Option (9-10/96, p.96) - "...[Doug Martsch has] got a knack for bouncy guitar pop and rarely forgets to insert a sing-along refrain in the chorus....He likes his guitar solos meaty and imprecise, but handles his songs like delicate babies that he wants to see grow up and love the world..."
NME (Magazine) (6/15/96, p.46) - 6 (out of 10) - "...we join chief Spillster Doug Martsch sitting on a bench, dreaming his day away....So not very different from the current Spill formula of melody, melancholia and beards, then..."
NORMAL YEARS is a compilation of songs from Built To Spill's 7-inch releases.