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August 2026 0 + 2 = 1 studio Nomeansno Nomeansno 0 + 2 = 1.jpg November 4, 1991 July 1991 Profile Sound, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Post-hardcore 47:01 Alternative Tentacles Cecil English, Nomeansno The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy 1991 Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? 1993 0 + 2 = 1 is the fifth full-length album by Canadian punk band Nomeansno. Released in 1991, it was the fourth and final studio album to feature Nomeansno's longtime guitarist Andy Kerr. The proper follow-up to their most popular album, Wrong, the record was somewhat polarizing but generally well received by critics. Background and recording By 1991, the members of Nomeansno had quit their day jobs and focused on their band,http://www.bigtakeover.com/interviews/i-am-wrong-an-interview-with-nomeansno-s-john-wright I Am Wrong: An interview with NoMeansNo's John Wright Nielsen Jeff The Big Takeover 2011 January 3, 2017 which was developing an increasingly large audience in Europe and North America.http://www.markprindle.com/wright-i.htm Rob Wright interview MarkPrindle.com 2006 January 3, 2017 They had finished supporting their most widely acclaimed record, Wrong,Popoff, Martin: "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal", page 316. CG Publishing, 1997. the promotional tour for which yielded the live album Live + Cuddly. They recorded The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy collaboratively with former Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra earlier in the year before beginning work on the proper follow-up to Wrong. In July, the band returned to Profile Sound Studios to record with Cecil English. They tracked 19 songs during the sessions, 11 of which appeared on the final record. The songs included a mix of hardcore punk, progressive rock, and experimentation, as well as "straightforward swinging grooves" as in the opening song "Now."http://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/56551/reviews.207.html Review / NoMeansNo 0 + 2 = 1 :: ox-fanzine.de Ox Fanzine Hiller Joachim September 2007 de January 3, 2017 All eight of the outtakes were eventually released. Two tracks, covers of The Subhumans's "Oh Canaduh" and D.O.A.'s "New Age," were issued as a 7-inch record on Allied Recordings later that year. Another, a cover of the track "Forward to Death," was included on the Dead Kennedys tribute album Virus 100. The remaining five outtakes were packaged with four demos and released as the 0 + 2 = 1 ½ compilation in 2010. Each of these five outtakes appeared on subsequent Nomeansno releases: "Cats, Sex, and Nazis" and "I Need You" on Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (1993), "Blinding Light" and "This Wound Will Never Heal" on Mr. Right & Mr. Wrong: One Down & Two to Go (1994), and "Lost" on The Worldhood of the World (As Such) (1995). Release The album was issued on CD, LP, and cassette by Alternative Tentacles in 1991. To support it, the band toured extensively in North America and Europe. Guitarist Andy Kerr left the band after the tour to emigrate to the Netherlands, and the band returned to its original two-piece formation of brothers Rob and John Wright. Nomeansno bought the rights to their back catalogue from Alternative Tentacles in 2002, and reissued 0 + 2 = 1 on CD and double LP in 2007. Reception AllMusic 3 5mw0000677849 Bregman Adam April 2, 2021 Ox-Fanzine 9/10 The album was received fairly well by critics. Writing for Ox-Fanzine, Joachim Hiller argued that the record helped to solidify the band's "godlike status" through "complex rhythms, harrowing chants, and unorthodox guitar work." In a retrospective review, AllMusic critic Adam Bregman assessed the album as "among their most far-out records" and worried that "[t]he songs here are incredibly long and somewhat repetitive." Nonetheless, Bregman concluded that the album "has a lot of great moments stretched out over a record that's way too long" and awarded it three out of five stars. Track listing Nomeansno Now 5:08 The Fall 5:28 0 + 2 = 1 4:46 The Valley of the Blind 2:52 Mary 6:04 Everyday I Start to Ooze 4:32 When Putting It All in Order Ain't Enough 2:51 The Night Nothing Became Everything 1:25 I Think You Know 1:58 Ghosts 7:55 Joyful Reunion 3:56 Personnel Nomeansno Andy Kerr (" ") – guitar, bass, vocals John Wright (Mr. Right) – vocals, drums, keyboards, percussion, engineering, horns (track 2) Rob Wright (Mr. Wrong) – vocals, bass, guitar Additional musicians Mark Critchley – horns (track 2) Lissa Beurge – backup vocals (track 6) Production and artwork David Bruce – artwork Brian (Who) Else – engineering Cecil English – producer, engineering George Horn – mastering References 30em Category:1991 albums Category:Nomeansno albums Category:Alternative Tentacles albums