You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter Explained

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter
Type:studio
Artist:I Set My Friends on Fire
Cover:You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter.jpg
Studio:Earth Sound Recording, Valdosta, Georgia[1]
Length:35:05
Label:Epitaph[2]
Producer:
Prev Title:I Set My Friends On Fire EP
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Astral Rejection
Next Year:2011

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter is the debut full-length studio album by American post-hardcore band I Set My Friends on Fire, released on October 7, 2008 via Epitaph Records. It includes the band's most famous song, "Things That Rhyme With Orange", a promotional video for which was released July 22, 2009.[3] Four of the album's tracks are re-released songs from the band's self-released EP I Set My Friends On Fire EP. The album reached #29 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[4]

Reception

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter was panned by most music critics. The album received a 0.5 rating out of five from Slant reviewer Nate Adams, who said "[It's] high in the running for worst album of the year ... The music aims for brutality and melody, but misses the mark entirely on both counts."[5] Alternative Press reviewer Phil Freeman also gave the album a half star out of five, remarking that the album "truly fails because it has exactly zero memorable moments".[6]

In a mixed review, John Lucas of the Georgia Straight said that the album "seems designed to test the listener’s tolerance", but that "those willing to embrace a noisy, ambitious, self-indulgent, and downright weird record will find a lot to love".[7] Logan Broger of ChartAttack gave it three stars out of five, saying, "When the grind-electro-hardcore-pop duo aren't being obnoxious or comedic, there are some tunes that are actually really, really brilliant."

Personnel

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter album personnel as listed on Allmusic.[8]

I Set My Friends On Fire
Additional musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . I Set My Friends on Fire - You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter . January 16, 2023.
  2. Web site: I Set My Friends on Fire - You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter. 7 October 2008 . December 19, 2020. Punknews.org.
  3. Web site: Post by the band on MySpace.
  4. Web site: Top Heatseekers, Week of 10/25/08. Billboard.
  5. Web site: I Set My Friends on Fire – You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Logs . 2008-10-16 . Adams . Nate . . 2008-09-29 .
  6. Phil Freeman, Review of You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter. Alternative Press, November 2008, p. 158.
  7. Web site: I Set My Friends on Fire tests one's tolerance on You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter . 2009-07-26 . 2009-07-21 . Straight.com.
  8. Web site: You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter - I Set My Friends on Fire . AllMusic . 2008-10-07 . 2012-03-16.

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