Violent Sky

Violent Sky is the fourth studio album by the Swedish singer-songwriter Lisa Miskovsky, released on January 28, 2011. Violent Sky is her first long play for five years since the 2006 album Changes. It was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John.

Violent Sky
Studio album by
Lisa Miskovsky
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2011
RecordedDecibel Studios, Högalid Studio, Lisa's House (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreIndie pop, pop rock, dream pop
LabelSony Music Entertainment Sweden
ProducerBjörn Yttling
Lisa Miskovsky chronology
Changes
(2006)		 Violent Sky
(2011)
Singles from Violent Sky
  1. "Lover"
    Released: September 24, 2010[1]
  2. "Got A Friend"
    Released: January 18, 2011[2]

Reception

Critical response
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Aftonbladet[3]
Arbetarbladet[4]
DI Weekend[5]
Expressen[6]
Gaffa[7]
Göteborgs-Posten[8]
Nöjesguiden[9]
Nya Wermlands-Tidningen[10]
Svenska Dagbladet[11]

Violent Sky received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. The Swedish website, Kritiker, which assigns a normalised rating out of 5.0 to reviews from mainstream critics across the country gave the album an average score of 3.2, based on 19 reviews, which indicates mixed to favourable reviews.[12] This score was just below that given to 2006's Changes which scored a 3.4 and below the 3.6 awarded to 2003's Fallingwater.

Commercial performance

Upon its release, Violent Sky debuted at number four on the Swedish Album Chart for the week of February 4, 2011.[13] This follows the number two debut of Miskovsky's previous album and became her lowest debut position since her first album, excluding the compilation album released in 2008 that debuted at number fifteen.[14] The album fell to number seven the following week and fell steadily for the next four weeks. On its sixth week on release, the album fell outside the top forty, before regaining ground and making its way back up to number twenty-two in mid-April. It then left the chart, and re-entered on a few occasions later in the year. In total, the album spent 13 weeks on the Swedish Albums Chart.

Track listing
  1. "This Fire"
  2. "Got A Friend"
  3. "Lover"
  4. "Silver Shoes"
  5. "Some of Us"
  6. "Call Me Anything But My Name"
  7. "Get It On"
  8. "Wise Guy 2010"
  9. "Let Them Come"
  10. "A Little High"
  11. "Got A Friend" (Acoustic Version)

Charts

References
  1. "iTunes – Musik – Lover (Radio Edit) – Single av Lisa Miskovsky". iTunes. September 24, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. "iTunes – Musik – Got A Friend – Single av Lisa Miskovsky". iTunes. January 18, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  3. Steen, Håkan (January 28, 2011). "Borde sjunga på svenska i stället". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Schibsted. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  4. Mjöhagen, Magnus (January 26, 2011). "Lisa Miskovsky". Arbetarbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  5. Gradvall, Jan (November 19, 2010). "Skivrecensioner, DI Weekend". Dagens Industri (in Swedish). Bonnier Group. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  6. Nunstedt, Anders. "Otydligt, Lisa Miskovsky". Expressen (in Swedish). Bonnier Group. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  7. "Lisa Miskovsky: Violent Sky". Gaffa (in Swedish). Gaffa A/S. January 28, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  8. Lindqvist, Johan (January 26, 2011). "Lisa Miskovsky: Violent Sky". Göteborgs-Posten. Stampen. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  9. Forshage, Patrick (January 29, 2011). "Lisa Miskovsky – Violent Sky". Nöjesguiden (in Swedish). Nöjesguiden. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  10. Hård, Lina (January 28, 2011). "Lisa Miskovsky – Lisas nya sound gillas skarpt". Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (in Swedish). Nya Wermlands-Tidningen. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  11. Unnes, Ellin (January 26, 2011). "Recension: Lisa Miskovsky – Violent sky". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Schibsted. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  12. "19 recensioner av Lisa Miskovsky: Violent Sky" (in Swedish). Kritiker.se. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  13. "swedishcharts.com – Lisa Miskovsky – Violent Sky". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  14. "swedishcharts.com – Lisa Miskovsky discography". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  15. "Swedishcharts.com – Lisa Miskovsky – Violent Sky". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  16. "Årslista Album – År 2011" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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