Legion of Boom

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Legion Of Boom
Studio album by The Crystal Method
Released	January 13, 2004
Genre	Electronica
Length	59:17
Label	V2 Records
Producer	The Crystal Method
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
The Crystal Method chronology
Community Service (2002) Legion of Boom (2004) Community Service II (2005)

Legion of Boom is the third official studio album by the American band The Crystal Method. The album is a mixture of different genres, like the rough "True Grit", to the wiry guitar rock song "Born Too Slow". Legion of Boom contains vocals from actress Milla Jovovich and Kyuss lead singer John Garcia. The album also contains guitars riffs courtesy of former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland (who also co-produced three tracks) and vocal talents by beatboxer Rahzel. Its title is likely a reference to the supervillain team Legion of Doom.

An edited version of "Born Too Slow" was featured in the soundtrack for the video game Need for Speed: Underground and Donkey Konga 2. The song "Bound Too Long" was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Cursed, and "Starting Over" was used in an episode of the TV show Alias and an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. A different version of "Weapons of Mass Distortion", renamed "Weapons of Mad Distortion", was used in the movie Blade: Trinity.

Also, an interesting thing to note is the design of the album. As apposed to most album layouts, the tracks of Legion were listed on the front of the case, rather than on the back, with the album art placed on the back inlay.

This album also contains the only known time either members of The Crystal Method have provided vocals for a song. The song that features this is "I Know It's You", which has Ken Jordan of TCM singing through a vocoder.

The album was nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Electronica/Dance Album" category in 2005, the first year that any award was given out for that category ever.

The track "Weapons of Mass Distortion" was used in movie trailers for The Bourne Ultimatum and Far Cry.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Starting Over" – 4:01
2. "Born Too Slow" – 2:59
3. "True Grit" – 5:06
4. "The American Way" – 4:26
5. "I Know It's You" – 5:48
6. "Realizer" – 3:48
7. "Broken Glass" – 3:55
8. "Weapons of Mass Distortion" – 4:50
9. "Bound Too Long" – 6:23
10. "Acetone" – 5:15
11. "High and Low" – 5:23
12. "Wide Open" – 7:23

• Tracks 1, 4, and 10 vocals by Rahzel.
• Track 2 vocals by John Garcia.
• Track 5 vocals by Milla Jovovich and Ken Jordan (through a vocoder).
• Tracks 6 and 11 vocals by Lisa Kekaula.
• Tracks 9 and 12 vocals by Hanifah Walidah.
• Tracks 2, 7, and 8 guitars by Wes Borland.
• Track 6 guitars by John Brion.
• Track 4 scratching by DJ Swamp.