{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Career Objective | type = Album | artist = The Methadones | cover =Career Objective.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 2003 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Punk rock, pop punk | length = 34:03 | label = Stardumb Records | producer = Mass Giorgini and The Methadones | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Punknews.org | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=Paul>{{cite news | last = Paul | first = Aubin | date = May 9, 2003 | title = The Methadones - Career Objective | url = https://www.punknews.org/review/1901/the-methadones-career-objective | work = punknews.org | access-date = 2023-09-07 }}</ref> }} '''''Career Objective''''' is the second album by punk rock band The Methadones. It was released in 2003.
== Reception ==
In 2003, Aubin Paul, writing for ''Punknews.org'' said "'Career Objective' is a testament to the fact that punk is neither dead, nor does it suck,"<ref name=Paul/> also noting the album demonstrated how punk had changed from prior eras.
Later the same year, Shawn Merril of ''Exclaim!'' wrote, "Career Objective ... displays a natural progression into a more established and stronger songwriting foundation, without tarnishing their inherent juvenile behaviour."<ref name=Merrill>{{cite news | last = Merrill | first = Shawn | date = Oct 1, 2003 | title = Methadones Career Objective | url = https://exclaim.ca/music/article/methadones-career_objective | work = Exclaim! | access-date = 2023-09-07 }}</ref>
Stewart Mason of AllMusic wrote "Career Objective is the sort of record that a 14-year-old kid and his 30-something uncle could both rock out to without complaint."<ref name=Mason>{{cite news | last = Mason | first = Stewart | title = Career Objective, The Methadones | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/career-objective-mw0000041077 | work = AllMusic | access-date = 2023-09-07 }}</ref> Mason highlights aspects of multiple songs including the "musical sophistication" of "You Don't Know Me Anymore".
==Track listing== # "Premature Mid-Life Crisis" – 2:17 # "I'm About to Crack" – 2:54 # "Say Goodbye to Your Generation" – 2:28 # "Are You Really for Real?" – 2:44 # "Ammunition" – 3:27 # "Far Away" – 4:35 # "Stuck in My Head" – 1:51 # "Revitalized" – 2:51 # "Antidote" – 3:15 # "TV World" – 3:37 # "You Don't Know Me Anymore" – 4:48 # "Noodle" – 6:52
==Personnel== *Dan Vapid – vocals, guitar *Mike Byrne – guitar *Pete Mittler – bass *Matt Drastic – drums *Mass Giorgini – production, engineering *Don Switchblade – engineering *Phillip Hill – engineering
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Category:The Methadones albums Category:2003 albums