No Fools, No Fun

About six months prior to the album's release the band decided to make a full-length album. The standard-edition release contains three live recordings, while a fourth is included as one of two bonus tracks on the Amazon deluxe edition. The live tracks were recorded live at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY on June 27, 2013. The studio tracks on the album were recorded in just three days at Studio G in Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2014/07/14/interview-norah-jones-puss-n-boots-catherine-popper-sasha-dobson/|title=Interview: Norah Jones Glows Out of the Spotlight in Puss n Boots|last=Ives|first=Brian|date=July 14, 2014|work=Radio.com|accessdate=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715052628/http://radio.com/2014/07/14/interview-norah-jones-puss-n-boots-catherine-popper-sasha-dobson/|archive-date=July 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}

The lead single from No Fools, No Fun, titled "Down By The River (Live From The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY / 2013)", was released on June 3, 2014. The song is a cover written and originally performed by Neil Young.

No Fools, No Fun was released on July 15, 2014, through Blue Note Records. Amazon released an exclusive edition on CD and digital download that contains two bonus tracks.

In support of the album, Puss n Boots toured during the summer and fall of 2014. Along with clubs, the band performed at numerous festivals including the Clearwater Festival, Green River Festival and the Newport Folk Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pussnbootsband/photos/a.276309972542599.1073741829.244294045744192/320656618107934 |title=Puss n Boots on Facebook |publisher=Facebook |date=September 3, 2014|accessdate=September 4, 2014}}

On July 12, 2014, Puss n Boots was featured on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country channel, promoting the album and playing songs from it over an hour-long program.{{cite web|url=http://blog.siriusxm.com/2014/07/14/norah-jones-catherine-popper-sasha-dobson-of-puss-n-boots-talk-no-fools-no-fun-and-covering-wilco/ |last=Wehelie |first=Benazir |title=Norah Jones, Catherine Popper & Sasha Dobson of Puss n Boots talk No Fools, No Fun and covering Wilco |publisher=SiriusXM |date=July 14, 2014 |accessdate=July 15, 2014}}

Prior to the album's release the band performed at The Wall Street Journal cafe and inside the "Soundcheck studio" at WNYC.{{cite web|url=http://www.bluenote.com/news/puss-n-boots-release-debut-album |title=PUSS N BOOTS RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM "NO FOOLS, NO FUN"; APPEAR ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON |publisher=Blue Note Records |date=July 15, 2014 |accessdate=July 15, 2014}}

On July 16, 2014, Puss n Boots performed "Don't Know What It Means" on The Tonight Show.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

On August 16, 2014, Puss n Boots appeared on the Saturday edition of the television show CBS This Morning.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/saturday-sessions-puss-n-boots-sing-dont-know-what-it-means/ |title=Saturday Sessions: Puss n Boots sing "Don’t Know What It Means" |publisher=CBS This Morning |date=August 16, 2014 |accessdate=August 17, 2014}}

On October 2, 2014 Puss n Boots appeared inside the performance studio at a Live Lunch presentation from WTMD 89.7 in Towson/Baltimore MD.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 66/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/no-fools-no-fun/puss-n-boots|title=Critic Reviews for No Fools, No Fun|author=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=July 16, 2014}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = American Songwriter

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/07/puss-n-boots-fool-fun/ |last=Horowitz |first=Hal |title=Puss n Boots- No Fools, No Fun - American Songwriter |magazine=American Songwriter |date=July 14, 2014 |accessdate=July 14, 2014}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev4 = Paste

| rev4Score = 6/10{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/07/puss-n-boots-no-fools-no-fun-review.html |last=Luecking |first= Eric |magazine=Paste |title=Puss N Boots- No Fools, No Fun Review |date=July 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 16, 2014}}

| rev5 = 34th Street Magazine

| rev5Score = B{{cite web |last=Grace |first=Carolyn |url=http://34st.com/2014/07/album-review-no-fools-no-fun-puss-n-boots/ |title=Review: "No Fools, No Fun"—Puss N Boots |work=34th Street Magazine |date=July 17, 2014 |accessdate=July 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727154238/http://34st.com/2014/07/album-review-no-fools-no-fun-puss-n-boots/ |archive-date=July 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

| rev6 = TODAY

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Mathews |first=Kevin |url=http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/music-reviews/no-fools-no-fun-puss-n-boots-45 |title=No Fools, No Fun (Puss N Boots) |work=TODAY |date=July 24, 2014 |accessdate=July 24, 2014}}

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No Fools, No Fun received mostly positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, they assign a "weighted average" rating out of 100 to selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, and the album has received an Metascore of a 66, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three and a half stars out of five, calling it "an appealing listen," and that it is "never rowdy -- the closest it comes is the train-track beat of Jones' original "Don't Know What It Means"—but there's an earthiness to the trio's chemistry that signals how deeply the group knows each other's strengths and weaknesses."{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-fools-no-fun-mw0002651008 | title=No Fools, No Fun - Puss N Boots | publisher=Rovi Corporation | work=AllMusic | accessdate=July 13, 2014 | author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas | author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

Rating the album three stars out of five, Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter states that its "difficult to dislike something that feels as genuine and unaffected as these dozen tracks played by talented friends clearly relishing each other’s company."

