I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business (album)

I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business is the solo release from the Early November frontman Ace Enders on Drive-Thru Records, released on October 26, 2004. Spartanburg Herald-Journal include the album on their list of the best albums of the year.

I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
Studio album by I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
Released	October 26, 2004
Studio	Portrait Studios, Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Genre	Rock
Length	52:45
Label	Drive-Thru
Producer	Chris Badami, Arthur Enders
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business chronology
I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business (2004) The World We Know (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Punktastic	4/5 link

Music videos

There are official music videos for "The Best Happiness Money Can Buy" and "So I Finally Decided to Give Myself a Reason"

Track listing

• (All songs written by Arthur Enders)

1. "Untitled" – 2:07
2. "Whispering" – 3:36
3. "So I Finally Decided to Give Myself a Reason" – 3:06
4. "Timshel" – 3:51
5. "The Best Happiness Money Can Buy" – 1:47
6. "An Oak Tree Stands Beside a Linden" – 4:14
7. "But When the Little Fellow Came Close and Put Both Arms Around His Mother, and Kissed Her in an Appealing Boyish Fashion, She Was Moved to Tenderness" – 3:33
8. "Untitled" – 4:25
9. "Untitled" – 3:14
10. "The Kindler Burns" – 2:56
11. "End of the Background Noise" – 4:45
12. "Untitled" – 3:54
13. "Untitled" – 3:44
14. "I Know the Sum and Substance of My Evil" – 4:29
15. "Salvy" – 3:00

Personnel

• Arthur Enders – vocals, guitar, production
• Chris Badami – production, recording, engineering, mixing, drums, additional vocals
• Bill Lugg – additional guitar on Untitled 1, slide guitar on The Best Happiness Money Can Buy
• Michelle Dispenziere – assistant engineer
• Paul Spinella – assistant engineer, additional vocals
• David Rimelis – string arrangement, conductor
• Evelyn Estava – violin
• Elizabeth Schulze – viola
• Gerall Hieser – cello
• Jeff Kummer – beat box and drums on End of the Background Noise
• Joshua M. Ortega – photography, design

References

Citations

Sources

• Griffin, Myles (December 31, 2004). "Best of the Year". Spartanburg Herald-Journal.