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No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical is an album by the band Showbread. A music video was made for the song "Mouth Like A Magazine".

All songs written by Josh Dies.

1. "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (And Vice Versa)" – 3:51
2. "Dead By Dawn" – 3:54
3. "Mouth Like a Magazine" – 4:12
4. "If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die" – 3:20
5. "Sampsa Meets Kafka" – 1:10
6. "So Selfish It's Funny" – 4:28
7. "The Missing Wife" – 4:47
8. "Welcome to Plainfield Tobe Hooper" – 3:17
9. "And the Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down" – 5:07
10. "Stabbing Art To Death" (featuring Reese Roper) – 6:46
11. "The Dissonance of Discontent" 3:00
12. "Matthias Replaces Judas" (featuring Reese Roper) – 5:03
13. "The Bell Jar" – 5:19

Showbread

• Matt Davis – guitar
• Josh Dies – lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer, programming
• John Giddens – synthesizer
• Mike Jensen – guitar
• Ivory Mobley – lead vocals
• Patrick Porter – bass
• Marvin Reilly – drums

Additional musicians

• Reese Roper – vocals
• Sylvia Massy Shivy – vocals, Mellotron, theremin

Production:

• Troy Glessner – mastering
• Sylvia Massy Shivy – producer, mixing
• David Stuart – photography
• Rich Veltrop – engineering

In 2004, Revolver Magazine called No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical, "Best Post-Hardcore Album of the Year".^{[citation needed]}