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Show World

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Simply put, this is one of those great lost treasures, a true classic in Rock And Roll. This rocks from start to finish, and every song is a gem. What we get on "Show World" are catchy pop songs with hooks a-plenty, gorgeous, lofty melodies, rip roarin' riffs, killer drumming from Brian Reitzel, and more off beat, heart-felt, witty lyrics from Jeff(who sings lead, he's a great rock singer, truly a lost art these days) and Steve McDonald, who plays bass. Favorite tracks are "One Chord Progression", "You Lied Again" "Follow The Leader", "Ugly Town" and the killer opening number, (a Quick/Dickies cover)"Pretty Please Me". Also, this album features some of the best rock guitar playing ever, from the late, great Eddie Kurdziel, who passed away in 1999. Eddie's playing was a crucial element to the band's sound, for sure. "Show World" is a cd I can put on at any time, in any mood, and still be amazed at how brilliant it is. Redd Kross is a great band, and this is their masterpiece.
Cheers! <Mike Acquisto

People laugh when I tell them that "Show World", by LA's finest Redd Kross, is the greatest album of all time. This is for several reasons: the album is too recent, it's not by Radiohead, and that it is too "lightweight" or "bubblegum" to be a serious contender for such a status. Bubblegum it may be, but never before has an album been available that is truly deserving of full marks like this album is. "Show World" plays like a greatest hits collection to rival even "Abba Gold" in terms of truly uplifting, passionate music pop music. It may seem an absurd statement to be accepted the average ignorant sceptic, but this truly is THE ultimate pop LP. Potential Criticism 1:- track one is a cover version - how unoriginal. Response:- Pretty Please Me simply contains the best chorus written by a human being, regardless of who performs it. Potential criticism 2:- On "Show World", Jeff McDonald has become a shameless Lennon copyist. Response:- JEFF McDONALD IS MORE TALENTED THAN JOHN LENNON, RAY DAVIES & PAUL McCARTNEY PUT TOGETHER BY GENETIC SCIENTISTS. There really isn't that much else left to say, except that there really is no excuse for not at least wanting to own this fantastic LP. It really is the greatest album of all time.

No, I'm not a member of the band....just a fan of good music. Red Kross, probably one of the most overlooked bands ever kicks it with this album. The album starts off with "Pretty Please Me" from the seminal punk band the Dickies the most overlooked punk band ever (if you don't know their music look them up now!), and this tune rocks!!! A fantastic cover. "Stoned" is probably the strongest tune on the album, great power pop with fantastic riffs. Brit pop influences are perfected in "You Lied Again", which plays off of The Beatles. The songs "One Chord Progression" and "Ugly Town" also stand out as fabulous tunes. Buy this one!!!

Ignore the editorial review.

Every album has to evolve and Redd Kross accomplished that with Show World, while still keeping the harmonic sound that is distinctively Redd Kross, particular case in point "Mess Around".

Other great tracks to listen to "Stoned", "One Chord Progression", "You Lied Again".

Thousands of bands pay homage to The Beatles, but Redd Kross displays the best influence to date, while adding their own talents to make a delicious dish that is the VERY underrated REDD KROSS.

I admit I wasn't bowled over with this after PHASESHIFTER, or so I thought heh heh heh. but I kept listening to it ( what can I say, I love overdriven guitars ) and I ended up loving these songs.

The Amazon reviewer who says it lacks PHASESHIFTER'S soaring harmonies must have been listening to something else. "Pretty Please Me". "Mess Around", "You Lied Again", "Kiss the Goat"

are built on this bands amazing gift for awesome sing-along choruses with almost beatelesque vocals.

No one else sounds like Redd Kross, they were one of the greatest US bands ever. If you never heard them do yourself a favor--just buy every one of their cd's , and listen to them loud.

When you are ready to thank me you may buy me a ticket to LA to see them this August.

"Show World" is Redd Kross at their most commercially viable. While "Third Eye" was ALMOST too pop, and "Phaseshifter" was ALMOST too hard rock, this album was a perfect mix of both. The songs here are orgasmically catchy and the production is tight, in your face, and tough. This is the one that should have finally put them on the map. I especially dig, "You Lied Again," "Mess Around," and "One Chord Progression." But there really isn't a bad song in the bunch. BUY IT NOW!!!

Show World is a Redd Kross achievement and a treasure for the rock world. Top notch production, full spectrum arrangements, catchy hooks backed by kick ass riffs, vocal harmonic power, simple - yet at times, deep - themes, and genuine coolness make this my favorite lp of all time.

You know that line in Superbad where he "It was like the first time I heard The Beatles"? Well hearing this album is like that, that perfect moment where music makes you forget about everything else and you're sucked into a different universe.

The guitars, the songs, and the HARMONIES are all heartbreaking in some way to know no one has ever even heard of this band when they should've been as big as Oasis with this album. That's who they remind me of but they're different, the songs are definitely up on that level.

Before I always though that The Vines had been influenced by a combination of Nirvana and The Beatles, but instead it sounds like The Vines are huge Redd Kross fans. Although I don't think The Vines never scraped the sky for an entire album like Redd Kross does here, you should get this NOW! Seriously if you like The Vines get this now, if you like The Beatles get this now!

I would pick a favorite track but its all so good I don't know what to pick. Also the guitar work is awesome. Great, great album.

Start with track Eight

and whatever follows is what was always

needed in your veins