There Is No Enemy
| There Is No Enemy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 6, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | May 2007, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 55:33 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. & ATP Recordings | |||
| Producer | Dave Trumfio, Doug Martsch | |||
| Built to Spill chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| American Songwriter | |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| Consequence of Sound | A− |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| Paste | 7.7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant | |
There Is No Enemy is the seventh studio album by indie rock band Built to Spill (their fifth on Warner Bros. Records). The album was released in the US on October 6, 2009, and is the last to feature long-time drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson, who left the group in 2012. It features guest musicians Sam Coomes, cellist John McMahon, Scott Schmaljohn (of Treepeople), Paul Leary, and additional keyboards by Roger Manning.
On September 30, 2009, the band streamed the full album on their official MySpace profile.
On February 15, 2010, ATP Recordings released the album in the UK and Europe with the exclusive, previously unreleased bonus track "Water Sleepers".