| More Betterness! | ||||
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| Released | October 5, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | June 1999 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock [1] | |||
| Length | 44:15 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords [2] | |||
| Producer | Ryan Greene; No Use for a Name | |||
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| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Punknews.org | [4] |
More Betterness! is a 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.
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]
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]
All songs written by Tony Sly, except where noted.
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