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Pony Express Record
Studio album by
Shudder to Think
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1994 (1994-09-13)
GenrePost-hardcore, alternative rock, experimental rock[citation needed]
Length53:50
LabelEpic
ProducerTed Niceley
Shudder to Think chronology
Get Your Goat
(1992) 		Pony Express Record
(1994) 		50,000 B.C.
(1997)

Pony Express Record is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band Shudder to Think, released in 1994 by Epic Records. Although signing to a major label from the independent Dischord Records shocked and alienated some fans of the group,[citation needed] Pony Express Record proved to be a challenging release,[citation needed] mixing diverse musical styles.[citation needed]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]

Pony Express Record has received considerable critical acclaim. Greg Prato of AllMusic retrospectively regarded it as "one of the most underrated rock records of the '90s".[1] In 2003, Stylus Magazine writer Deen Freelon wrote that the album was "a jaw-dropping, head-scratching masterpiece back in '94 and remains so today".[3]

Pitchfork placed the album at number 29 on its original 1999 list of the top 100 albums of the 1990s.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Craig Wedren, except where noted.

  1. "Hit Liquor" – 4:08
  2. "Gang of $" (Wedren, Nathan Larson) – 3:45
  3. "9 Fingers on You" – 2:41
  4. "Sweet Year Old" (Larson) – 4:52
  5. "Earthquakes Come Home" – 3:44
  6. "Kissi Penny" – 3:06
  7. "X-French Tee Shirt" – 4:06
  8. "No RM.9, Kentucky" (Wedren, Larson) – 5:34
  9. "Chakka" (Wedren, Larson) – 4:47
  10. "Own Me" (Larson) – 4:48
  11. "So Into You" – 3:43 (Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix) (Atlanta Rhythm Section cover)
  12. "Trackstar" – 6:47
  13. "Full Body Anchor" – 1:50
PonyExpressRecord.com exclusive MP3s
  1. "Little by Little (vox)"
  2. "Little by Little (no vox)"
  3. "Circus Metal (PXR demo)"
  4. "Kissi Penny (PXR demo)"
  5. "Gang of $ (PXR demo)"
  6. "X-French Tee Shirt (PXR demo)"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Prato, Greg. "Pony Express Record – Shudder to Think". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Shudder to Think: Pony Express Record". Q. No. 99. December 1994. p. 143.
  3. ^ Freelon, Deen (September 1, 2003). "Shudder to Think – Pony Express Record – On Second Thought". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Albums of the '90s". Pitchfork. p. 8. Archived from the original on June 14, 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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