There Is No Enemy

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 in the US 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]

There Is No Enemy
Studio album by Built to Spill
Released	October 6, 2009
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

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
American Songwriter	[4]
The A.V. Club	B+[5]
Consequence of Sound	A–[6]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[7]
Paste	7.7/10[8]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[9]
PopMatters	7/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Slant	[12]

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 - bass guitar
• Brett Netson - guitar
• Scott Plouf - drums
• Jim Roth - guitar

others

• John McMahon - cello, lap steel (on track #3)
• Paul Leary - guitar (#6)
• Scott Schmaljohn - guitar (#7)
• Sam Coomes - mellotron, organ (#8)
• Danny Levin - horns (#10)
• Roger Manning - organ (#10,11)

References

1. http://stereogum.com/archives/progress-report/progress-report-built-to-spill_073321.html
2. "There Is No Enemy by Built To Spill". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
3. Bush, John. "There Is No Enemy - Built to Spill". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
4. Schlansky, Evan (2009-11-01). "BUILT TO SPILL > There Is No Enemy". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
5. Murray, Noel (2009-10-06). "Built To Spill: There Is No Enemy". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
6. Young, Alex (2009-10-05). "Album Review: Built to Spill – There is No Enemy". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
7. Wink, Richard (2010-02-05). "Album Review: Built to Spill - There is No Enemy". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
8. Saba, Michael (2009-10-06). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy". Paste. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
9. Greene, Jayson (2009-10-05). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
10. Fiander, Matthew (2009-10-05). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy". PopMatters. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
11. Hermes, Will (2009-09-28). "There Is No Enemy Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
12. Cole, Matthew (2009-10-03). "Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy". Slant.
13. Ayers, Michael D. (2009-07-17). "Siren Festival 2009: Q&A; With Built To Spill's Doug Martsch". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
14. "Built to Spill". MySpace.
15. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/built-to-spill-reveal-artwork-and-tracklist-for-th.html#comments