Legal at Last

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Legal at Last
Legal at Last.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2020
Genre Heavy metal
Label AFM Records
Ward Records (Japan)
Producer Jörg Uken and Martin "Mattes" Pfeiffer
Anvil chronology
Pounding the Pavement
(2018)
Legal at Last
(2020)
Impact Is Imminent
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 7/10 [1]
Metal Hammer (GER)3.5/7 [2]
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Legal at Last is the eighteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It was released on February 14, 2020, through AFM Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner.

No.TitleLength
1."Legal at Last"3:41
2."Nabbed in Nebraska"4:33
3."Chemtrails"4:06
4."Gasoline"4:33
5."I'm Alive"4:28
6."Talking to the Wall"4:05
7."Glass House"3:36
8."Plastic in Paradise"5:14
9."Bottom Line"3:05
10."Food for the Vulture"4:38
11."Said and Done"5:13
12."No Time" (bonus track except Japan)3:15
Total length:50:24
Bonus track (Japanese and Anvil Enterprises editions) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Shoot the Messenger"3:14
Total length:50:28

Personnel

Anvil

Production

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References

  1. Lawson, Dom (February 15, 2020). "Anvil - "Legal At Last"". Blabbermouth.net . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. Riedl, Katrin (February 14, 2020). "Anvil - Legal At Last" (in German). Metal Hammer . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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