Le Pop

Le Pop is the debut studio album by Norwegian band Katzenjammer. It was released on September 29, 2008, by Propeller Recordings.^[5]

Le Pop
Studio album by Katzenjammer
Released	September 29, 2008 (2008-09-29)
Recorded	2008
Genre	Pop rock, dark cabaret, alternative
Label	Propeller, Nettwerk
Producer	Kåre Chr. Vestrheim, Mike Hartung, Hans Petter Gundersen
Katzenjammer chronology
Le Pop (2008) A Kiss Before You Go (2011)
Singles from Le Pop
"Play My Darling, Play" Released: August 4, 2008[1] "A Bar in Amsterdam" Released: June 2, 2009[2] "Demon Kitty Rag" Released: June 7, 2009[3] "Tea with Cinnamon" Released: March 22, 2010[4]

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	[6]
The Washington Post	(favorable)[7]

The album received generally favorable reviews. Adrien Begrand from PopMatters rated Le Pop eight out of ten stars and wrote that its "songs all play to [Katzenjammer's] strengths and, most importantly, are all instantly memorable."^[6] In an additional review for PopMatters, Mike Schiller called Le Pop a "great album." Furthermore, he wrote that the album would have the listener "singing along" since its songs are "engrossing and appealing".^[5] In a review for The Washington Post, Catherine P. Lewis wrote that the album "never lacks energy" and called it a "charmingly quirky collection of songs." She did, however, write that Katzenjammer's "exuberance [occasionally] teeters on the brink of unbridled chaos," citing the album's title track, which she said "sounds like a circus band gone rogue."^[7]

Le Pop was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award for Best Debut Album of the Year in 2008.^[8]

Chart performance

In Norway, Le Pop debuted at number nine on the VG-lista albums chart. It remained on the chart for three weeks.^[9] The album reached number eighty-six in the Netherlands in October 2009.^[10] The revised version of Le Pop reached number seventy-one and remained on the albums chart for two weeks in August 2010.^[11]

Track listing

Songs written and composed by Mats Rybø. All songs arranged by Katzenjammer.

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Overture"	Instrumental	1:04
2.	"A Bar in Amsterdam"	Heilo	3:28
3.	"Tea With Cinnamon"	Sveen	3:53
4.	"Hey Ho on the Devil's Back"	Sveen	3:47
5.	"Virginia Clemm"	Heilo	4:32
6.	"Le Pop"	Jørgensen	2:21
7.	"Der Kapitän"	Instrumental	2:44
8.	"Wading in Deeper"	Bergheim, Heilo, and Sveen	4:03
9.	"Play My Darling, Play"	Bergheim	3:47
10.	"To the Sea"	Bergheim	2:27
11.	"Mother Superior"	Jørgensen	5:38
12.	"Ain't No Thang"	Sveen	2:47

Revised edition

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Overture"	Instrumental	1:04
2.	"A Bar in Amsterdam"	Heilo	3:28
3.	"Demon Kitty Rag"	Sveen	4:30
4.	"Tea With Cinnamon"	Sveen	3:53
5.	"Hey Ho on the Devil's Back"	Sveen	3:47
6.	"Wading in Deeper"	Bergheim, Heilo, and Sveen	4:21
7.	"Le Pop"	Jørgensen	2:21
8.	"Der Kapitän"	Instrumental	2:44
9.	"Virginia Clemm"	Heilo	4:17
10.	"Play My Darling, Play"	Bergheim	3:47
11.	"To the Sea"	Bergheim	2:27
12.	"Mother Superior"	Jørgensen	5:38
13.	"Ain't No Thang"	Sveen	2:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from Le Pop liner notes.^[12]

• Anne Marit Bergheim – vocals, instruments
• Silje Katrine Gotaas – cello
• Hans Petter Gundersen – production
• Mike Hartung – production, engineering, mastering
• Solveig Heilo – vocals, instruments
• Hundenklunke – background vocals
• Turid Jørgensen – vocals, instruments
• Gunnhild Mathea – violin
• Odd Nordstoga – accordion
• Gjertrud Økland – trumpet violin, violin
• Hasse Rosbach – co-production, engineering assistant
• Marianne Sveen – vocals, instruments
• Jørgen Sandvik – sitar, banjo
• Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – production, engineering, instruments

Charts

Chart (2008–10)	Peak position
Dutch Albums Chart[11]	71
Norwegian Albums Chart[9]	9

Release history

Region	Date[5][13]	Format	Label
Norway	September 29, 2008	CD, digital download	Propeller
United Kingdom	August 24, 2009		Nettwerk
United States	June 29, 2010