-centric sound" and favoured the presence of bossa nova. [19] Pitchfork writer Linnie Greene described the album as "an especially airbrushed take on easy-listening pop". [8]
All tracks are written by Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rumours" |
| 4:08 | |
| 2. | "Rocky Trail" | Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm | 3:30 | |
| 3. | "Comb My Hair" |
| 3:15 | |
| 4. | "Angel" |
| 3:16 | |
| 5. | "Love Is a Lonely Thing" (featuring Feist) |
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| 2:44 |
| 6. | "Fever" |
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| 3:56 |
| 7. | "Killers" |
| 3:54 | |
| 8. | "Ask for Help" | Robert Jønnum | 4:04 | |
| 9. | "Catholic Country" (featuring Feist) |
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| 3:01 |
| 10. | "Song About It" | Jønnum | 3:05 | |
| 11. | "Washing Machine" | Gustafsson Jerneholm | 2:38 | |
| Total length: | 37:31 | |||
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes [9] and Tidal. [20]
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] | 18 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] | 10 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] | 46 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] | 24 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [25] | 130 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] | 10 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [27] | 60 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [28] | 4 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [29] | 9 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] | 11 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [31] | 26 |
| UK Digital Albums (OCC) [32] | 21 |
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