All Killer No Filler

For the Jerry Lee Lewis album of similar name, see All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology.

All Killer No Filler is the debut^[A] studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41, released on May 8, 2001. It was certified platinum in the United States, Canada, and in the UK.^[3]

All Killer No Filler
Studio album by Sum 41
Released	May 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
Recorded	September 2000 – March 2001
Studio	Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and Cello Studios in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop-punk skate punk
Length	32:14
Label	Aquarius (Canada) Island (US)
Producer	Jerry Finn
Sum 41 chronology
Half Hour of Power (2000) All Killer No Filler (2001) Does This Look Infected? (2002)
Singles from All Killer No Filler
"Fat Lip" Released: April 22, 2001 "In Too Deep" Released: September 4, 2001 "Motivation" Released: January 5, 2002

Despite mixed reviews, the album was a commercial success, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard 200. The single, "Fat Lip" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay.

Composition, music, and influences

The album's style has been described as pop punk^[4][5][6] and skate punk.^[7] NOFX's album Punk in Drublic was a considerable influence on the album.^[8] Sum 41's vocalist/rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley cites Rancid, Elvis Costello, the Beatles, and Pennywise as influences on All Killer No Filler.^[9] The band has mentioned Green Day as their main influence for the album. "I was about 14 when Dookie came out," Whibley says. "I remember seeing the video for 'Basket Case' for the first time... It had so much energy and it was so different. I'd never seen anything like it before. From then I was an instant fan."^[10]

Absolutepunk described the album as "the album that your parents don't want you to discover at age 11 when you're just starting to think that school is bullshit and the only thing that really matters is that ridiculously cute girl who honestly treats you like shit", as well as adding "The lyrics are broad enough that everyone can relate to them, but specific enough that each song makes you think of a certain person or situation in your life. The perfect balance".^[11]

Drummer Steve Jocz wrote "Pain for Pleasure" in 10 minutes while he was on the toilet.^[12] The song, sung by Jocz, is an homage to the style of Iron Maiden.^[13] During performances, the band takes on costumes and persona in that style.

Release

On March 8, 2001, All Killer No Filler was announced for release in two months' time.^[14] All Killer No Filler, which was Sum 41's first full-length album, was released on May 8, 2001.^[15] In August, the band performed at Edgefest II in Canada.^[16] In October, the band embarked on a headlining US tour, with support from Unwritten Law and Gob.^[17] Alongside the tour, the band performed on Saturday Night Live.^[18] In April 2002, the band went on a tour of the east coast US and Canada territories, with support from H₂O, and Autopilot Off.^[19] Following this, the band toured the US and Canada with Goldfinger.^[20] On April 6, 2011, a special edition of the album was released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of All Killer No Filler, exclusive to Japan.^[21]

From the initial success of the album, Deryck Whibley stated that it led him to "immediate embarrassment" stating that "I've always felt it wasn't that great, if I'm being honest," and "I never quite understood - to a point where it's almost like, when people tell me it means a lot to them or it was a really good album compared to other records, I always think they're lying." ^[22]

Reception and commercial performance

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Drowned in Sound	4/10^[23]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[24]
Robert Christgau	^[25]
Kerrang!	^[26]
Rolling Stone	^[27]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[28]

Despite initially receiving mixed reviews in 2001, the album has received retrospective acclaim in more recent years. AllMusic said "It would be a mistake to view Sum 41 as just another second-rate band cashing in on the early-'00s punk-pop boom, even if it did recruit Jerry Finn to produce All Killer No Filler." Top40.com ranked the album as the 9th greatest pop punk album of all time. The album was included in Rock Sound's 101 Modern Classics list at number 46.^[29] The album was included at number 11 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.^[30] BuzzFeed included the album at number 4 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.^[31]

