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More Betterness! is a studio album by punk rock band No Use for a Name, released in 1999.[5]

More Betterness!
Studio album by No Use for a Name
Released	October 5, 1999
Recorded	June 1999
Genre	Punk rock[1]
Length	44:15
Label	Fat Wreck Chords[2]
Producer	Ryan Greene; No Use for a Name
No Use for a Name chronology
Making Friends (1997) More Betterness! (1999) Hard Rock Bottom (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Punknews.org	[4]

"Fairytale of New York" is a cover of The Pogues' original, which features guest vocals from Cinder Block of the band Tilt.

Release

More Betterness! was released in October 1999. No Use for a Name co-headlined the Fat Tour, with the Mad Caddies, in February and March 2000.[6] They embarked on a tour of Australia in June 2000.[7] In November 2001, the band toured Arizona and California with Zero Down, HBA, and Diesel Boy.[8]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that the album "has the requisite guitar harmonics and occasional thrashing drum part, but mostly it is a pop record along the lines of Blink 182."[9] The Los Angeles Times called More Betterness! "the band’s best-regarded full-length."[10] CMJ New Music Report called it "intelligent punk rock" and a "refreshing change of pace."[1] The Washington Post called the album "energetic," but noted that all the songs "tend to sound the same."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Tony Sly, except where noted.

1. "Not Your Savior" – 3:45
2. "Life Size Mirror" – 3:10
3. "Chasing Rainbows" – 2:49
4. "Lies Can't Pretend" – 2:48
5. "Why Doesn't Anybody Like Me?" – 3:09
6. "Sleeping In" – 3:06
7. "Fairytale of New York" (Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan) – 4:04
8. "Pride" – 3:06
9. "Always Carrie" – 2:46
10. "Let It Slide" – 2:15
11. "Six Degrees from Misty" – 2:39
12. "Coming Too Close" – 3:18
13. "Saddest Song" – 4:00
14. "Room 19" – 3:20

Personnel

No Use for a Name

• Tony Sly - vocals and guitar
• Chris Shiflett – guitar
• Matt Riddle – bass
• Rory Koff – drums

Additional musicians

• Cinder Block - backing vocals on "Fairytale of New York"

References

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