All About Chemistry

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{{Infobox album

| name = All About Chemistry

| type = studio

| artist = Semisonic

| cover = Semisonic - All About Chemistry (Blue Cover).jpg

| alt =

| released = March 13, 2001

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Seedy Underbelly Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota

| genre = Alternative rock, power pop

| length = 51:41

| label = MCA

| producer = Semisonic, Dan Wilson

| prev_title = Feeling Strangely Fine

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = You're Not Alone

| next_year = 2020

| misc = {{Singles

| name = All About Chemistry

| type = studio

| single1 = Chemistry

| single1date = January 8, 2001

| single2 = Get a Grip

| single2date = 2001

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 69/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/all-about-chemistry/semisonic/critic-reviews |title=Critic Reviews for All About Chemistry |website=Metacritic |accessdate=April 3, 2013}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7Score = {{Rating|5|5}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 3/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/semisonic/4173 |title=NME Album Reviews - Semisonic : All About Chemistry |last=Segal |first=Victoria |magazine=NME |date=March 6, 2001 |accessdate=December 22, 2011}}

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r521691|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = Positive{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/semisonic-all-about-chemistry,18248/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022114724/http://www.avclub.com/articles/semisonic-all-about-chemistry,18248/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |title=Semisonic: All About Chemistry |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |newspaper=The A.V. Club |date=February 13, 2001 |accessdate=April 3, 2013}}

| rev3 = Chicago Tribune

| rev3Score = Average{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/04/15/traindrops-of-jupiter-columbiasemisonicall-about-chemistry-mcaafter/ |title=Train Drops of Jupiter (Columbia); Semisonic All About Chemistry (MCA) |last=Kot |first=Greg |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 15, 2001 |access-date=April 3, 2013}}

| rev4 = Dotmusic

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/albums/March2001/reviews18371.asp |title=Semisonic - 'All About Chemistry' (MCA) |last=Browne |first=Nichola |publisher=Dotmusic |date=March 1, 2001 |accessdate=April 3, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010627040306/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/March2001/reviews18371.asp |archivedate=June 27, 2001 |url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev5Score = A−{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,280304,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908024756/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,280304,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2007 |title=All About Chemistry Review |last=Tucker |first=Ken |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 16, 2001 |accessdate=April 3, 2013}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/semisonic/albums/album/117646/review/5942150/all_about_chemistry |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726015403/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/semisonic/albums/album/117646/review/5942150/all_about_chemistry |date=March 16, 2001 |archivedate=July 26, 2008 |last=Moon |first=Tom |title=Semisonic: All About Chemistry |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = 5/10

| rev10 = Wall of Sound

| rev10Score = 60/100{{cite web|url=http://wallofsound.go.com/reviews/stories/semisonic_allaboutchemistryIndex.html |title=All About Chemistry |last=Wright |first=Anders |publisher=Wall of Sound |accessdate=April 3, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010330112914/http://wallofsound.go.com/reviews/stories/semisonic_allaboutchemistryIndex.html |archivedate=March 30, 2001 |url-status=dead}}

}}

All About Chemistry is the third studio album by American rock band Semisonic, released on March 13, 2001, through MCA Records. With this release, the band failed, at least in America, to capitalize on the momentum it had generated with the song "Closing Time" from their previous album, Feeling Strangely Fine. This had a softer edge than Feeling Strangely Fine and was not as popular with the fans. By 2002, the album had sold 58,000 copies,{{Cite web|last=Archive-David-Basham|title=Got Charts? Sympathy For Mariah, 2001's Biggest Flops, Nine Inch Nails' Chart Algebra|url=https://kissking.net/news/1452106/got-charts-sympathy-for-mariah-2001s-biggest-flops-nine-inch-nails-chart-algebra/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=MTV News|language=en}} and its poor sales partially led to the band going on an unofficial hiatus.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} However, it has a five star rating by Q Magazine. The track "Chemistry" was featured on the soundtrack for 40 Days and 40 Nights.

The song "One True Love" was co-written by the band's singer/guitarist, Dan Wilson and music legend Carole King. The song "Get a Grip" is an ode to masturbation. The title track was included on the album "Nolee Mix" which was released to promote the My Scene dolls.

The special edition of the album features cover art with orange (or pink in the UK) fluid in the vials instead of the blue fluid of the original. It includes two bonus tracks, "Girlfriend" and "Ordinary Life"; instead of being tacked onto the end, they appear between "Get a Grip" and "Surprise."