No Holiday

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No Holiday
The Muffs - No Holiday.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Length44:42
Label Omnivore
Producer Kim Shattuck
The Muffs chronology
Whoop Dee Doo
(2014)
No Holiday
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blurt Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Paste 7.9/10 [4]

No Holiday is the seventh and final studio album by American punk rock band The Muffs. It was released on October 18, 2019 under Omnivore Recordings. [5]

Contents

The album was the band's final release due to the death of lead vocalist Kim Shattuck on October 2, 2019. [4]

Critical reception

No Holiday was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 84, based on 7 reviews. [1]

Accolades

Accolades for No Holiday
PublicationAccoladeRank
Good Morning America Good Morning America's 50 Best Albums of 2019
25 [6]

Track listing

No Holiday track listing
No.TitleLength
1."That's For Me"0:38
2."Down Down Down"1:33
3."No Holiday"2:27
4."Earth Below Me"2:02
5."A Lovely Day Boo Hoo"4:14
6."Late And Sorry"3:58
7."The Best"1:18
8."Pollyanna"1:31
9."Sick Of This Old World"2:47
10."To That Funny Place"2:06
11."You Talk And You Talk"3:16
12."Happier Just Being With You"2:32
13."Lucky Charm"2:00
14."On My Own"3:53
15."Too Awake"2:27
16."Insane"2:30
17."The Kids Have Gone Away"3:19
18."Sky"2:11

Personnel

Musicians

Charts

Chart performance for No Holiday
Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [7] 35

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