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2018 studio album by Poster Children
Grand Bargain!
A mock-up grocery store with a sign that reads "GREAT BARGAIN" and a little girl in a cart being pushed in front of it
Studio album by Poster Children
ReleasedMay 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)
Recorded
  • July 30–31, 2016
  • July 29–30, 2017
  • August 25–26, 2017
StudioElectrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois, US
Length33:49
LanguageEnglish
LabelLotuspool Records
ProducerSteve Albini
Poster Children chronology
On the Offensive
(2004) 		Grand Bargain!
(2018)

“The big problem is time. For the bulk of the band, the way we wrote music (in the past) was we would get together with scraps of ideas, have a 12-hour rehearsal and hopefully a song would come out of it and then I would put lyrics on top of it.”

—Guitarist Rick Valentin on how recording is different for the band 30 years after forming.

Grand Bargain! is a 2018 studio album by American alternative rock band Poster Children, their first in 14 years and was promoted by the single "Grand Bargain" and a tour. The release received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that "the reunion album is a much trickier matter" but noted that the songwriting is relevant and "reflects the social and political chaos of life in an increasingly divided nation" and the band "express themselves with an unpretentious intelligence and a laser-like focus" that "result a set of tunes that expresses itself with a ferocity that's not rancor for its own sake but the sound of a furious wake-up call to the nation they call home". Good Morning America named this the 42nd best album of 2018, where Allan Raible called it "a sharply appealing, politically-charged set".

Track listing

All songs written by Poster Children.

  1. "Grand Bargain" – 3:14
  2. "Hippie Hills" – 3:26
  3. "Lucky Ones" – 3:14
  4. "World's Insane" – 3:09
  5. "Devil and the Gun" – 4:20
  6. "Better Than Nothing" – 2:26
  7. "Brand New Country" – 2:54
  8. "Better Place" – 2:12
  9. "Final Offense" – 2:42
  10. "Big Surprise" – 2:36
  11. "Safe Tonight" – 3:42

Personnel

Poster Children

  • Matt Friscia – drums
  • Rose Marshack – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Jim Valentin – guitar, keyboards
  • Rick Valentin – vocals, guitar, artwork

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. Norton, Jon (May 23, 2018). "Poster Children Return By Making A Grand Bargain". Music. Sound Ideas. WGLT. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. "Poster Children return with 1st new album in 14 years — hear title track 'Grand Bargain!'". Album News. Slicing Up Eyeballs. January 20, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  3. Pearis, Bill (May 14, 2018). "Poster Children ready first LP in 14 years, share "Grand Bargain" video, touring". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  4. Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Grand Bargain! – Poster Children". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. Raible, Allan (December 24, 2018). "50 best albums of 2018, including those from Kacey Musgraves, Ariana Grande and Paul McCartney". Culture. Good Morning America. ABC News. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  6. Marshack, Rose (February 28, 2023). "2016: Reprise Repress". Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children. University of Illinois Press. p. 179. ISBN 9780252054013.

External links

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  • Rose Marshack
  • Rick Valentin
  • Jim Valentin
  • Matt Friscia
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