Album
Pump Up the Valuum
Pump Up the Valuum is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX, released in June 2000. It sits in the skate punk and melodic hardcore corner of their catalogue, following So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes from 1997 and arriving after a run of records that stretched back to Liberal Animation in 1988.
It was also the last NOFX album to come out through Epitaph, which gives it a place in the band's story as the close of one chapter. Fans who like their punk quick, tuneful and sharp-tongued will find plenty here, and it makes a handy marker for hearing where the band stood at the turn of the millennium, before The War on Errorism arrived in 2003.
Pump Up the Valuum: tracklist, credits and charts
14 tracks · 31:41Tracklist
- 1And Now for Something Completely Similar0:58
- 2Take Two Placebos and Call Me LameMichael John Burkett2:25
- 3What’s the Matter With Parents Today?Michael John Burkett1:58
- 4Dinosaurs Will DieMichael John Burkett2:59
- 5Thank God It’s Monday1:39
- 6Clams Have Feelings Too (Actually They Don’t)2:32
- 7LouiseMichael John Burkett1:50
- 8Stranger Than FishinMichael John Burkett1:06
- 9Pharmacist’s DaughterMichael John Burkett1:59
- 10Bottles to the GroundMichael John Burkett2:20
- 11Total BummerFat Mike2:13
- 12My VaginaMichael John Burkett2:37
- 13HerojuanaMichael John Burkett2:46
- 14Theme From a NOFX AlbumMichael John Burkett4:19
- Produced by
- Ryan Greene, Fat Mike
- Recorded at
- Motor, San Francisco, California
- Recorded
- 1999–2000
- Labels
- Epitaph Europe, Epitaph
- Length
- 31:41
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2000 | 50 |
| US Billboard 200 · 2000 | 61 |
| US Independent Albums · 2000 | 3 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 2000 | 19 |
| Italian Albums · 2000 | 23 |
| New Zealand Albums · 2000 | 27 |
| French Albums · 2000 | 44 |
| German Albums · 2000 | 64 |
| Swiss Albums · 2000 | 91 |
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1985
So What If We’re on Mystic! EP
1986
The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This
1987
Drowning Roses / NOFX
1988
Liberal Animation
1988
E Is for Everything
1989
S&M Airlines
1989
Ribbed
1991
The Longest Line
1992
White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
1992
Leave It Alone
1994
Punk in Drublic
1994
I Heard They Suck Live!!
1995
All of Me
1996
Heavy Petting Zoo
1996
Fuck the Kids
1996
So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
1997
The Decline
1999
Pods and Gods
2000
Bottles to the Ground
2000
Surfer
2001
BYO Split Series, Volume III
2002
45 or 46 Songs That Weren’t Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records
2002
Regaining Unconsciousness
2003
The War on Errorism
2003
The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us)
2004
Never Trust a Hippy
2006
Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing
2006
They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live!
2007
Coaster
2009
Cokie the Clown
2009
The Longest EP
2010
NOFX / The Spits
2010
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2011
My Stepdad's a Cop and My Stepmom's a Domme
2012
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2012
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2013
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How we know the release date wikipedia 2000-06-13 vs 2000-05-30 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 30 May 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 13 June 2000 | |
| Wikidata | 2000 | |
| US release | 13 June 2000 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 30 May 2000 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2000 | XE | Epitaph Europe | 8714092658422 | original |
| 12 June 2000 | AU | Epitaph | 5021456101016 | other |
| 13 June 2000 | US | Epitaph | 045778658442 | other |
| 13 June 2000 | US | Epitaph | 045778658428 | other |
| 13 June 2000 | US | Epitaph | 045778658411 | other |
| 29 January 2008 | XW | Epitaph | 045778658466 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 1080×1073 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |