| Shorter, Faster, Louder | ||||
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| Released | February 15, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | September 1–17, 1999 at Trax East in South River, NJ | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, pop punk, hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 24:49 | |||
| Label | Jade Tree [1] | |||
| Producer | Steve Evetts | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Punknews.org |  [3] |
Shorter, Faster, Louder is the second album by the Philadelphia hardcore punk band Kid Dynamite. [4] [5] Their final album, it was released in 2000 by Jade Tree. [6]
Exclaim! wrote: "Recalling the early punk of Minor Threat and 7 Seconds, [Kid Dynamite] wail and woah about youth culture on standout tracks like 'Living Daylights,' 'Death and Taxes' and 'There's a Party [sic].'" [7] Nuvo called the album "genre-defining." [8] CMJ New Music Report called it "a punk rock marathon, designed for moshing until the audience drops from exhaustion." [4]
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