No Holiday

No Holiday
Studio album by The Muffs
Released	October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Length	44:42
Label	Omnivore
Producer	Kim Shattuck
The Muffs chronology
Whoop Dee Doo (2014) No Holiday (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blurt	[3]
Paste	7.9/10[4]

No Holiday is the seventh and final studio album by American punk rock band The Muffs. It was released on October 18, 2019 under Omnivore Recordings.[5]

The album was the band's final release due to the death of lead vocalist Kim Shattuck on October 2, 2019.[4]

Critical reception

No Holiday was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 84, based on 7 reviews.[1]

Accolades

Accolades for No Holiday

Publication	Accolade	Rank
Good Morning America	Good Morning America's 50 Best Albums of 2019	25[6]

Track listing

No Holiday track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"That's For Me"	0:38
2.	"Down Down Down"	1:33
3.	"No Holiday"	2:27
4.	"Earth Below Me"	2:02
5.	"A Lovely Day Boo Hoo"	4:14
6.	"Late And Sorry"	3:58
7.	"The Best"	1:18
8.	"Pollyanna"	1:31
9.	"Sick Of This Old World"	2:47
10.	"To That Funny Place"	2:06
11.	"You Talk And You Talk"	3:16
12.	"Happier Just Being With You"	2:32
13.	"Lucky Charm"	2:00
14.	"On My Own"	3:53
15.	"Too Awake"	2:27
16.	"Insane"	2:30
17.	"The Kids Have Gone Away"	3:19
18.	"Sky"	2:11

Personnel

Musicians

• Kim Shattuck – vocals, guitar, producer
• Ronnie Barnett – bass, vocals
• Kristian Hoffman – keyboard
• Roy McDonald – drums, percussion
• Melanie Vammen – organ

Production Greg Allen – design Karen Basset – engineer Ailin G. Caraballo – photographer Erik Eldenius – engineer Evan Frankfort – mixer Steve Holroyd – engineer Brad Vance – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for No Holiday

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7]	35

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
2. Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
3. Moore, John. "Blurt Magazine Review". Blurt. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
4. Salmon, Ben (October 29, 2019). "After Kim Shattuck's Untimely Death, The Muffs Bid Farewell with No Holiday". Paste. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
5. Sacher, Andrew (August 7, 2019). "The Muffs announce first album in five years, 'No Holiday'". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
6. Raible, Alan (December 26, 2019). "50 of the Best Albums of 2019". Good Morning America. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
7. "The Muffs Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2020.

External links

• No Holiday at Discogs (list of releases)
• No Holiday at MusicBrainz (list of releases)