Mass Nerder
The album's cover, drawn by Chris Shary, marked the return of the band's Allroy character who had been absent from their covers since 1990.
Studio album by
All
ReleasedMay 5, 1998
RecordedDecember 1997 - January 1998
GenreHardcore punk[1]
Length30:04
LabelEpitaph (E-86531)
ProducerBill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, Jason Livermore
All chronology
Pummel
(1995)		 Mass Nerder
(1998)		 All
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork7/10[2]

Mass Nerder is the seventh album by the punk rock band All. It was released on Epitaph Records in 1998.

Background and recording

In mid 1996, All began working on their next, then untitled, studio album. At the same time, Milo Aukerman was considering to permanently reunite the Descendents, and was beginning sessions for the band's next album Everything Sucks. All joined Aukerman on the sessions, where they played demos of the Descendants' songs. Price and Aukerman then split the album in two and took turns picking songs for Everything Sucks or Mass Nerder. The band recorded a total of 18 tracks for the new album, of which only four ("Vida Blue," "Silence," "Until Then" and "Good As My Word") would make it onto Mass Nerder. Nine other tracks ("Everything Sux," "I'm the One," "Sick-O-Me," "Caught," "When I Get Old," "She Loves Me," "Hateful Notebook," "I Won't Let Me" and "Thank You") were covers of songs from Everything Sucks, while the remaining five were left off Mass Nerder. As a result, Price wrote twelve completely new songs in 1996–97. "Silence," originally chosen by Aukerman, was intended to be sung as a duet with Price, but was ultimately given to All before Everything Sucks was finished.

Mass Nerder was finally recorded at The Blasting Room, in Fort Collins, Colorado between December 1997 and January 1998.[3] Producer duties were handled by drummer Bill Stevenson, guitarist Stephen Egerton and Jason Livermore, all of whom would engineer and mix the sessions.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."World's on Heroin"Bill StevensonStephen Egerton, Stevenson1:59
2."I'll Get There"Stevenson, Karl AlvarezAlvarez2:23
3."Life on the Road"StevensonStevenson0:35
4."Fairweather Friend"AlvarezAlvarez1:40
5."Perfection"Stevenson, EgertonEgerton1:37
6."Greedy"StevensonStevenson, Egerton0:46
7."Until I Say So"Chad PricePrice2:53
8."Think the World"Stevenson, AlvarezAlvarez1:20
9."Honey Peeps"PricePrice2:06
10."Refrain"PricePrice2:36
11."Silly Me"StevensonStevenson2:21
12."Romantic Junkie"Stevenson, AlvarezEgerton1:29
13."Vida Blue"AlvarezAlvarez2:17
14."Until Then"Stevenson, AlvarezStevenson1:55
15."Good As My Word"Egerton, StevensonEgerton1:43
16."Silence"PricePrice2:24

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Mass Nerder - All - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "All: Mass Nerder: Pitchfork Review". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Mass Nerder (Sleeve). All. Epitaph. 1998. 86531-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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