Writing for Rolling Stone and rating the album three stars out of five, Will Hermes expressed, "Most bar bands don't manage trio harmonies near this gorgeous, but the song selection is uneven."{{cite web |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/no-fools-no-fun-20140715 |title=Puss n Boots 'No Fools, No Fun' Album Review |work=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media |date=July 15, 2014 |accessdate=July 15, 2014}}

Frederick Marfil of M Magazine called No Fools, No Fun "This summer’s all-purpose soundtrack ... (it) sounds as good at parties as it does in your headphones."{{cite web|url=http://www.wwd.com/menswear-news/lifestyle/m-the-must-list-culture-fashion-and-beyond-7697778?page=6 |last=Marfil |first=Frederick |title=M: The Must List — Culture, Fashion, and Beyond |publisher=M Magazine |date=June 2, 2014 |accessdate=June 11, 2014}}

No Fools, No Fun debuted at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 chart.{{cite web |url=http://dailypostal.com/2014/07/24/billboard-200-top-albums-week-72414/ |title=The Billboard 200 Top Albums This Week (7/24/14) |publisher=Daily Postal |date=July 24, 2014 |accessdate=July 28, 2014}} It also debuted at No. 7 on the Folk Albums chart and No. 28 on the Top Rock Albums chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-08-02/folk-albums|title=Folk Albums : Aug 02, 2014 - Billboard Chart Archive|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=August 2, 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-fools-no-fun-mw0002651008/awards | title=No Fools, No Fun - Puss N Boots - Awards| publisher=Rovi Corporation | work=AllMusic | accessdate=August 9, 2014}}

{{track listing

| headline = Standard edition{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-fools-no-fun/1442957685 |title=No Fools, No Fun by Puss N Boots |publisher=iTunes |access-date=July 19, 2014}}

| extra_column = Original artist

| total_length = 42:18

| title1 = Leaving London

| writer1 = Tom Paxton

| extra1 = Tom Paxton

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = Bull Rider

| note2 = Live from the Bell House, Brooklyn, NY / 2013-06-27

| writer2 = Rodney Crowell

| extra2 = Johnny Cash

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Twilight

| writer3 = Robbie Robertson

| extra3 = The Band

| length3 = 3:08

| title4 = Sex Degrees of Separation

| writer4 = Sasha Dobson

| length4 = 3:17

| title5 = Don't Know What It Means

| writer5 = Norah Jones

| length5 = 2:26

| title6 = Down by the River

| note6 = Live from the Bell House, Brooklyn, NY / 2013-06-27

| writer6 = Neil Young

| extra6 = Neil Young with Crazy Horse

| length6 = 5:29

| title7 = Tarnished Angel

| note7 = Live from the Bell House, Brooklyn, NY / 2013-06-27

| writer7 = Roger Miller

| extra7 = George Jones

| length7 = 3:45

| title8 = Jesus, Etc.

| writer8 = Jeff Tweedy

| extra8 = Wilco

| length8 = 4:11

| title9 = Always

| writer9 = Catherine Popper

| length9 = 3:18

| title10 = GTO

| writer10 = Jeb Loy Nichols

| extra10 = Jeb Loy Nichols

| length10 = 4:10

| title11 = Pines

| writer11 = Popper

| length11 = 2:38

| title12 = You'll Forget Me

| writer12 = Dobson

| length12 = 3:03

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| headline = Amazon.com bonus tracks

| extra_column = Original artist

| total_length = 50:10

| title13 = Cry, Cry, Cry

| writer13 = Johnny Cash

| extra13 = Johnny Cash

| length13 = 3:11

| title14 = In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town

| note14 = Live from the Bell House, Brooklyn, NY / 2013

| writer14 = Ira Schuster, Jack Little, Joe Young

| extra14 = Ted Lewis and His Band

| length14 = 4:41

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;Puss n BootsCredits adapted from album's back cover

• Norah Jones – vocals, electric guitar, fiddle
• Sasha Dobson – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums
• Catherine Popper – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar

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;Technical personnel

• Joel Hamilton – engineering, mixing (at Studio G in Brooklyn, NY)
• Greg Calbi – mastering (at Sterling Sound in New York City)
• Matt Labozza – assistant engineering
• Mike Jinno – assistant engineering
• Francisco Botero – assistant engineering
• Nicole Frantz – creative direction
• Frank Harkins – art direction, design
• Richard Ballard – photography

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