Sing No Evil
{{short description|1985 album by Half Japanese}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Sing No Evil
| type = Album
| artist = Half Japanese
| cover = Sing No Evil HalfJapanese.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, punk rock, lo-fi
| length = 37:56
| label = Iridescence
| producer =
| prev_title = Our Solar System
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Music to Strip By
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |title=Sing No Evil |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sing-no-evil-mw0000065663 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=14 July 2020}}
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
}}
Sing No Evil is the fourth studio album by the rock group Half Japanese, released in 1985 by Iridescence.{{cite web |title=Half Japanese |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/half-japanese/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=14 July 2020}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=Sing+No+Evil+half+japanese&pg=PP470|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=July 14, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
Craig Marks, in the Spin Alternative Record Guide, wrote that the album "finds Half Jap brushing up against normalcy--traditional song structures, metaphorical lyrics--with uneven, if sometimes booming, results."{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=175}}
Track listing
{{Track list
|title1 = Firecracker Firecracker
|length1 = 2:43
|title2 = On the One Hand
|length2 = 3:28
|title3 = Too Bad About Elizabeth
|length3 = 2:28
|title4 = Dearest Darling
|length4 = 2:53
|title5 = Sing No Evil
|length5 = 2:51
|title6 = Double Trouble
|length6 = 2:07
|title7 = Rub Every Muscle
|length7 = 1:50
|title8 = Nicole Told Me
|length8 = 4:34
|title9 = Tell Me I'm Wrong
|length9 = 2:11
|title10 = Acupuncture
|length10 = 2:17
|title11 = I Have a Secret
|length11 = 2:35
|title12 = House of Voodoo
|length12 = 4:49
|title13 = Ball and Chain
|length13 = 3:10
}}
References
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