Music Sounds Better with You (album)

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Music Sounds Better with You
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Studio album by
Released22 March 2011 (2011-03-22)
StudioSummersound Studios (Stockholm)
Genre
Length30:42
Label Labrador
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]
Metacritic 81/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [11]
PopMatters 7/10 [12]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Under the Radar 8/10 [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]

Contents

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

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

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

Acid House Kings

Additional musicians

Production

Artwork and design

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