diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 534f00d..f446aae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-// Add your changes here and then delete this line
+### Fixed
+
+- SpotifyException now thrown when a request fails & has no response ( fixes #571, #581 )
 
 ## [2.16.0] - 2020-09-16
 
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index 6d4ff07..0d40114 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ class Spotify(object):
 
             response.raise_for_status()
             results = response.json()
-        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_error:
+            response = http_error.response
             try:
                 msg = response.json()["error"]["message"]
             except (ValueError, KeyError):
@@ -263,13 +264,18 @@ class Spotify(object):
                 reason=reason,
                 headers=response.headers,
             )
-        except requests.exceptions.RetryError:
+        except requests.exceptions.RetryError as retry_error:
+            request = retry_error.request
             logger.error('Max Retries reached')
+            try:
+                reason = retry_error.args[0].reason
+            except (IndexError, AttributeError):
+                reason = None
             raise SpotifyException(
                 599,
                 -1,
-                "%s:\n %s" % (response.url, "Max Retries"),
-                headers=response.headers,
+                "%s:\n %s" % (request.path_url, "Max Retries"),
+                reason=reason
             )
         except ValueError:
             results = None
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py b/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py
index 02b1a78..a6dcc34 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py
@@ -240,6 +240,20 @@ class AuthTestSpotipy(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises((requests.exceptions.Timeout, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError),
                           lambda: sp.search(q='my*', type='track'))
 
+    def test_max_retries_reached(self):
+        spotify_no_retry = Spotify(
+            client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials(),
+            retries=0)
+        i = 0
+        while i < 100:
+            try:
+                spotify_no_retry.search(q='foo')
+            except spotipy.exceptions.SpotifyException as e:
+                self.assertIsInstance(e, spotipy.exceptions.SpotifyException)
+                return
+            i += 1
+        self.fail()
+
     def test_album_search(self):
         results = self.spotify.search(q='weezer pinkerton', type='album')
         self.assertTrue('albums' in results)