Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Writer's Block is the third album by Peter Bjorn and John. It was released on August 14, 2006. Taking a departure from the production of their first two albums, Writer's Block is an experimental, semi-concept album based around themes of the highs and lows of romance.The inner sleeve art, as well as containing handwritten liner notes, features a tall, folding illustration of the building alluded to in the album title's wordplay, with each window of the building representing a song from the album. However, the true meaning of the title is said to be a reference to the Hornstull neighbourhood in Stockholm, where the band is based, which is said to have a high concentration of creative artists (hence 'Writer's Block'). The songs take inspiration from a variety of artists,While the album is said to have a slightly more stripped down sound compared to the guitar-dominated previous albums, the arrangements were still too complex in some cases to be played live in their original form- most notably 'The Chills' continues to be entirely reworked for live performances. Later, the album Gimme Some would aim to address this issue directly.The album had three singles; \"Young Folks\" (featuring Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes on guest vocals), \"Objects of My Affection\", and \"Let's Call It Off\", the latter two using different versions of the songs than those found on the albums. All three songs had videos, the first music videos by the band. The track \"Young Folks\" was ranked at #5 on Pitchfork Media's list of the top 100 songs of 2006. Writer's Block was ranked at #24 on Pitchfork's list of the top 50 albums of 2006. The album is generally seen as one of the defining albums of the mid-2000s indie genre."@en }
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- Writers_Block_(Peter_Bjorn_and_John_album) abstract "Writer's Block is the third album by Peter Bjorn and John. It was released on August 14, 2006. Taking a departure from the production of their first two albums, Writer's Block is an experimental, semi-concept album based around themes of the highs and lows of romance.The inner sleeve art, as well as containing handwritten liner notes, features a tall, folding illustration of the building alluded to in the album title's wordplay, with each window of the building representing a song from the album. However, the true meaning of the title is said to be a reference to the Hornstull neighbourhood in Stockholm, where the band is based, which is said to have a high concentration of creative artists (hence 'Writer's Block'). The songs take inspiration from a variety of artists,While the album is said to have a slightly more stripped down sound compared to the guitar-dominated previous albums, the arrangements were still too complex in some cases to be played live in their original form- most notably 'The Chills' continues to be entirely reworked for live performances. Later, the album Gimme Some would aim to address this issue directly.The album had three singles; \"Young Folks\" (featuring Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes on guest vocals), \"Objects of My Affection\", and \"Let's Call It Off\", the latter two using different versions of the songs than those found on the albums. All three songs had videos, the first music videos by the band. The track \"Young Folks\" was ranked at #5 on Pitchfork Media's list of the top 100 songs of 2006. Writer's Block was ranked at #24 on Pitchfork's list of the top 50 albums of 2006. The album is generally seen as one of the defining albums of the mid-2000s indie genre.".