You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter is the debut full-length studio album by American post-hardcore band I Set My Friends on Fire, released on October 7, 2008, via Epitaph Records. It includes the band's most famous song, "Things That Rhyme With Orange", a promotional video for which was released July 22, 2009.^[3] Four of the album's tracks are re-released songs from the band's self-released EP I Set My Friends On Fire EP. The album reached #29 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.^[4]

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter
Studio album by I Set My Friends on Fire
Released	October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07)
Studio	Earth Sound Recording, Valdosta, Georgia[1]
Length	35:05
Label	Epitaph[2]
Producer	Travis Richter Nabil Moo
I Set My Friends on Fire chronology
I Set My Friends On Fire EP (2008) You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter (2008) Astral Rejection (2011)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Matt Mehana, except where noted; all music is composed by Nabil Moo, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sh!t It Talks... I'm Out of Here"		1:03
2.	"Brief Interviews with Hideous Men"		1:37
3.	"Beauty Is in the Eyes of the Beerholder"		2:26
4.	"Things That Rhyme with Orange"		3:24
5.	"ASL"		2:42
6.	"Interlude"		1:52
7.	"Ravenous, Ravenous Rhinos"		2:42
8.	"HxC 2-Step"		3:18
9.	"WTFWJD"		3:08
10.	"Crank That" (Soulja Boy cover)	DeAndre Way	3:02
11.	"But the Nuns Are Watching"		3:26
12.	"Reese's Pieces, I Don't Know Who John Cleese Is?"		6:26
Total length:			35:05

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	[5]
ChartAttack	[6]
Montreal Mirror	[7]
Punk News	[2]
Slant Magazine	[8]

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter was panned by most music critics. The album received a 0.5 rating out of five from Slant reviewer Nate Adams, who said "[It's] high in the running for worst album of the year ... The music aims for brutality and melody, but misses the mark entirely on both counts."^[9] Alternative Press reviewer Phil Freeman also gave the album a half star out of five, remarking that the album "truly fails because it has exactly zero memorable moments".^[10]

In a mixed review, John Lucas of the Georgia Straight said that the album "seems designed to test the listener’s tolerance", but that "those willing to embrace a noisy, ambitious, self-indulgent, and downright weird record will find a lot to love".^[11] Logan Broger of ChartAttack gave it three stars out of five, saying, "When the grind-electro-hardcore-pop duo aren't being obnoxious or comedic, there are some tunes that are actually really, really brilliant."^[6]

Personnel

You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter album personnel as listed on Allmusic.^[12]

I Set My Friends On Fire

• Matt Mehana – lead vocals, lyrics
• Nabil Moo – programming, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, songwriting, additional vocals

Production

• Travis Richter – production
• Nabil Moo – production
• Jeff Abarta – production, management
• Lee Dyess – engineering, mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Kamal Moo – management
• Sally Koening – legal
• Brett Gurewitz – artist and repertoire
• Nick Pritchard – artwork, design