There Is No Enemy

There Is No Enemy
Studio album by Built to Spill
Released	October 6, 2009
Recorded	May 2007, Los Angeles, California [1]
Genre	Indie rock
Length	55:33
Label	Warner Bros. & ATP Recordings
Producer	Dave Trumfio, Doug Martsch
Built to Spill chronology
You in Reverse (2006) There Is No Enemy (2009) Untethered Moon (2015)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[4]
The A.V. Club	B+ [5]
Consequence of Sound	A− [6]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [7]
Paste	7.7/10 [8]
Pitchfork	7.9/10 [9]
PopMatters	7/10 [10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Slant	[12]

There Is No Enemy is the seventh studio album by indie rock band Built to Spill (their fifth on Warner Bros. Records). The album was released in the US on October 6, 2009, and is the last to feature long-time drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson, who left the group in 2012. It features guest musicians Sam Coomes, cellist John McMahon, Scott Schmaljohn (of Treepeople), Paul Leary, and additional keyboards by Roger Manning. ^[13]

On September 30, 2009, the band streamed the full album on their official MySpace profile. ^[14]

On February 15, 2010, ATP Recordings released the album in the UK and Europe with the exclusive, previously unreleased bonus track "Water Sleepers".

Track listing

All songs written by Built To Spill with "some words by Karena Youtz."

1. "Aisle 13" - 3:17
2. "Hindsight" - 3:38
3. "Nowhere Lullaby" - 3:59
4. "Good Ol' Boredom" - 6:31
5. "Life's a Dream" - 4:53
6. "Oh Yeah" - 5:21
7. "Pat" - 2:40
8. "Done" - 6:53
9. "Planting Seeds" - 4:26
10. "Things Fall Apart" - 6:15
11. "Tomorrow" - 7:40 ^[15]

Musician

Built To Spill

• Doug Martsch - vocals, guitar
• Brett Nelson - bass guitar
• Brett Netson - guitar
• Scott Plouf - drums
• Jim Roth - guitar

Others

• John McMahon - cello, lap steel (on track #3)
• Paul Leary - guitar (#6)
• Scott Schmaljohn - guitar (#7)
• Sam Coomes - mellotron, organ (#8)
• Danny Levin - horns (#10)
• Roger Manning - organ (#10,11)

References

1. "Built to Spill - Progress Report - Stereogum". Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
2. "There Is No Enemy by Built To Spill". Metacritic . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
3. Bush, John. "There Is No Enemy - Built to Spill". AllMusic . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
4. Schlansky, Evan (November 1, 2009). "BUILT TO SPILL > There Is No Enemy". American Songwriter . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
5. Murray, Noel (October 6, 2009). "Built To Spill: There Is No Enemy". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
6. Young, Alex (October 5, 2009). "Album Review: Built to Spill – There is No Enemy". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
7. Wink, Richard (February 5, 2010). "Album Review: Built to Spill - There is No Enemy". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
8. Saba, Michael (October 6, 2009). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy". Paste . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
9. Greene, Jayson (October 5, 2009). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
10. Fiander, Matthew (October 5, 2009). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy". PopMatters . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
11. Hermes, Will (September 28, 2009). "There Is No Enemy Review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
12. Cole, Matthew (October 3, 2009). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy". Slant .
13. Ayers, Michael D. (July 17, 2009). "Siren Festival 2009: Q&A; With Built To Spill's Doug Martsch". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
14. "Built to Spill". MySpace .
15. "Paste Music - Guides to the Best Albums, Reviews and Live Music Video".