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Pump Up the Valuum 
Studio album by NOFX Released June 13, 2000 Recorded 1999-2000, Motor Studios, San Francisco, USA Genre Punk rock Length 31:33 Label Epitaph Producer Ryan Greene, Fat Mike NOFX chronology So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
(1997)Pump Up the Valuum
(2000)45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records
(2002)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Punknews.org [2]Pump Up The Valuum is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on June 13, 2000 through Epitaph Records. It was NOFX's last album released through Epitaph. The title is a play on words, and is purposely misspelled to avoid a lawsuit, similar to the one The Melvins faced for their album, Lysol, in that it referenced a trademarked brand-name, in this case Valium. This is explained in the 45 Or 46 Songs... album booklet.
The initial song, "And Now for Something Completely Similar", is a parody of the famous saying "And Now for Something Completely Different" from Monty Python skits. As a pun, the intro sounds very similar to Linoleum from the band's 1994 album Punk in Drublic, right down to El Hefe warming up his voice[3] before the song begins, while the solo bass part echoes Shadows of Defeat from Good Riddance.
The song "Dinosaurs Will Die" features a part of the intro skit from The F.U.'s song "Civil Defense" off the album 'Kill For Christ'. Surprisingly, the words which are spoken during this intro ("This is not a test of the emergency broadcast system") also appear in the Bad Religion song "Los Angeles Is Burning", on their 2004 album "The Empire Strikes First".
All of the vinyl copies of this record were colored blue.[4]
According to Fat Mike, "...the title track 'Pump Up the Valuum' got cut from the album. That's weird. We gave it to Epitaph for Punk O Rama 5."[5] Three other songs were mentioned in the Pump Up the Valuum booklet as songs that didn't make it to this record, but that will be in upcoming ones:
- Medio-core (later in The War on Errorism, 2003)
- Insulted By Germans (later in 7" of the Month #1, 2005, and Wolves In Wolves' Clothing, 2006)
- One Way Ticket to Fuckneckville (later in Aggropop Now 2003, and 7" of the Month #7, 2005)
"Pods and Gods" was another outtake from this album that was released later.[citation needed]
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Fat Mike.
No. Title Length 1. "And Now for Something Completely Similar" 0:58 2. "Take Two Placebos and Call Me Lame" 2:25 3. "What's the Matter With Parents Today?" 1:58 4. "Dinosaurs Will Die" 2:58 5. "Thank God It's Monday" 1:39 6. "Clams Have Feelings Too (Actually They Don't)" 2:32 7. "Louise" 1:49 8. "Stranger Than Fishin'" 1:05 9. "Pharmacist's Daughter" 1:58 10. "Bottles To the Ground" 2:20 11. "Total Bummer" 2:13 12. "My Vagina" 2:36 13. "Herojuana" 2:46 14. "Theme From a NOFX Album" 4:18 Personnel
- Fat Mike - vocals, bass
- Eric Melvin - guitar, accordion
- El Hefe - guitar
- Erik Sandin - drums
- Spike Slawson - additional vocals
- Bill Hansson - accordion
- Ryan Greene, Fat Mike - producers
- Ryan Greene - mixing, recording
- Adam Krammer - additional engineer
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 2000 The Billboard 200 61 2001 Top Independent Albums 48 References
External links
Categories:- NOFX albums
- 2000 albums
- Epitaph Records albums
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