Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed is the third full-length album by Vancouver punk rock band Nomeansno. It was their second album with longtime guitarist Andy Kerr and first recorded after signing with the prominent punk rock label Alternative Tentacles. The album is highly experimental both sonically and compositionally, and ranks among the band's most challenging works.[1][2] It was released on LP in 1988, and issued on the CD compilation album The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed with the EP The Day Everything Became Nothing, recorded during the same sessions.
| Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | December 1987 | |||
| Studio | Profile Sound, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 46:31 | |||
| Label | Alternative Tentacles | |||
| Producer | Cecil English, Nomeansno | |||
| Nomeansno chronology | ||||
| ||||
Background, recording, release edit
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 edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
AllMusic 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 edit
All songs written by Nomeansno
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 edit
Nomeansno
- Rob Wright – vocals, guitar, bass, artwork
- John Wright – vocals, drums, keyboards, percussion
- Andy Kerr (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 edit
- ^ a b Carruthers, Sean. "Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed : NoMeansNo". AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Peters, Guy (April 30, 2003). "The Day Everything Became Isolated and Destroyed by NoMeansNo". Alltime Records. Retrieved January 3, 2017.