Menneskekollektivet

Menneskekollektivet
Studio album by Lost Girls
Released	26 March 2021
Studio	Øra Studios (Trondheim, Norway)[1]
Genre	Dance electronic
Length	44:14
Label	Smalltown Supersound
Producer	Lost Girls Kyrre Laastad
Lost Girls chronology
Feeling EP (2018) Menneskekollektivet (2021) Selvutsletter (2023)

Menneskekollektivet is the debut album by the Norwegian art pop duo Lost Girls, musicians Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden. It was released in March 2021 by Norwegian record label Smalltown Supersound.

Composition

While the duo's 2018 EP Feeling worked in art punk,[2] Menneskekollektivet is "primarily a dance record"[3] and pushes further into Hval's "electronic explorations".[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Beats Per Minute	81%[6]
Mojo	[7]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[3]
Uncut	8/10[1]

Menneskekollektivet was welcomed with positive reviews upon its release. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 83 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on six reviews.[4]

Sophie Kemp for Pitchfork called it "a warm-blooded exploration of the sensuality of the artistic process" and "as conceptually rich as anything Hval has ever done." It was given the website's "Best New Music" designation.[3]

Accolades

Menneskekollektivet on year-end lists

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2021	36	[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Menneskekollektivet"	12:10
2.	"Losing Something"	4:16
3.	"Carried by Invisible Bodies"	6:15
4.	"Love, Lovers"	15:30
5.	"Real Life"	6:03

References

1. "Uncut - May 2021". Internet Archive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. Jenn Pelly (8 March 2018). "Lost Girls: Feeling EP Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
3. Sophie Kemp (30 March 2021). "Lost Girls: Menneskekollektivet Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
4. "Menneskekollektivet by Lost Girls Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
5. Heather Phares. "Menneskekollektivet - Lost Girls - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
6. Ben Cohn (29 March 2021). "Album Review: Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
7. "Mojo - May 2021". Internet Archive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
8. Sherburne, Philip (7 December 2021). "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 December 2021.