Oh You're So Silent Jens is a compilation album released by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman

Jens Lekman

Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. The English lyrics reflect an advanced knowledge of the language and its idioms...

 in 2005. It is composed of previously released tracks taken from Maple Leaves (2003), Rocky Dennis in Heaven

Rocky Dennis in Heaven

Rocky Dennis In Heaven is an EP by Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, released on 21 January 2004 on Service Records. The EP was later released as simply Rocky Dennis on Secretly Canadian Records. The songs on this EP can also be found on Lekman's 2005 release, Oh You're So Silent Jens...

(2004), and Julie (2004), as well as"F-word" (2003) from the En Garde Fanzine and "The Wrong Hands" (2004) from the Accelerator Compilation.

The album cover was designed by the Swedish musician Rasmus Hägg, one half of the balearic duo Studio

Studio (band)

Studio is a Swedish electronic music band. They have been described as the missing link between The Cure and Lindstrøm - while simultaneously touching upon Can, Neu, Happy Mondays and The Smiths - in their creation of a "afrobeat-dub-disco-indie-pop" adventure...

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Track listing

• Written by Jens Lekman except where noted.

1. "At the Dept. of Forgotten Songs" – 1:32
2. "Maple Leaves" [EP version] (Dan Treacy, Lekman) – 3:59
   • samples "Walk Away Renée
     Walk Away Renee
     "Walk Away Renée" is a song made popular by the band The Left Banke in 1966 , composed by the group's then 16-year-old keyboard player Michael Brown and Tony Sansone...
     
     " by The Left Banke
     The Left Banke
     The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band that formed in New York City in 1965 and disbanded in 1969. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina"...
     
     , "By the Time I Get to Phoenix
     By the Time I Get to Phoenix
     "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was made famous by American country music singer Glen Campbell, appearing as the opening track on the latter's 1967 album of the same name. Campbell's version reached #2 on...
     
      by Glen Campbell
     Glen Campbell
     Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
     
      and "Do You Wanna Dance" by The Mamas & the Papas
     The Mamas & the Papas
     The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...
     
     
3. "Sky Phenomenon" – 4:34
4. "Pocketful of Money" – 4:20
   • samples "Gravedigger Blues" by Beat Happening
     Beat Happening
     Beat Happening is an American punk band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members...
     
     
5. "Black Cab" – 4:54
   • samples "Mary Jo" by Belle & Sebastian
     Belle & Sebastian
     Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965...
     
     , "I've Got Something On My Mind" by The Left Banke
     The Left Banke
     The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band that formed in New York City in 1965 and disbanded in 1969. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina"...
     
     
6. "Someone to Share My Life With" (Treacy) – 3:32
7. "Rocky Dennis' Farewell Song" – 5:22
8. "Rocky Dennis in Heaven" – 1:02
9. "Jens Lekman's Farewell Song to Rocky Dennis" – 3:55
10. "Julie RMX" – 3:02
11. "I Saw Her in the Anti War Demonstration" – 3:11
12. "A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill" – 3:27
    • samples "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" by The Shangri-Las
      The Shangri-Las
      The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with often heartbreaking teen melodramas, and remain best known for "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember ".- Early career :...
      
      
13. "A Man Walks into a Bar" – 4:20
14. "Another Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill" – 3:22
15. "F-Word" (Aidan Moffat
    Aidan Moffat
    Aidan John Moffat is a Scottish vocalist and musician, best known for his work with Malcolm Middleton in Arab Strap.-Early life:...
    
    , Lekman, Malcolm Middleton
    Malcolm Middleton
    Malcolm Bruce Middleton is a Scottish musician best known for his work with Aidan Moffat in post-folk indie band Arab Strap as well as his solo career writing and producing...
    
    ) – 4:36
16. "The Wrong Hands" – 4:21
17. "Maple Leaves" [7" version] (Treacy, Lekman) – 3:45
    • samples "Walk Away Renee
      Walk Away Renee
      "Walk Away Renée" is a song made popular by the band The Left Banke in 1966 , composed by the group's then 16-year-old keyboard player Michael Brown and Tony Sansone...
      
      " by The Left Banke
      The Left Banke
      The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band that formed in New York City in 1965 and disbanded in 1969. They are best remembered for their two U.S. hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina"...