The Tough AllianceBest The Tough Alliance Albums Ranked
8.9
Avg Score
6
Opinions
4
Albums
1
Reviewer
Summary from 6 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated The Tough Alliance’s catalog across 4 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 8.9/10. The top-rated The Tough Alliance album is New Waves - EP (2005) with a 10.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by A New Chance and The New School. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2005 to 2007. Silly Crimes ranks as the highest-rated The Tough Alliance song on Rate.fm with a 9.0/10 average.
A New Chance
“Like Jens Lekman, who recently sampled this Swedish group, spiritual forebear Jonathan Richman, or fellow electro pranksters the KLF, the Tough Alliance are hopeless and hopeful romantics with a willingness to plunder for inspiration.”
The New School
“Sweden's best/worst (delete where applicable) band follow the U.S. releases of last year's A New Chance and 2006's New Waves EP with an expanded edition of their more muscular, dance party-ready 2005 debut, The New School.”
New Waves - EP
“Swedish pop band spikes its shiny digital beats to vaguely tropical synths, sugar-sweet melodies, and-- like a modern-day Malcolm McLaren or KLF-- Situationist politics, so much so that it's difficult to separate the music from the group's broader arsenal of cultural weaponry”