You Will Never Be One of Us

You Will Never Be One of Us
Studio album by Nails
Released	June 17, 2016
Genre	Grindcore, powerviolence
Length	21:43
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Kurt Ballou
Nails chronology
Abandon All Life (2013) You Will Never Be One of Us (2016)

You Will Never Be One of Us is the third studio album by the American powerviolence band Nails, released on June 17, 2016. It is the band's first album issued through Nuclear Blast Records.^[1] It is their longest release to date at 21 minutes, and features their longest song, "They Come Crawling Back", which runs for eight minutes.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from store listing.^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Will Never Be One of Us"	1:29
2.	"Friend to All"	0:45
3.	"Made to Make You Fail"	0:55
4.	"Life Is a Death Sentence"	1:39
5.	"Violence Is Forever"	3:26
6.	"Savage Intolerance"	1:46
7.	"In Pain"	1:01
8.	"Parasite"	0:55
9.	"Into Quietus"	1:33
10.	"They Come Crawling Back"	8:14
Total length:		21:43

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.^[3]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	A-[5]
Exclaim!	9/10[6]
Metal Hammer	[7]
Metal Injection	9.5/10[8]
MetalSucks	[9]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[10]
Rock Sound	8/10[11]
The Quietus	Very positive[12]

Personnel

Nails

• Todd Jones – guitars, vocals
• John Gianelli – bass guitar
• Taylor Young – drums

Production

• Kurt Ballou – producer
• Wrest – artwork

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13]	93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	127
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	168
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	142
US Billboard 200[17]	127

References

1. "NAILS To Release "You Will Never Be One of Us" Album In June". blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
2. "NAILS You Will Never Be One Of Us Nuclear Blast Store". Retrieved June 17, 2016.
3. "Reviews for You Will Never Be One Of Us by NAILS". CBS Interactive. Metacritic. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
4. Monger, James Christopher (June 17, 2016). "You Will Never Be One of Us - NAILS". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
5. Warwick, Kevin (June 17, 2016). "Plenty pissed off, Nails pleads its case via scorched guitar riffs and rabid blast-beats". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
6. Zorgdrager, Bradley (June 15, 2016). "Nails You Will Never Be One Of Us". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
7. Rees, Adam (May 22, 2016). "Nails – You Will Never Be One Of Us album review". Metal Hammer. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
8. Andrew, J. (June 16, 2016). "Album Review: NAILS You Will Never Be One of Us (with Full Album Stream)". Metal Injection. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
9. Frank, Max (June 15, 2016). "Nails Bathe in the '80s On You Will Never Be One of Us". MetalSucks. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
10. Joyce, Collin (June 18, 2016). "Nails: You Will Never Be One Of Us". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
11. Rogers, Jack (June 17, 2016). "Nails – 'You Will Never Be One Of Us'". Rock Sound. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
12. Gardner, Noel (June 16, 2016). "Lead Review: Noel Gardner On Nails' You Will Never Be One Of Us". The Quietus. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
13. Ryan, Gavin (June 25, 2016). "ARIA Albums: Red Hot Chili Peppers Claim an Easy No 1 Album". Noise11. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
14. "Ultratop.be – Nails – You Will Never Be One of Us" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
15. "Ultratop.be – Nails – You Will Never Be One of Us" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
16. Chart Log UK: "CLUK Update 25.06.2016 (wk25)". UK Albums Chart. Zobbel.de. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
17. "Top 200 Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2016.