No Really, I'm Fine

The Spill Canvas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 2, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B000TSJU04
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Featured on this summer’s Warped Tour and one of the 100 Bands To Watch for 2007, according to Alternative Press, The Spill Canvas makes its full-length major-label debut with an alternative pop album produced by Neal Avron (Fall Out Boy, New Found Glory, The Wallflowers, Yellowcard). Thanks to hailed indie albums and constant touring, The Spill Canvas has built a growing fan base that’s about to spill over into the mainstream.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what's expected, October 11, 2007

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Justin M. (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Really, I'm Fine (Audio CD)

For those fans who have fallen in love with past songs such as Lust a Prima Vista, Sunsets and Car Crashes, The Tide, and so many others this album will tend to be lacking. While I wouldn't go as far as to say that The Spill Canvas has "Sold Out", this album has taken a direct turn towards pleasing a more mainstream crowd and has less of a unique sound as they have had in the past. While there are a couple of great songs such as Connect the Dots, which I would say is one of their best songs, the rest of the album is just mediocre at best. Even some great sounding songs such as Lullaby take a turn for the worse when melodies of trumpets and violins are incorporated into the mix and the lyrics across the entire album are a disappointment. In all honesty I was so excited to buy this album and now that I have it I barely listen to it. While The Spill Canvas may have gained a more popular fan base I feel for the rest of us, the ones who belt our hearts out to so many of their songs, that this album will just be merely one or two more songs added to our old playlists and nothing more...

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Album From An Amazing Band, October 2, 2007

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Heather M. (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Really, I'm Fine (Audio CD)

This album, from start to finish, is a gorgeous tribute to the wonderful art form of rock music. I do not want to categorize The Spill Canvas as exclusively a rock band, since they have also been described as "Emo" and "Indie". Instead of labeling this band, it must be said that The Spill Canvas always manages to create a cathartic experience out of their music. "No Really, I'm Fine", the third album from Nick Thomas's outfit, starts off with an emotional response to those who like to categorize their music - Thomas writes, "I'm not concerned with pleasing all those little [expletive] and their little scenes" - the song is essentially about how old thought should be abandoned. A good message, since the rest of the album is an epic of rock and acoustic tales of love and desperation. A highlight for me is the single "All Over You", in which Thomas declares "I want to taste you one more time again" - if this lyric sounds sexy, it just gets even better. "Connect The Dots" has to be hands-down the sexiest song I have heard all year. It starts out with a down-tempo beat and turns into an ode to caring for the one you love, both physically and emotionally. The line, "Don't you just love the feeling of my finger tips circling your lips?" is just gorgeous. Also included in this album is "Saved", the song that The Spill Canvas included for the "Sounds of Superman" album a while back. In addition, a full band version of "Appreciation and the Bomb" is included, in contrast to the mainly acoustic version included in their recent EP, "Denial Feels So Good". Overall, this album is a beautiful piece of music designed to stimulate the senses. It ends with the sweet, mournful "Lullaby", in which Thomas claims that he'll "plant my lips where your necklaces close" is highly imaginative and realistic. The vivid imagery in this album is very much welcome. I recommend this album to anyone who has heard of The Spill Canvas, but has never taken the chance on listening to them. This is music for people who actually love music, and the artistry involved. I doubt that I will stop listening to this album anytime soon.

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh.., September 21, 2010

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Callan Parreno (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Really, I'm Fine (Audio CD)

This CD is alright, I guess. I've known TSC since before they were mainstream, and they were amazing then. Sunsets & Car Crashes and One Fell Swoop are by far much better. This CD is catering to a more mainstream audience, and I personally feel it's more like TSC is selling out. I literally had a discussion with a friend about them, and then I mentioned their older stuff was better (referring to the two CD's above). They went 'ew, why', and not because of dislike, but because they weren't mainstream at the time.

The music is alright, TSC still has nice lyrics, but it's not quite what you'd be expecting if you were a fan before the album release.