You Will Never Be One of Us is the third studio album by American hardcore punk band Nails, released on June 17, 2016. It is the band's first album issued through Nuclear Blast Records. It is their longest release to date at 21 minutes, and features their longest song, "They Come Crawling Back", which runs for eight minutes. The record was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge.
Critical reception
You Will Never Be One of Us received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 9 reviews, indicating universal acclaim.
Accolades Publication Accolade Year Rank The A.V. Club The A.V. Club's Top 50 Albums of 2016 2016 Rolling Stone 20 Best Metal Albums of 2016 2016 Metal Hammer The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2016 2016 Metal Injection Metal Injection Writers' Overall Top 20 Albums of 2016 2016 LA Weekly The Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016 2016
Track listing All music and lyrics by Nails, except "Friend to All" ("a couple of lyrics" by Necros) and "They Come Crawling Back" (outro music written by Dead Black).
Personnel
Nails Todd Jones – guitars, vocals John Gianelli – bass guitar, backing vocals Taylor Young – drums, additional vocal engineering
Additional contributors Kurt Ballou – production, engineering, mixing Brad Boatright – mastering Jimmy Hubbard – photography Scott Magrath – design, layout WHTHD – artwork
Charts Chart (2016) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 93
References
External links You Will Never Be One of Us at Nuclear Blast