A New Chance
Studio album by
The Tough Alliance
Released21 May 2007 (2007-05-21)
Genre
Length32:31
Label
ProducerThe Tough Alliance
The Tough Alliance chronology
Escaping Your Ambitions
(2006)		 A New Chance
(2007)
Singles from A New Chance
  1. "First Class Riot"
    Released: 2 May 2007 (2007-05-02)[2]
  2. "Neo Violence"
    Released: March 2008 (2008-03)

A New Chance is the third and final studio album by Swedish indie pop duo The Tough Alliance. The album was released on 21 May 2007 by Sincerely Yours. It was issued outside of Sweden by Summer Lovers Unlimited and Modular Recordings.[3][4]

Release

Originally, the album opened and closed with a sample of the first verse of Ibrahim, the 14th sura of the quran, recited by Abdul Basit ‘ABD us-Samad. However, a group of Muslims visited TTA’s Henning Fürst and argued that the usage was very offensive. Since that discussion, the first verse has been removed along with the Arabic imagery on the front cover. On the succeeding copies of the album, the cover has been replaced with a barcode.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.6/10[3]
PopMatters8/10[6]
Spin[7]

Online music magazine Pitchfork placed A New Chance at number 149 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Tough Alliance (Eric Berglund and Henning Fürst)

No.TitleLength
1."Something Special"4:14
2."Miami"4:13
3."First Class Riot"3:25
4."A New Chance"4:34
5."The Last Dance"4:15
6."Looking for Gold"3:36
7."Neo Violence"4:11
8."1981"4:03
Total length:32:31

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 13

References

  1. 1 2 Hoffman, K. Ross. "A New Chance – The Tough Alliance". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "First Class Riot – Single by The Tough Alliance". United States: iTunes Store. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 Hogan, Marc (19 October 2007). "The Tough Alliance: A New Chance". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "UK Tough Alliance fans given a new chance". Resident Advisor. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Fader Magazine Interview
  6. ↑ Mineo, Mike (30 October 2007). "The Tough Alliance: A New Chance". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer (October 2008). "The Tough Alliance: A New Chance". Spin. 24 (10): 117–18. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. p. 3. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – The Tough Alliance – A New Chance". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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