More Betterness!

More Betterness! is the fifth studio album by punk rock band No Use for a Name, released in 1999.[5]

More Betterness!
Studio album by
No Use for a Name
ReleasedOctober 5, 1999
RecordedJune 1999
GenrePunk rock[1]
Length44:15
LabelFat Wreck Chords[2]
ProducerRyan Greene; No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name chronology
Making Friends
(1997)		 More Betterness!
(1999)		 Hard Rock Bottom
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Punknews.org[4]

"Fairytale of New York" is a cover of The Pogues' original, which features guest vocals from Cinder Block of the band Tilt.

Release

More Betterness! was released in October 1999. No Use for a Name co-headlined the Fat Tour, with the Mad Caddies, in February and March 2000.[6] They embarked on a tour of Australia in June 2000.[7] In November 2001, the band toured Arizona and California with Zero Down, HBA, and Diesel Boy.[8]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that the album "has the requisite guitar harmonics and occasional thrashing drum part, but mostly it is a pop record along the lines of Blink 182."[9] The Los Angeles Times called More Betterness! "the band’s best-regarded full-length."[10] CMJ New Music Report called it "intelligent punk rock" and a "refreshing change of pace."[1] The Washington Post called the album "energetic," but noted that all the songs "tend to sound the same."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Tony Sly, except where noted.

  1. "Not Your Savior" – 3:45
  2. "Life Size Mirror" – 3:10
  3. "Chasing Rainbows" – 2:49
  4. "Lies Can't Pretend" – 2:48
  5. "Why Doesn't Anybody Like Me?" – 3:09
  6. "Sleeping In" – 3:06
  7. "Fairytale of New York" (Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan) – 4:04
  8. "Pride" – 3:06
  9. "Always Carrie" – 2:46
  10. "Let It Slide" – 2:15
  11. "Six Degrees from Misty" – 2:39
  12. "Coming Too Close" – 3:18
  13. "Saddest Song" – 4:00
  14. "Room 19" – 3:20

Personnel

No Use for a Name

Additional musicians

References
  1. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. October 18, 1999 – via Google Books.
  2. "More Betterness". Fat Wreck Chords.
  3. More Betterness! at AllMusic
  4. "No Use For A Name - More Betterness!". www.punknews.org.
  5. "No Use for a Name | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Paul, Aubin (January 24, 2000). "Fat Canadians". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  7. Paul, Aubin (March 29, 2000). "No Use for Koalas". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  8. Heisel, Scott (October 17, 2001). "No Use for a national tour, apparently…". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  9. "No Use For A Name More Betterness". exclaim.ca.
  10. "No Use for a Name's Tony Sly dies at 41". Los Angeles Times. August 1, 2012.
  11. Jenkins, Mark (October 1, 1999). "DANCE HALL CRASHERS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.


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