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. It was their second album with longtime guitarist

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and first recorded after signing with the prominent punk rock label

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. The album is highly experimental both sonically and compositionally, and ranks among the band's most challenging works. It was released on LP in 1988, and issued on the CD compilation album ''

The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed ''The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed'' is a compilation album of two records by Vancouver punk band Nomeansno. The compilation album comprises the EP '' The Day Everything Became Nothing'' and the full-length album '' Small Parts Is ...

'' with the EP '' The Day Everything Became Nothing'', recorded during the same sessions.

Background, recording, release

Nomeansno entered the Profile Sound recording studio in December 1987 to record the follow-up to their second album, '' Sex Mad''. The resultant sessions yielded both the EP '' The Day Everything Became Nothing'' and the album ''Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed'', which were later packaged together on compact disc as ''The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed''.

Reception

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critic Sean Carruthers awarded the album two-and-a-half out of five stars. He praised the album's "tight instrumentation which is informed both by punk and by jazz," but argued that the material ultimately "lacked zip."

Track listing

All songs written by

Side one # "Dark Ages" – 5:17 # "Junk" – 3:38 # "And That's Sad" – 6:33 # "Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed" – 7:20 Side two # "Victory" – 7:57 # "Teresa, Give Me That Knife" – 2:14 # "Real Love" – 9:59 # "Lonely" – 3:38

Personnel

Nomeansno *

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– vocals, guitar, bass, artwork * John Wright – vocals, drums, keyboards, percussion *

(credited as "Someone (but we're not sure whom)") – vocals, guitar, bass Additional musicians *Craig Bougie – technician, vocals (track 4) *Ingrid the Hun – toys (track 2) Production and artwork *Cec English – producer *John Yates – artwork

References

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