There Is No Enemy

There Is No Enemy
Studio album by Built to Spill
Released	October 6, 2009 (USA), February 15, 2010 (Europe, UK)
Recorded	May 2007, Los Angeles, California [1]
Genre	Indie rock
Length	55:33
Label	Warner Bros. & ATP Recordings
Producer	Dave Trumfio, Doug Martsch
Built to Spill chronology
You in Reverse (2006) There Is No Enemy (2009) Untethered Moon (2015)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A. V. Club	(B+) [3]
BBC	(favorable) [4]
onethirtybpm	(76%) [5]
Paste	(77%) [6]
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10.0) [7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rock Sound	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[11]
War on Pop	[12]

There Is No Enemy is the seventh full-length studio album by indie rock band Built to Spill (their fifth on Warner Bros. Records). The album was released on October 6, 2009, and is the last to feature long-time drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson, who left the group in 2012. It features guest musicians Sam Coomes, cellist John McMahon, Scott Schmaljohn (of Treepeople), Paul Leary, and additional keyboards by Roger Manning.^[13]

On September 30, 2009, the band streamed the full album on their official MySpace profile.^[14]

On February 15, 2010, ATP Recordings released the album in the UK and Europe with the exclusive, previously unreleased bonus track "Water Sleepers".

Track listing

All songs written by Built To Spill with "some words by Karena Youtz."

1. "Aisle 13" - 3:17
2. "Hindsight" - 3:38
3. "Nowhere Lullaby" - 3:59
4. "Good Ol' Boredom" - 6:31
5. "Life's a Dream" - 4:53
6. "Oh Yeah" - 5:21
7. "Pat" - 2:40
8. "Done" - 6:53
9. "Planting Seeds" - 4:26
10. "Things Fall Apart" - 6:15
11. "Tomorrow" - 7:40 ^[15]

Musician

Built To Spill

• Doug Martsch - vocals, guitar
• Brett Nelson - guitar, bass
• Scott Plouf - drums
• Jim Roth - guitar

others

• John McMahon - cello, lap steel
• Roger Manning - organ
• Sam Coomes - mellotron, organ
• Paul Leary, Scott Schmaljohn - guitar
• Danny Levin - horns

References