Nothing Makes Sense Without It

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Nothing Makes Sense Without It
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 22, 2000
Recorded2000
StudioLiberation Records
GenreEmo
Length42:53
LabelNew American Dream Records
Kind of Like Spitting chronology
You Secretly Want Me Dead Nothing Makes Sense Without It Old Moon in the Arms of the New
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media6.5/10[2]

Nothing Makes Sense Without It is an album by the band Kind of Like Spitting.[3][4] It was released on July 22, 2000, on New American Dream Records. It was reissued on vinyl by Slowdance Records on October 30, 2001.

Critical reception[edit]

PopMatters called the album an "early high-water mark."[5] Seattle Weekly wrote that "[Singer Ben] Barnett basically scream-cries, but as terrible as that sounds, it comes off more like a courageous display of vulnerability than whining—as though he’s put his heart on a table in front of a ravenous pack of high-school bullies and ex-girlfriends."[6]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Short Story Long" –3:13
  2. "Blue Period" – 3:04
  3. "At Your Convenience" – 4:30
  4. "Birds of a Feather" – 3:30
  5. "Robi Point, Stars Above" – 1:36
  6. "Out of Harm's Way...Finally" – 5:39
  7. "1330 Oak 1995" – 2:37
  8. "Dodge Dart" – 2:55
  9. "Haven't Been to the Ocean Sense" – 3:14
  10. "Shuffle, Kick, Hum a Tune" – 4:04
  11. "Shaggy Dog Shames Its Owner" – 5:53
  12. "The Rest Is Up to You" – 2:38

Album illustration by Ian Lynam.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nothing Makes Sense Without It - Kind of Like Spitting | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Kind of Like Spitting: Nothing Makes Sense Without It: Pitchfork Review". August 16, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-08-16.
  3. ^ "Kind of Like Spitting | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "RSD '15 Special Release: Kind Of Like Spitting - Nothing Makes Sense Without It" – via recordstoreday.com.
  5. ^ "Kind of Like Spitting: Bridges Worth Burning". PopMatters. September 10, 2002.
  6. ^ "Thursday, April 17 Look who's back: It's Red Hot Chili Peppers' simultaneously". Seattle Weekly. April 11, 2015.

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