Up Against the Legends [Import]

Product Description
Japanese pressing of the Swedish indie rock act's 2004 album, scheduled to include bonus material. Details TBA. Canyon.

Up Against the Legends,Legends,Pony Canyon,Pop,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Blown away the hardest working man in rock 'n roll... A Personal Favorite From 2004 Great, but where to get their first EP? Fuzzy SpectorSwede Power Pop

Up Against the Legends The Legends Manufacturer: Lakeshore Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sing Along With Acid House Kings Public Radio Facts and Figures Mondays Are Like Tuesdays Tuesdays Like Wednesdays Sambassadeur ASIN: B0002W4SSQ Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

1. Call it Ours
2. There and Back Again
3. Your Song
4. Right On
5. Nothing to be Done
6. Everything You Say
7. Trouble Loves Me
8. When the Day is Done
9. Breaking Time, Breaking Lines
10. Make it all Right
11. The Kids Just Wanna Have Fun
12. No Way Out

Customer Reviews:

Blown away.......2007-01-22

I love everything I've heard from Johann Angergard and he's a really nice guy to talk to to boot. People who think the top 40 or Billboard or Grammy related "artists" are where it's happening just have no clue. And don't forget that Grammy gave Starland Vocal Band Best New Artist Grammy over Elvis Costello and also choose Milli Vinilli as Best Artist in another year so why would you want to listen to Grammy winners when you could be listening to the true Legends?

the hardest working man in rock 'n roll..........2006-05-18

...isn't james brown. it's johann angergard. the legends is relatively new band for me. it's surprising i hadn't heard them sooner because i love johann's other two bands, acid house kings and club 8. so, oddly enough, i love the legends, too. i don't know how he manages to split his time between three stellar pop bands, but somehow he does. he could probably front five or six and still continuously churn out top quality hits.

the legends debut album isn't *that* radical a departure from his other projects. the majority of the songs are upbeat, snappy, and sincere. one never gets the feeling that johann's songs are contrived, silly, or anything but authentic. he's a fan of 60s pop, but also contemporary pop and takes the best of both worlds to form something that sounds familiar and new (oh, that wretched rock critic cliche). what's different about this album is that johann stretches the bounds he normally imposes on himself, allowing for richer textures and deeper atmospheres than you'd find on any AHK or club 8 record. it's also a slightly more agressive record (though not necessarily heavy). the guitars are cruchier, the vocals less polite, but the hand claps and tambourines are ever present. in this way johann manages to inject a little of his former self in to the legends. angergard borrows from early 'modern life is rubbish' era blur ('call it ours'), the jesus and mary chain, ('your song'), and it's a precursor to the heavily-saturated, tones on tail & early cure inspired 'public radio,' their second album.

as previously mentioned, johann may be the hardest working man in pop. how he continues to release so many consistently satisfying, catchy records is a marvel. it's a shame more people aren't familiar with work. if you like your pop interesting, melodic, interesting and sincere with a dash of goth-boy cynicism, 'up against' the legends is your ideal jumping off point. a great record.

A Personal Favorite From 2004.......2006-02-10

If you like the poppy/melancholy sound of The Smiths, you'll love this album. My personal favorite track is #5, Nothing To Be Done. The light fem lead vocals that come in on the second half of the song send shivers up my spine every time I hear it. The entire album is teriffic. If you like the style, every song on this CD will grow on you eventually.

Great, but where to get their first EP?.......2005-03-10

This album is fun, but there seems to be no way whatsoever to get their first EP if you're an unlucky American. Their first EP has this song on it which rocks:

"It's Not Going to Happen"

I've tried everything short of WinMX to get this great tune, but no luck.

Fuzzy SpectorSwede Power Pop.......2005-01-02

If you mix up the awesome Primitives from the 80s, with the Spector wall of sound , in a Swedish garage with some power pop licks you might get something like The Legends.
That being said they are not rigidly classifiable.
Just great music. This was one CD I was glad I got and have played it the most in the last couple of months.

Average customer rating:

Up Against the Legends Legends Manufacturer: Pony Canyon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002Q2L86 Release Date: 2004-09-27

Tracks:

1. Call It Ours
2. There And Back Again
3. Your Song
4. Right On
5. Nothing To Be Done
6. Everything You Say
7. Trouble Loves Me
8. When The Day Is Done
9. Breaking Time, Breaking Lines
10. Make It All Right
11. Kids Just Wanna Have Fun
12. No Way Out
13. Thanks For Nothing
14. Change

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the Swedish indie rock act's 2004 album, scheduled to include bonus material. Details TBA. Canyon.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks: 'thanks for Nothing', and 'change'.

Average customer rating:

Up Against the Legends ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00022LP2I Release Date: 2006-06-20

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Up Against the Legends Legends Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000N0VRFE Release Date: 2004-09-21

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