''There Is No Enemy'' is the seventh full-length studio album by
indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...
band
Built to Spill (their fifth on
Warner Bros. Records
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). 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
Samuel J. Coomes (born April 23, 1964) is an American musician, and one-half of the Portland-area indie band Quasi, along with his ex-wife, drummer Janet Weiss. Coomes was also a member of the mid-1980s underground pop band The Donner Party and ...
, cellist John McMahon, Scott Schmaljohn (of
Treepeople
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),
Paul Leary
Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957), known as Paul Leary, is an American musician and music producer from Austin, Texas, best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the American rock band Butthole Surfers. He is also th ...
, and additional keyboards by
Roger Manning
Roger Manning is a New York City based singer-songwriter who plays an aggressive acoustic style of music. Manning, along with a small handful of other artists, composed the original New York City anti-folk scene.
On February 6, 1985, Manning w ...
.
On September 30, 2009, the band streamed the full album on their official
MySpace profile.
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."
#"Aisle 13" - 3:17
#"Hindsight" - 3:38
#"Nowhere Lullaby" - 3:59
#"Good Ol' Boredom" - 6:31
#"Life's a Dream" - 4:53
#"Oh Yeah" - 5:21
#"Pat" - 2:40
#"Done" - 6:53
#"Planting Seeds" - 4:26
#"Things Fall Apart" - 6:15
#"Tomorrow" - 7:40
Musician
Built To Spill
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Doug Martsch - vocals, guitar
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Brett Nelson - bass guitar
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Brett Netson - guitar
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Scott Plouf - drums
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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
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2009 albums
Built to Spill albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Dave Trumfio
ATP Recordings albums