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New World Record

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...but all the same, this is the best album by perhaps the most unfairly neglected alternative rock band of the 90s. i've long been a fan of poster children; they were a big band in my highschool circle of friends. this is their most organic album, immediately following two very technological, synthesizer-laden albums, and the pure sound suits them. the best part is, of course, that they let their drummer go. just let him take off, after having to stick very close to the beat and keep it simple for so long, he lays it all out here, loose and funky. sounds wonderful, it does...he even works in a tasteful solo. i can't really think of a band that sounds exactly like the poster children...so i won't try that route. but if you ever find this in the used bin or the bargain bin--this, or _international: rtfm_ or _junior citizen_ for that matter--buy it immediately.

Poster Children take the standard elements of rock and pop, then unleash lightning bolts of energy by adding pure RAWK! Seriously, if you're into rock that sounds different because it IS different (challenging time signatures, unorthodox noises, and genuinely intelligent lyrics), the PKids and New World Record are for you. Check out their back catalogue for more great stuff.

I love all the Poster Kids records, but New World Record is the one I keep coming back to over and over. The album just has the best hooks, and guitar playing.

This band continues to suprise me. I can always hear their influences(television, the Talking heads, Kurt Vonnegot<?>) but they do seem to twist this influence into their own sound. Junior Citizen still remains their fullest sounding and most versatile album but this album is still...while...the Poster Children. I also have to add that I think they are much better live than on album. ThAnk yOu PoSTeR ChiLdReN!!

The reviewer from Rantoul is a tonedeaf simpleton. Yet, that goes with being from a intellectual anthill like Rantoul! New World Order is a groundbreaking disc that introduces to the alternative scene a "BIG-BANG" sound seemingly created by 2001's HAL. Poster Children have yet to create an album that isn't fiercely original and unique. All of my fellow 1994/1995 Il. grads from the Daniel street Whitehouse agree that New World Order is simply "ballsy!" I enjoy turning it up so loud that Rose's bassline rattles my windows. Buy this disc and commence a relationship with a band that will infuse your stagnant arteries with an energy equal to Godzilla's last meal!

... quite possibly the worst record of 1999, considering the Poster Kids degeneration and their ability to somehow lower the bar with this ambitionless dreck. I'd refrain from listening to this one even while hiding under the bed with headphones - for fear the Taste Police will revoke my membership in the People With Functioning Brain/Ear Connections Club. Has the fallout from Albini's Daisychain With More Bass! Less Vocals! Reaction really prompted a casting call for a carnival barker to mumble through "Ankh?" Devo would be embarassed - heck, Mr. Bungle would be redfaced if subjected to New World Record's mark for abusive eclecticism. Poster Kids: Thank you for trying something new, but please try something else ... Tropicalia, explosive! Latin pop, perhaps. Find bonbons to shake. Leave the passionless-drivel soundtracks to the professionals.