Released 1988 Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed
(1988) Wrong
(1989) Release date 1988 Genre Punk rock | Length 46:31 Artist Nomeansno Label Alternative Tentacles | |
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Recorded December 1987 at Profile Sound, Vancouver, Canada Producer Cecil English, Nomeansno Similar Nomeansno albums, Punk rock albums | ||
Nomeansno small parts isolated and destroyed 1988 full album
Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed is the third full-length album by the Vancouver punk rock band Nomeansno. It was their second album with longtime guitarist Andy Kerr and first recorded after signing with the prominent punk rock label Alternative Tentacles. The album is highly experimental both sonically and compositionally, and ranks among the band's most challenging works. It was released on LP in 1988, and issued on the CD compilation album The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed with the EP The Day Everything Became Nothing, recorded during the same sessions.
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Background, recording, release
Nomeansno entered the Profile Sound recording studio in December 1987 to record the follow-up to their second album, Sex Mad. The resultant sessions yielded both the EP The Day Everything Became Nothing and the album Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed, which were later packaged together on compact disc as The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed.
Reception
AllMusic critic Sean Carruthers awarded the album two-and-a-half out of five stars. He praised the album's "tight instrumentation which is informed both by punk and by jazz," but argued that the material ultimately "lacked zip."
Track listing
All songs written by Nomeansno
- "Dark Ages" – 5:17
- "Junk" – 3:38
- "And That's Sad" – 6:33
- "Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed" – 7:20
- "Victory" – 7:57
- "Teresa, Give Me That Knife" – 2:14
- "Real Love" – 9:59
- "Lonely" – 3:38
Songs
1The Day Everything Became Nothing4:00
2Dead Souls1:38
3Forget Your Life5:09