New World Record Explained

New World Record
Type:	Album
Artist:	Poster Children
Cover:	PosterChildrenNewWorldRecordCover.jpg
Released:	February 23, 1999
Recorded:	1998, Studio Tedium, Champaign, Illinois
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	44:47
Label:	spinART^[1]
Producer:	Jonathan Pines, Poster Children
Prev Title:	RTFM
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	DDD
Next Year:	2000

New World Record is the sixth album by American alternative rock band Poster Children, released in 1999.^[2] It was the first album recorded in their own studio, Tedium. It was among the first albums made available for purchase in the MP3 format.^[3]

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."^[2] The Chicago Reader called the album "a striking left turn from a band that's produced more than its share of mediocre alternapop."^[4] CMJ New Music Report called it "melodic, punchy post-punk [that] works in the darker intensity of the band's famed live shows."^[5]

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

• Rick Valentin – Vocals, Guitar
• Rose Marshack – Bass, vocals
• Jim Valentin – Guitar
• Howie Kantoff – Drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poster Children . Trouser Press . 29 January 2021.
2. Web site: Tucson Weekly: Soundbites (May 20 - May 26, 1999). www.tucsonweekly.com.
3. Making It Big with MP3. Wired . www.wired.com . Jones . Christopher .
4. Web site: Poster Children. J. R.. Jones. Chicago Reader. 29 July 1999 .
5. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Report. February 15, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.