Mass Nerder

For the song by Descendents, see Cool to Be You.

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

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
Released	May 5, 1998
Recorded	December 1997 – January 1998
Genre	Hardcore punk[1]
Length	30:04
Label	Epitaph (E-86531)
Producer	Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, Jason Livermore
All chronology
Pummel (1995) Mass Nerder (1998) All (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork	7/10[2]

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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"World's on Heroin"	Bill Stevenson	Stephen Egerton, Stevenson	1:59
2.	"I'll Get There"	Stevenson, Karl Alvarez	Alvarez	2:23
3.	"Life on the Road"	Stevenson	Stevenson	0:35
4.	"Fairweather Friend"	Alvarez	Alvarez	1:40
5.	"Perfection"	Stevenson, Egerton	Egerton	1:37
6.	"Greedy"	Stevenson	Stevenson, Egerton	0:46
7.	"Until I Say So"	Chad Price	Price	2:53
8.	"Think the World"	Stevenson, Alvarez	Alvarez	1:20
9.	"Honey Peeps"	Price	Price	2:06
10.	"Refrain"	Price	Price	2:36
11.	"Silly Me"	Stevenson	Stevenson	2:21
12.	"Romantic Junkie"	Stevenson, Alvarez	Egerton	1:29
13.	"Vida Blue"	Alvarez	Alvarez	2:17
14.	"Until Then"	Stevenson, Alvarez	Stevenson	1:55
15.	"Good As My Word"	Egerton, Stevenson	Egerton	1:43
16.	"Silence"	Price	Price	2:24

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.^[3]

All Chad Price – vocals Bill Stevenson – drums Karl Alvarez – bass guitar, vocals Stephen Egerton – guitar Additional musician Milo Aukerman – backing vocals

Production Bill Stevenson – producer, engineer, mixing Stephen Egerton – producer, engineer, mixing Jason Livermore – producer, engineer, mixing

References

1. 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. Mass Nerder (Sleeve). All. Epitaph. 1998. 86531-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Mass Nerder at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)