Peace or Love

Kings of Convenience released their third studio album Declaration of Dependence in 2009 which reached number four on the US Billboard 200 chart and was met with generally favourable reviews.{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/declaration-of-dependence/kings-of-convenience |title=Declaration of Dependence – Kings of Convenience |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive |accessdate=4 July 2021}} In April 2021, the duo, which consists of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, announced the release of their fourth studio album titled Peace or Love.{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Scott |title=Kings of Convenience Announce Peace or Love, First New Album in 12 Years |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kings-of-convenience/kings-of-convenience-new-album-peace-or-love/ |website=Paste |access-date=4 July 2021 |date=30 April 2021 }} "Rocky Trail" was released as the lead single on 30 April 2021, alongside the album's announcement.{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Patrick |date=30 April 2021 |title=Kings Of Convenience announce first album in 12 years and share new single 'Rocky Trail' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kings-of-convenience-announce-first-album-12-years-share-new-single-rocky-trail-2931383 |access-date=4 July 2021 |website=NME}} "Fever" was served as the second single on 28 May.{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Scott |date=28 May 2021 |title=Kings of Convenience Share Second Peace or Love Single, "Fever" |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kings-of-convenience/kings-of-convenience-new-single-fever/ |access-date=4 July 2021 |website=Paste}} The album was released on 18 June by EMI Records. Their first album in 12 years,{{Cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |date=30 April 2021 |title=Kings of Convenience Announce First New Album in 12 Years, Peace or Love: Listen to New Song "Rocky Trail" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kings-of-convenience-announce-first-new-album-in-12-years-peace-or-love-listen-to-new-song-rocky-trail/ |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=Pitchfork}} Peace or Love was recorded by the duo five times.

The melody and arrangement of "Catholic Country" was "jammed out" with The Staves at the first PEOPLE Festival.

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 7.0/10{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/12894/Kings-of-Convenience-Peace-Or-Love-.aspx |title=Peace Or Love by Kings of Convenience reviews |work=AnyDecentMusic? |access-date=3 July 2021}}

| MC = 76/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/peace-or-love/kings-of-convenience |title=Peace or Love by Kings of Convenience Reviews and Tracks |work=Metacritic |access-date=3 July 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |title=Peace or Love – Kings of Convenience |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/peace-or-love-mw0003521620 |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev2score = 7/10{{Cite web |last=Bobkin |first=Matt |date=18 June 2021 |title=Kings of Convenience Return at the Perfect Time on 'Peace or Love' |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kings_of_convenience_peace_or_love_album_review |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=Exclaim!}}

| rev3 = Evening Standard

| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=David |date=18 June 2021 |title=Kings of Convenience – Peace or Love review: Far from folk |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/kings-of-convenience-peace-or-love-review-b940924.html |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=Evening Standard}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=18 June 2021 |title=Kings of Convenience: Peace or Love review – a beautifully simple return |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/18/kings-of-convenience-peace-or-love-review-a-beautifully-simple-return |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=The Guardian}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |last1=Nugent |first1=Annabel |last2=O'Connor |first2=Roisin |date=17 June 2021 |title=Album reviews: Kings of Convenience and BERWYN |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-kings-of-convenience-berwyn-b1867060.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-kings-of-convenience-berwyn-b1867060.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=The Independent}}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Segal |first=Victoria |title=Kings of Convenience – Peace or Love: Softly spoken Norwegian duo back with first LP in 12 years |magazine=Mojo |edition=August 2021 |issue=350 |page=86}}

| rev7 = musicOMH

| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=John |date=18 June 2021 |title=Kings Of Convenience – Peace Or Love |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/kings-of-convenience-peace-or-love |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=musicOMH}}

| rev8 = Paste

| rev8score = 7.4/10{{Cite web |last=Salmon |first=Ben |date=18 June 2021 |title=After 12 Years Away, Kings of Convenience Return with Peace or Love |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kings-of-convenience/peace-or-love-album-review/ |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=Paste}}

| rev9 = Pitchfork

| rev9score = 6.7/10{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Linnie |date=17 June 2021 |title=Kings of Convenience: Peace or Love Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kings-of-convenience-peace-or-love/ |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=Pitchfork}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = 9/10{{Cite magazine |last=Pinnock |first=Tom |title=Kings of Convenience – Peace or Love: Stylish, melancholic moves by the Bergen grandmasters |magazine=Uncut |edition=August 2021 |issue=291 |page=26}}

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Peace or Love received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76 based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". At AnyDecentMusic?, which collates album reviews from websites, magazines and newspapers, they gave the release a 7 out of 10, based on a critical consensus of 13 reviews.

