Heavy Fruit

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Heavy Fruit
He Is Legend - Heavy Fruit.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)
RecordedAugust–September 2013
Studio
  • The Fidelitorium (Winston-Salem, NC)
  • Warrior Sound (Chapel Hill, NC)
  • Los Angeles, CA
Genre Hard rock [1]
Length55:42
Label Tragic Hero
Producer He Is Legend, Mitchell Marlow, Al Jacob
He Is Legend chronology
It Hates You
(2009)
Heavy Fruit
(2014)
few
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Absolutepunk 9/10 [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Bracket and Bracket90/100 [4]
Heavy Blog Is HeavyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Revolver Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
TheprpStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Heavy Fruit is the fourth full-length studio album by American rock band He Is Legend and their first since coming back from hiatus in 2011. It was released on August 19, 2014, through Tragic Hero Records. It is the band's second album released on that label, after 2009's It Hates You .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No Visitors"5:21
2."This Will Never Work"3:51
3."Miserable Company"5:36
4."Something, Something, Something Witchy"4:03
5."I Sleep Just Fine"6:15
6."Beethozart"5:26
7."Spout Mouth"3:29
8."Be Easy"4:05
9."Time to Stain"4:00
10."ABRACADABRA" (featuring The Brothers Beast)2:49
11."Smoker Scoff"3:06
12."The Carpet"3:36
13."Heavy Fruit"4:05
Total length:55:42

Personnel

He Is Legend
Additional musicians
Production
Illustration and design

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