New World Record

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New World Record
PosterChildrenNewWorldRecordCover.jpg
Studio album by
Poster Children
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1999
Recorded1998, Studio Tedium, Champaign, Illinois
Genre Alternative rock
Length44:47
Label spinART [1]
Producer Jonathan Pines, Poster Children
Poster Children chronology
RTFM
(1997)		New World Record
(1999)		 DDD
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [4]
PopMatters 6.8/10 [5]

New World Record is the sixth album by American alternative rock band Poster Children, released in 1999. [6] It was the first album recorded in their own studio, Tedium. [3] It was among the first albums made available for purchase in the MP3 format. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Tucson Weekly called New World Record "an album that gets closest to the ferocious energy the band generates on stage" and "the best thing they've put out since 1993's Tool." [6] The Chicago Reader called the album "a striking left turn from a band that's produced more than its share of mediocre alternapop." [8] CMJ New Music Report called it "melodic, punchy post-punk [that] works in the darker intensity of the band's famed live shows." [9]

Track listing

  1. "Accident Waiting to Happen" – 3:56
  2. "6x6" – 3:35
  3. "Time to Kill" – 2:24
  4. "Ankh" – 3:54
  5. "Mr. Goodnight" – 3:17
  6. "Chemicals" – 4:42
  7. "Straightline" – 3:34
  8. "Planet Earth" – 2:56
  9. "Good Cop Bad Cop" – 3:57
  10. "Secret Handshake" – 4:50
  11. "Wait and See" – 4:00
  12. "Deadman" – 3:53

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Poster Children". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "New World Record - Poster Children | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 609.
  4. ↑ "Poster Children: New World Record". Pitchfork.
  5. ↑ "Poster Children, New World Record - PopMatters Music Review". September 3, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-09-03.
  6. 1 2 "Tucson Weekly: Soundbites (May 20 - May 26, 1999)". www.tucsonweekly.com.
  7. ↑ Jones, Christopher. "Making It Big with MP3". Wired– via www.wired.com.
  8. ↑ Jones, J. R. (29 July 1999). "Poster Children". Chicago Reader.
  9. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. February 15, 1999 – via Google Books.


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