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]

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

"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. 1 2 "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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