The album was very successful; it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in August 2001^[15] and in 2002, it was reported that the album sold at least 1,690,000 copies in the United States.^[32] "Fat Lip" was the most successful song on All Killer No Filler, going to number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 8, 2001^[33] and number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart on August 18, 2001.^[34] "In Too Deep" went to number 10 on the Alternative Songs chart on December 1, 2001.^[34] All Killer No Filler went to number 13 on the Billboard 200 on August 4, 2001, and was on the Billboard 200 for 49 weeks.^[35] During 2001, "Fat Lip" went to number 1 on MTV's Total Request Live many times.^[36] All Killer No Filler was among the top 30 best-selling albums of 2001 in Canada and the third-best selling album of the year in Canada by a Canadian artist.^[37] Between 1996 and 2016, All Killer No Filler was among the top 20 best-selling albums by Canadian bands in Canada.^[38]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deryck Whibley, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction to Destruction" (Steve Jocz)	0:38
2.	"Nothing on My Back"	3:01
3.	"Never Wake Up"	0:50
4.	"Fat Lip" (Whibley, Jocz, Dave Baksh)	2:58
5.	"Rhythms"	2:59
6.	"Motivation"	2:50
7.	"In Too Deep"	3:27
8.	"Summer" (re-recorded version; originally appears on Half Hour of Power)	2:49
9.	"Handle This"	3:37
10.	"Crazy Amanda Bunkface"	2:16
11.	"All She's Got"	2:22
12.	"Heart Attack"	2:49
13.	"Pain for Pleasure" (Jocz)	1:43
Total length:		32:14

UK bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Makes No Difference" (originally appears on Half Hour of Power)	3:11
Total length:		35:32

Japanese 10th Anniversary edition bonus tracks^[21]

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Makes No Difference" (originally appears on Half Hour of Power)	3:11
15.	"What I Believe" (originally appears on Half Hour of Power)	2:49
16.	"Machine Gun" (originally appears on Half Hour of Power)	2:29
17.	"T.H.T." (originally appears on Half Hour of Power)	0:43
18.	"What We're All About" (re-recorded version; originally appears on Half Hour of Power) (featuring Kerry King of Slayer)	3:34
19.	"Fat Lip" (live)	2:57
20.	"Motivation" (live)	3:08
21.	"Crazy Amanda Bunkface" (live)	2:03
22.	"All She's Got" (live)	3:06
23.	"Makes No Difference" (live)	4:57
24.	"Machine Gun" (live)	2:53
25.	"What We're All About" (featuring Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe) (live)	2:26
Total length:		61:08

Japanese 10th Anniversary edition bonus DVD^[21]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Homemade film EPK"	7:30
2.	"Going Going Gonorrhea EPK"	5:59
3.	"Japan EPK" (Part 1)	11:41
4.	"Japan EPK" (Part 2)	11:53
Total length:		37:03

The 7 Series: All Killer No Filler

Island Records released an EP to promote the All Killer No Filler album by releasing seven songs from the album.

1. "Nothing on My Back"
2. "Fat Lip"
3. "Rhythms
4. "Motivation"
5. "In Too Deep"
6. "Handle This"
7. "Pain for Pleasure"

Personnel

Sum 41 Deryck Whibley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar; drums on "Pain for Pleasure" Dave "Brownsound" Baksh – lead guitar, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Fat Lip", "Pain for Pleasure" and "What We're All About" Jason "Cone" McCaslin – bass guitar, backing vocals Steve Jocz – drums; co-lead vocals on "Fat Lip" and "What We're All About"; lead vocals on "Pain for Pleasure"; spoken word on "Introduction to Destruction" Additional musicians Greig Nori – backing vocals on "Motivation", "In Too Deep" and "Handle This", additional guitar on "Handle This" and "Pain for Pleasure" Kerry King – guitar solo on "What We're All About" Tommy Lee – drums on "What We're All About" (live) Artwork Chris Wahl – inner inlay photo Jonathan Mannion – outer inlay & interior group photo design Kim Kinakin – album design

Production Jerry Finn – producer Tom Lord-Alge – mixing Joe McGrath – engineer Sean O'Dwyer – engineer Ari Martin, & Nettwerk Management – management Brian Gardner – mastering Gizelle Galang – business affairs Rob Mitchell – A&R coordination Robert Steveson & Lewis Largent – A&R Joel Kazmi – assistant Robert Read – assistant Alan Sanderson – assistant Katie Teasdale – assistant

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2001–02) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[39] 33 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[40] 19 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[41] 11 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[42] 9 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[43] 69 French Albums (SNEP)^[44] 25 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[45] 29 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[46] 22 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[47] 16 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[48] 85 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[49] 39 UK Albums (OCC)^[50] 7 US Billboard 200^[51] 13

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard) ^[52] 30 UK Albums (OCC)^[53] 56 Chart (2002) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[54] 54 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[55] 65 Canadian Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[56] 18 French Albums (SNEP)^[57] 82 UK Albums (OCC)^[58] 83 US Billboard 200^[59] 175

Certifications

Certifications for All Killer No Filler

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[60]	Gold	35,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)^[61]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
Japan (RIAJ)^[62]	Gold	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[63]	2× Platinum	600,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[15]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Some sources consider Half Hour of Power a studio album and other sources consider it an extended play.^[1][2]

