S&M Airlines

S&M Airlines is the second studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on September 5, 1989, through Epitaph Records. It was also the group's first release on Epitaph. A music video was made for the title track. The album was recorded and mixed in only six days at Westbeach Recorders. Bad Religion's Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz (who also produced the album and is the founder of Epitaph) appear on the final track, a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song "Go Your Own Way". They also did harmonies on a few other songs. Bassist/singer, Fat Mike considers it to be the first real NOFX album. It was heavily inspired by Bad Religion and Rich Kids on LSD, and showed the band moving more towards a melodic and metallic sound. The album sold 3,500 copies upon its release.^[2]

S&M Airlines
Studio album by NOFX
Released	September 5, 1989 (1989-09-05)
Recorded	March 1989
Studio	Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood
Genre	Punk metal[1]
Length	33:42
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Brett Gurewitz
NOFX chronology
Liberal Animation (1988) S&M Airlines (1989) Maximum Rocknroll (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Punknews.org

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Day to Daze" (written by Fat Mike and Eric Melvin)	1:58
2.	"Five Feet Under"	2:42
3.	"Professional Crastination" (written by Fat Mike and Melvin)	2:46
4.	"Mean People Suck"	2:02
5.	"Vanilla Sex"	2:35
6.	"S&M Airlines"	4:41
7.	"Drug Free America" (written by Fat Mike and Melvin)	3:41
8.	"Life O'Riley" (written by Fat Mike and Melvin)	1:53
9.	"You Drink, You Drive, You Spill"	2:22
10.	"Scream for Change"	2:54
11.	"Jaundiced Eye"	3:50
12.	"Go Your Own Way" (written by Lindsey Buckingham; originally performed by Fleetwood Mac)	2:18
Total length:		33:42

All tracks are written by Fat Mike, except where noted

• Note: Track 12 is not listed on the vinyl version of the album, but does appear on the CD and cassette versions.

Personnel

NOFX

• Fat Mike – lead vocals, bass
• Eric Melvin – guitar, backing vocals
• Erik Sandin – drums
• Steve Kidwiler – guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Greg Graffin – backing vocals, vocals on "Go Your Own Way"
• Brett Gurewitz – backing vocals

Production

• Brett Gurewitz – producer, engineer
• Donnell Cameron – assistant engineer, cover design
• Edward Repka – artwork
• Alison Braun – photography

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "S&M Airlines". nofxofficialwebsite.com. Retrieved 2013-02-14.

External links

• S&M Airlines at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)