Viscera (Jenny Hval album)

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Viscera
Viscera Jenny Hval.jpg
Studio album by
Jenny Hval
Released18 February 2011 (2011-02-18)
Studio
  • Kampen Kirke
  • Sagene [1]
Length54:25
Label Rune Grammofon
Producer
Jenny Hval chronology
Medea
(2008)		Viscera
(2011)		 Innocence Is Kinky
(2012)

Viscera is a studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval. It was released in 2011 through Rune Grammofon.

Contents

Background

Under the pseudonym Rockettothesky, Jenny Hval released two albums: To Sing You Apple Trees (2006) and Medea (2008). [2] Viscera is her third album in total, as well as her first album under her own name. [3] It contains performances by Hval, Håvard Volden, and Kyrre Laastad. [3] Music videos were released for the tracks "Blood Flight" [4] and "How Gentle". [5] The album was released on 18 February 2011 through Rune Grammofon. [6] [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cokemachineglow 89% [8]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
PopMatters 6/10 [10]

Dylan Nelson of PopMatters commented that Jenny Hval "sings in a keening voice about her body, her sexuality and her feelings, all of which are embodied simultaneously in the fragile, picked strings and spooky backup vocals that provide the album's ambience." [10] Daniel Paton of MusicOMH stated, "With Viscera, Jenny Hval has opted to explore sensuality, the body, eroticism and female sexuality in a remarkably candid manner." [9]

Accolades

Year-end lists for Viscera
PublicationListRankRef.
Cokemachineglow Top 50 Albums 2011
4
In Review OnlineTop 15 Albums of 2011
8
Uncut Top 50 Albums of 2011
42

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jenny Hval.

Viscera track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Engines in the City"3:38
2."Blood Flight"6:45
3."Portrait of the Young Girl as an Artist"6:40
4."How Gentle"7:25
5."A Silver Fox"1:43
6."Golden Locks"6:18
7."This Is a Thirst"8:02
8."Milk of Marrow"7:54
9."Black Morning/Viscera"6:00
Total length:54:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Jenny Hval (2011). Viscera (CD booklet). Rune Grammofon.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Jenny Hval". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Eyles, John (26 July 2011). "Dusted Reviews: Jenny Hval - Viscera". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Jenny Hval - Blood Flight". YouTube . 10 February 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jenny Hval - How Gentle (official video)". YouTube . 10 February 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "RCD2108 - Jenny Hval: Viscera (CD)". Rune Grammofon . Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "RLP3108 - Jenny Hval: Viscera (2LP)". Rune Grammofon . Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Elliott, Joel (12 August 2011). "Jenny Hval: Viscera (Rune Grammofon; 2011)". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  9. 1 2 Paton, Daniel (25 April 2011). "Jenny Hval – Viscera". MusicOMH . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  10. 1 2 Nelson, Dylan (25 September 2011). "Jenny Hval: Viscera". PopMatters . Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Top 50 Albums 2011". Cokemachineglow . 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Year in Review 2011 - Top 15 Albums". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  13. ↑ "Uncut's Top 50 Albums of 2011". Stereogum . 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2025.

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