References

Citations

1. "Sum 41 unleash their power (ready to release 2 albums)". Canadian Musician. July 1, 2000. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
2. Wiederhorn, Jon (February 21, 2002). "Sum 41 Plan DVD, Live B-Sides, Monthlong Tour". MTV. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
3. "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Sum 41 : Killer album sums up band's talent". Jam.canoe.ca. 2002-05-02. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. Birchmeier, Jason. "All Killer, No Filler – Sum 41". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
5. Blackie, Andrew (August 21, 2007). "Sum 41: Underclass Hero". PopMatters. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
6. Shemesh, Yasmine (April 7, 2021). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley on 'All Killer No Filler' at 20: 'For the Longest Time, I Thought It Wasn't Very Good'". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
7. "'All Killer No Filler': The Sum 41 Classic That Defined Skate Punk". udiscovermusic. May 8, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
8. Sayce 2014, p. 38
9. Pesselnick, Jill (May 19, 2001). "THE MODERN AGE". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 20. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 80. ISSN 0006-2510.
10. Al Horner (January 31, 2014). "10 Albums That Wouldn't Exist Without Green Day's 'Dookie'". NME.
11. "Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler - Album Review - AbsolutePunk.net". Retrieved 2013-04-11.
12. McMahon, ed. 2015, p. 20
13. "Baksh finds strength in metal". thestar.com. November 7, 2007.
14. White, Adam (March 8, 2001). "New stuff by Sum41". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
15. "American album certifications – Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
16. Paul, Aubin (June 19, 2001). "EdgeFest II". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
17. White, Adam (August 16, 2001). "Heap'O'Tours". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
18. Heisel, Scott (August 29, 2001). "Sum 41 on 'SNL'". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
19. White, Adam (February 13, 2002). "Sum 41 / H2O / Autopilot Off Tour". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
20. Heisel, Scott (April 4, 2002). "Grade and Goldfinger added to Edgefest". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
21. "日本語タイトル: オール・キラー・ノー・フィラー ＜10周年記念コレクション＞ (SHM-CD) (DVD付初回限定盤)/ SUM 41". CD Japan.
22. Gregory, Allie (April 8, 2021). "Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Thinks 'All Killer No Filler' "Wasn't That Great"". Retrieved April 10, 2021.
23. Bezer, Terry (July 17, 2001). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
24. Sinclair, Tom (June 15, 2001). . Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
25. Christgau, Robert (n.d.). "CG: Sum 41". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
26. Travers, Paul (July 28, 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 863. UK: EMAP. p. 46.
27. Berger, Arion (June 5, 2001). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 6, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
28. Sinagra, Laura (2004). "Sum 41". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 791–92. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
29. . Rock Sound. July 4, 2012. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
30. Bird, ed. 2014, p. 73
31. Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
32. "Sum 41 Face the Music On Club Tour". Billboard. October 18, 2002. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
33. . Billboard. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
34. . Billboard. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
35. . Billboard. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
36. "Recap: August 2001". ATRL - The TRL Archive. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
37. . Archived from the original on November 12, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
38. (PDF). bdsradio.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
39. "Australiancharts.com – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
40. "Austriancharts.at – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
41. "Ultratop.be – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
42. "Sum 41 Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
43. "Dutchcharts.nl – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
44. "Lescharts.com – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
45. "Offiziellecharts.de – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
46. "Discography Sum 41". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
47. "Charts.nz – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
48. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
49. "Swisscharts.com – Sum 41 – All Killer, No Filler". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
50. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
51. "Sum 41 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
52. . Jam!. Archived from the original on December 12, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
53. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2001". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
54. "Jaaroverzichten 2002". Ultratop. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
55. . Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
56. . Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
57. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2002" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
58. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
59. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
60. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
61. "Canadian album certifications – Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler". Music Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
62. "Japanese album certifications – Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 29, 2022. Select 2002年9月 on the drop-down menu
63. "British album certifications – Sum 41 – All Killer No Filler". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

Sources

• Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound (191). London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.
• Bird, Ryan, ed. (June 2015). "The 200 Moments that Defined Our Lifetime". Rock Sound (200). London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.
• Sayce, Rob (September 2014). Bird, Ryan (ed.). "Hall of Fame: Punk in Drublic". Rock Sound (191). London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.
• McMahon, James, ed. (8 August 2015). "Rock's Biggest Secrets Revealed!". Kerrang! (1580). London: Bauer Media Group. ISSN 0262-6624.

External links

• All Killer No Filler at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)