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All Work & No Play

 
Proverbs: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
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All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy.
[1659 J. Howell Proverbs (English) 12]
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
[1825 M. Edgeworth Harry & Lucy Concluded II. 155]
‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’; but all play and no work makes him something greatly worse.
[1859 S. Smiles Self-Help xi.]
‘Is that why you give garden parties yourself, eh?‥all work and no play makes Jill a very—’‥‘Plain girl. She is that already.’
[1898 C. G. Robertson Voces Academicae i. i.]
‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,’ he observed, pouring the champagne into a glass.
[1979 R. Mutch Gemstone xi.]
‘What about your homework?’ ‘Later. All work and no Playstation makes Jack a dull boy.’
[2001 Washington Post 4 Oct. C13 (Jeff MacNelly's Shoe comic strip)]

Related to: recreation; work

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Idioms: all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
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hard work without time for recreation is not good for one's health, as in If Harry keeps up that grueling schedule, he's headed for a breakdown--all work and no play isn't healthy. A proverb included in James Howell's collection of 1659, this phrase remains so familiar that it is often shortened, as in the example.

Wikipedia: All Work & No Play
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For the proverb, see All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All Work & No Play
Studio album by Relient K
Released Flag of the United States 1998
Recorded February 1998 [1]
Genre Christian rock
Christian pop punk
Pop punk
Length 28:30
Label Independent
Producer Mark Lee Townsend [2]
Professional reviews
Relient K chronology
All Work & No Play
(1998)		 2000 A.D.D.
(2000)

All Work & No Play is the demo CD released by the Christian rock band Relient K in 1998. It caught the attention of dcTalk's Toby McKeehan, who subsequently signed them to Gotee Records.

Seven of the eleven tracks on this album were eventually remade on either then band's first or second full-length albums. "Cojack", "Register", "Be Rad", and "William" were never re-made for another album, unlike all the others, and are only available on this album.

Like most of Relient K's early work the songs make several references to pop-culture, including; * "K Car" refers to the Plymouth Reliant K, based on the K Car platform, for which the band is named, "I'm Lion-O" refers to the main character of the, Lion-O, 1980s cartoon Thundercats, "My Good Friend Charles" references the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge, and in the song "K Car" uses the line "And Brandon Ebel just gave us a call" referring to the founder of the Christian record label, Tooth & Nail Records.

The CD had a limited release by CREC records, the album cover was the same with different CD art. Only a limited number of the album were ever produced. CREC Records was given cease and desist order in 2005 to stop distribution of the album, they, of course, complied.

On the cover of the album, there is a square around the K. In an interview, Matt Thiessen and Matt Hoopes talked about the Reliant K Car, and how they named the band. Matt Thiessen said they saw a rectangle around the K on the back of the car, and they said, "That would make a cool logo". Thiessen also pointed out that they were fifteen when they thought of that.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matt Thiessen. 

# Title Length
1. "K Car" (remade on the band's eponymous debut, Relient K.) 2:36
2. "I'm Lion-O" (remade on the band's second album, The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek.) 3:43
3. "Staples" (remade on the band's eponymous debut, Relient K.) 3:00
4. "Marilyn Manson Ate My Girlfriend" (re-recorded and released on the band's debut album, Relient K, as "My Girlfriend".) 3:01
5. "Cojack"   2:44
6. "My Good Friend Charles" (re-recorded and released on the band's debut album, Relient K, as "Charles in Charge".) 2:44
7. "Register"   1:41
8. "Be Rad"   2:41
9. "C.U.R.B." (was later rewritten as "For the Moments I Feel Faint", which appeared on the band's second album, The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek.) 3:16
10. "William"   2:01
11. "Softer to Me" (re-recorded and released on the band's debut album, Relient K.) 2:03

Credits

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Relient K
Matt Thiessen · Matt Hoopes · John Warne · Jon Schneck · Ethan Luck
Todd Frescone · Stephen Cushman · Brett Schoneman · Jared Byers · Brian Pittman · Dave Douglas
Studio albums
EPs
Other
Selected singles
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