When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog

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When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
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Studio album by
Released7 April 2004 (2004-04-07)
Recorded2000–2004
Genre Indie pop
Length
  • 45:16(Service release)
  • 41:17(Secretly Canadian release)
Label
Jens Lekman chronology
When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
(2004)
Oh You're So Silent Jens
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Boston Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [3]
Stylus Magazine A [4]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Vice B+ [6]

When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog is the debut studio album by Swedish indie pop musician Jens Lekman. His first full-length, the album was released on 7 April 2004 on Service, [7] and later in the year was also released on Secretly Canadian with a slightly altered track listing.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jens Lekman.

Service release
No.TitleLength
1."Tram No. 7 to Heaven"3:06
2."Do You Remember the Riots?"2:30
3."You Are the Light (By Which I Travel into This and That)"3:23
4."If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)"3:21
5."Maple Leaves"3:59
6."Silvia"4:56
7."The Cold Swedish Winter"3:49
8."Julie"2:52
9."Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa"3:31
10."Psychogirl"5:28
11."When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog"4:38
12."A Higher Power"3:43
Total length:45:16
Secretly Canadian release
No.TitleLength
1."Tram No. 7 to Heaven"3:06
2."Happy Birthday, Dear Friend Lisa"3:31
3."Do You Remember the Riots?"2:30
4."You Are the Light (By Which I Travel into This and That)"3:23
5."If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)"3:21
6."Silvia"4:56
7."The Cold Swedish Winter"3:49
8."Julie"2:52
9."Psychogirl"5:28
10."When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog"4:38
11."A Higher Power"3:43
Total length:41:17
Sample credits [8]

Personnel

Credits for When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog adapted from liner notes. [8]

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 6

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