Music Sounds Better with You (album)

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Music Sounds Better with You
Studio album by
Released22 March 2011 (2011-03-22)
StudioSummersound Studios (Stockholm)
Genre
Length30:42
LabelLabrador
Producer
  • Johan Angergård
  • Niklas Angergård
Acid House Kings chronology
Sing Along with Acid House Kings
(2005)
Music Sounds Better with You
(2011)
Singles from Music Sounds Better with You
  1. "Are We Lovers or Are We Friends?"
    Released: 7 December 2010 (2010-12-07)[1]
  2. "Would You Say Stop?"
    Released: 1 March 2011 (2011-03-01)[2]
  3. "Under Water"
    Released: 28 June 2011 (2011-06-28)[3]
  4. "(I'm In) A Chorus Line"
    Released: 20 December 2011 (2011-12-20)[4]
  5. "I Just Called to Say Jag Älskar Dig"
    Released: 5 June 2012 (2012-06-05)[5]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10[6]
Metacritic81/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Consequence of Sound[9]
MusicOMH[10]
Pitchfork7.8/10[11]
PopMatters7/10[12]
The Skinny[13]
Under the Radar8/10[14]

Music Sounds Better with You is the fifth studio album by Swedish indie pop band Acid House Kings. It was released on 22 March 2011 by Labrador Records.[15]

Five singles were released from Music Sounds Better with You: "Are We Lovers or Are We Friends?", "Would You Say Stop?", "Under Water", "(I'm In) A Chorus Line" and a remix of "I Just Called to Say Jag Älskar Dig". Additionally, the track "Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now" was re-recorded by the band with Dan Treacy of Television Personalities and released as a single.[16]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Johan Angergård and Niklas Angergård

No.TitleLength
1."Are We Lovers or Are We Friends?"3:38
2."Windshield"2:27
3."Would You Say Stop?"3:06
4."Under Water"3:23
5."(I'm In) A Chorus Line"2:40
6."Where Have We Been?"2:41
7."Waterfall"3:06
8."There Is Something Beautiful"3:47
9."I Just Called to Say Jag Älskar Dig"2:55
10."Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now"2:59
Total length:30:42

Personnel[edit]

Credits for Music Sounds Better with You adapted from album liner notes.[17]

Acid House Kings

  • Johan Angergård – bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Niklas Angergård – vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano
  • Julia Lannerheim – vocals

Additional musicians

  • Andil Dahl – piano
  • Pernilla Larsson – flute
  • Erik Palmberg – trumpet

Production

  • Johan Angergård – production
  • Niklas Angergård – production
  • Björn Engelman – mastering

Artwork and design

  • Peter Eriksson – artwork
  • Henrik Halvarsson – photography

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Acid House Kings – Are we lovers or are we friends?". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Acid House Kings – Would you say stop?". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Acid House Kings – Under Water". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Acid House Kings – (I'm In) A Chorus Line". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Acid House Kings – I Just Called to Say Jag Älskar Dig (SAW Remix by Nixon)". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Music Sounds Better With You by Acid House Kings reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Reviews for Music Sounds Better With You by Acid House Kings". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Music Sounds Better with You – Acid House Kings". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. ^ Robbins, Winston (25 April 2011). "Album Review: Acid House Kings – Music Sounds Better With You". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  10. ^ Winkie, Luke (4 April 2011). "Acid House Kings – Music Sounds Better With You". MusicOMH. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  11. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (26 April 2011). "Acid House Kings: Music Sounds Better With You". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  12. ^ Bergstrom, John (24 March 2011). "Acid House Kings: Music Sounds Better With You". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  13. ^ Buckle, Chris (7 April 2011). "Acid House Kings – Music Sounds Better With You". The Skinny. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  14. ^ Studarus, Laura (4 April 2011). "Acid House Kings: Music Sounds Better With You (Labrador)". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Acid House Kings – Music Sounds Better With You". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Acid House Kings – Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now". Labrador Records. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  17. ^ Music Sounds Better with You (liner notes). Acid House Kings. Labrador Records. 2011. LAB137.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)