Why Do They Call Me Mr Happy?

NoMeansNo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alternative Tentacles
• ASIN: B000000F94
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,417 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Land of the Living

2. The River

3. Machine

4. Madness and Death

5. Happy Bridge

6. Kill Everyone Now

7. I Need You

8. Slowly Melting

9. Lullaby

10. Cats, Sex and Nazis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "...I lied when I said that honesty was dead", May 19, 2000

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Ben Morgan (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why Do They Call Me Mr Happy? (Audio CD)

This album was my introduction to NoMeansNo and my record collection hasn't been the same since.

Having never heard a full album by them, and completely blown away by their live show, I borrowed this CD from a friend. I was not disappointed. With energy that belies the age of the players, "Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?" features some of the heaviest, smartest punk available.

The brothers Wright are among punk rock's best (and most prolific) storytellers and lyricists, as evidenced in tracks such as "The River" and "Cats, Sex and Nazis." They are also masters of their respective instuments, expressing their ideas in perfect tandem with the vocal "melodies."

Also contained on this album is the hilarious tongue-in-cheek humor typical of NoMeansNo: "Chairman Mao was a great cook...he fed all of China" from "Kill Everyone Now."

Get in on the joke, get this album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Because I'm so damn smart, May 5, 2000

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Zack Davisson "japanreviewed" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Why Do They Call Me Mr Happy? (Audio CD)

This is the classic example of NoMeansNo. The River is an epic song, best listened to at very loud volumes. It has the funky baselines, the sung/spoken lyrics, and all the elements that make us love this band. Cats, Sex, and Nazi's is one of the greats. Why do they call me Mr. Happy? Because I'm so damn smart.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic NOMEANSNO, May 18, 2005

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concrete jimmy (Somewhere I'd rather not be) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why Do They Call Me Mr Happy? (Audio CD)

I loved it straight away. By far one of the most under-rated bands of modern times. It's just sad so many are going through life not knowing about NOMEANSNO.