Young Miss America

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Young Miss America
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2003 (2003-06-03)
Genre Electronic hip-hop
Length48:13
Label PIAS
Producer
Gold Chains chronology
Young Miss America
(2003)
When the World Was Our Friend
(2004)

Young Miss America is the debut full-length studio album by American electronic hip-hop musician Gold Chains. It was released on June 3, 2003 via PIAS Recordings. Production was handled by Gold Chains himself together with Kit Clayton at Zombie Studios in San Francisco.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Now Noto Color- N.svgNoto Color- N.svgBlue square N.PNGBlue square N.PNGBlue square N.PNG [3]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [4]
Stylus B- [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svg [6]
Uncut Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Young Miss America was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on twelve reviews. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Code Red"3:33
2."Several Times Defined"4:51
3."The Game"3:39
4."What Are We Looking For"4:08
5."Much Currency Flows"5:30
6."Nada"4:28
7."Revolution"3:53
8."Young Miss America"4:35
9."Break or Be Broken"4:54
10."Citizens Nowhere"4:39
11."Let's Get It On"4:03
Total length:48:13

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Young Miss America - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  2. Carr, Daphne. "Young Miss America - Gold Chains | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  3. Flanagan, Nick (August 21, 2003). "Gold Chains - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  4. Leone, Dominique (June 30, 2003). "Gold Chains: Young Miss America". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  5. Mueller, Gavin (2003). "Gold Chains - Young Miss America - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  6. "Music Review: Gold Chains - Young Miss America". Tiny Mix Tapes . December 14, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  7. "Gold Chains - Young Miss America". UNCUT . May 1, 2003. Retrieved August 8, 2025.