In a 9/10 review, Tom Pinnock of Uncut called it their most cohesive album to date, writing that the band "seem to have discovered the purest essence of the music they create." Reviewing for The Guardian, Ben Beaumont-Thomas praised the duo's vocal chemistry as well as the album's acoustic arrangement and emotional narrative, calling it "a beautifully simple return". Similarly, Eric Mason from Slant Magazine commended the record for retaining the duo's "distinctly tranquil guitar-centric sound" and favoured the presence of bossa nova.{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Eric |title=Music Review: Kings of Convenience's Peace or Love Neatly Depicts the Dichotomies of Love |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review-kings-of-convenience-peace-or-love-neatly-depicts-the-dichotomies-of-love/ |website=Slant Magazine |access-date=4 July 2021 |date=14 June 2021 }} Pitchfork writer Linnie Greene described the album as "an especially airbrushed take on easy-listening pop".

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| all_writing = Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye, except where noted

| title1 = Rumours

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

• Kings of Convenience
• Davide Bertolini

}}

| length1 = 4:08

| title2 = Rocky Trail

| extra2 = Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Comb My Hair

| extra3 = {{flatlist|

• Kings of Convenience
• Gustafsson Jerneholm

}}

| length3 = 3:15

| title4 = Angel

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

• Kings of Convenience
• Cristian Heyne

}}

| length4 = 3:16

| title5 = Love Is a Lonely Thing

| note5 = featuring Feist

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Eirik Glambek Bøe
• Erlend Øye
• Leslie Feist
• Stefano Ortisi

}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

• Kings of Convenience
• Antonio Pulli

}}

| length5 = 2:44

| title6 = Fever

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Glambek Bøe
• Øye
• Tobias Hett

}}

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

• Kings of Convenience
• Bertolini

}}

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Killers

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

• Kings of Convenience
• Gustafsson Jerneholm

}}

| length7 = 3:54

| title8 = Ask for Help

| extra8 = Robert Jønnum

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Catholic Country

| note9 = featuring Feist

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Glambek Bøe
• Øye
• Davide Bertolini
• Camilla Staveley-Taylor
• Emily Staveley-Taylor
• Jessica Staveley-Taylor

}}

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

• Bertolini
• Phil Weinrobe

}}

| length9 = 3:01

| title10 = Song About It

| extra10 = Jønnum

| length10 = 3:05

| title11 = Washing Machine

| extra11 = Gustafsson Jerneholm

| length11 = 2:38

| total_length = 37:31

}}

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes{{cite AV media notes |title=Peace or Love |others=Kings of Convenience |publisher=EMI |year=2021 |type=liner notes |id=EMIV 2038}} and Tidal.{{Cite web |date=18 June 2021 |title=Credits / Peace Or Love / Kings Of Convenience |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/187309724/credits |access-date=4 July 2021 |website=Tidal}}

• Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals {{small|(tracks 1–11)}}, nylon-string acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 1–11)}}, piano {{small|(track 6)}}, drums {{small|(track 9)}}
• Erlend Øye – vocals {{small|(tracks 1–6, 8–11)}}, steel-string acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 1–11)}}
• Feist – vocals {{small|(tracks 5, 9)}}
• Davide Bertolini – upright bass {{small|(track 1, 9)}}, viola da gamba {{small|(track 9)}}
• Alexander Grieg – bowed upright bass {{small|(tracks 1, 6)}}
• Tobias Hett – viola {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 6, 11)}}
• Alexander von Mehren – bass {{small|(track 2)}}, marimba {{small|(track 2)}}, keyboards {{small|(track 2)}}

• Kings of Convenience – production {{small|(tracks 1, 3–7)}}, mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 5–7)}}
• Erlend Øye – programming {{small|(track 6)}}, recording {{small|(track 6)}}
• Davide Bertolini – production {{small|(tracks 1, 6, 9)}}, mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 4, 6, 9)}}, recording {{small|(tracks 1, 4, 6, 9)}}, upright bass {{small|(track 1)}}
• Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm – production {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 7, 11)}}, mixing {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 7, 11)}}, recording {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 7, 11)}}
• Cristian Heyne – production {{small|(track 4)}}, recording {{small|(track 4)}}
• Robert Jønnum – production {{small|(tracks 8, 10)}}, mixing {{small|(tracks 8, 10)}}, recording {{small|(tracks 8, 10)}}
• Antonio Pulli – production {{small|(track 5)}}, mixing {{small|(track 5)}}, recording {{small|(track 5)}}
• Phil Weinrobe – production {{small|(track 9)}}, recording {{small|(track 9)}}
• Fernando Herrera Bastidas – mixing {{small|(track 4)}}, recording {{small|(track 4)}}
• Jørgen Træen – mastering {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 9–11)}}
• Norman Nitzsche – mastering {{small|(tracks 3, 7, 8)}}
• Sascha Steinfurth – guitar technician

• Glauco Canalis – front cover photograph, jacket photograph, label photograph
• Salvo Alibrio – gatefold spread photograph, tiny blurry photograph
• Andrea Moschella – graphic design

• Sascha Steinfurth – consultant
• Øystein Bruvik – album title

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