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You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter is the debut full-length studio album by American experimental rock 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.[2] 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.[3]

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter
Studio album by I Set My Friends on Fire
Released	October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07)
Length	35:05
Label	Epitaph[1]
Producer	Travis Richter, Nabil Moo
I Set My Friends on Fire chronology
I Set My Friends On Fire EP (2008) You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter (2008) Astral Rejection (2011)
Singles from You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter
"Crank That" Released: August 26, 2008 "Things That Rhyme With Orange" Released: July 22, 2009

Track list

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	[4]
ChartAttack	[5][failed verification]
Montreal Mirror	[6]
Slant Magazine	[7]
Sputnikmusic	[8]

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."[9] 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".[10]

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".[11] 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."[12] Also giving it a three out of five, Sputnikmusic reviewer Brent Stephenson said, "The album is really just meant to be as obscenely ridiculous as it possibly can, and in that regard it is quite successful."[13]

Personnel

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter album personnel as listed on Allmusic.[14]

I Set My Friends On Fire

• Matt Mehana – lead vocals, lyrics
• Nabil Moo – programming, guitars, bass, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion, composer, arrangements, vocals

Additional musicians

• DeAndre Way – lyrics, composer

Production

• Travis Richter – production
• Nabil Moo – production
• Jeff Abarta – production, management
• Lee Dyess – engineering, mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Kamal Moo – management
• Sally Koening – legal
• Brett Gurewitz – artist and repertoire
• Nick Pritchard – artwork, design

References

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