Johnny Foreigner vs Everything is the third studio album by British indie rock band Johnny Foreigner. It was released on CD and MP3 on 5 December 2011 through Alcopop! Records, and on Double Vinyl LP in Summer 2012. The record marked their first studio album to be released without the aid of a Grammy-nominated producer (Machine producing their first record, Alex Newport producing their second); as well as their first studio album not released on Best Before Records. The album cover, as with their other albums, features drawings by Lewes Herriot.
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| Released | 5 December 2011[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, post-punk | |||
| Length | 55:51 | |||
| Label | Alcopop! | |||
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 Vinyl release cover | ||||
| Singles from Johnny Foreigner vs Everything | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Clash Music |   link |
| Drowned In Sound | link |
| NME |  link |
| Rock Sound | link |
| Sputnikmusic | link |
| Q Magazine | Jan 2012, p.123 |
The album was assigned a Metacritic rating of 66, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[3] Some controversy arose when the NME website chose a writer who had already had disagreements with the band's lead singer Alexei[4][5] to review the album.[6] This writer gave the album a highly negative review and a score of 3.0/10. This was responded to with a backlash by fans and readers alike, who together used the NME's album rating system to give the album a score of 9.4/10.
The double vinyl version of the album adds the Certain Songs are Cursed EP—minus the original mix of "What Drummers Get"—and two original songs from the (Don't) Show Us Your Fangs and You vs Everything singles.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Johnny Foreigner
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "If Im The Most Famous Boy You've Fucked, Then Honey, Yr In Trouble" | 2:08 |
| 2. | "With Who, Who and What I've Got" | 3:00 |
| 3. | "200X" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Hulk Hoegaarden, Gin Kinsella, David Duvodkany, Etc" | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Johnny Foreigner vs You" | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Concret1" | 1:36 |
| 7. | "Electricity vs the Dead" | 2:44 |
| 8. | "Jess, You Got Yr Song, So Leave" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Supermorning" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "What Drummers Get" | 2:41 |
| 11. | "New Street, You Can Take It" | 3:58 |
| 12. | "Concret2" | 1:26 |
| 13. | "(Don't) Show Us Your Fangs" | 2:48 |
| 14. | "You vs Everything" | 3:16 |
| 15. | "Doesn't Believe in Angels" | 3:34 |
| 16. | "The Swell/Like Neverwhere" | 6:22 |
| 17. | "Alternate Timelines Piling Up" | 3:31 |
References
edit- ^ Alcopop! releases
- ^ Johnny Foreigner Bandcamp site
- ^ Metacritic site
- ^ Johnny Foreigner blog post
- ^ NME Magazine article and comment
- ^ NME Magazine review