Jj n° 2

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 JJ
Released	1 July 2009 (2009-07-01)
Genre	Indie pop Balearic beat dream pop
Length	26:44
Label	Sincerely Yours Secretly Canadian
Producer	JJ
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.