# Career Objective

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Career Objective
| type       = Album
| artist     = [The Methadones](/source/The_Methadones)
| cover      =Career Objective.jpg|border=yes
| alt        =
| released   = 2003
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock), [pop punk](/source/pop_punk)
| length     = 34:03
| label      = Stardumb Records
| producer   = [Mass Giorgini](/source/Mass_Giorgini) and The Methadones
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [Punknews.org](/source/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](/source/punk_rock) band [The Methadones](/source/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!](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Dan_Vapid) – vocals, guitar 
*Mike Byrne – guitar
*[Pete Mittler](/source/Pete_Mittler) – bass
*Matt Drastic – drums
*[Mass Giorgini](/source/Mass_Giorgini) – production, engineering
*Don Switchblade – engineering
*[Phillip Hill](/source/Phillip_Hill_(musician)) – engineering

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Methadones}}
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Category:The Methadones albums
Category:2003 albums

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