{{distinguish|Phase modulation}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Phaseshifter | type = studio | artist = Redd Kross | cover = Phaseshifter.jpg | alt = | released = October 5, 1993 | recorded = | studio = | genre = *Alternative rock *grunge<ref name="pitchfork.com">{{cite web |title=The 25 Best Grunge Albums of the '90s |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-grunge-albums-of-the-90s/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=6 October 2022}}</ref> | length = | label = This Way Up/Mercury<ref name=TP/> | producer = Redd Kross | prev_title = Third Eye | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Show World | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Singles | name = Phaseshifter | type = studio | single1 = Jimmy's Fantasy | single1date = 1993 | single2 = Lady in the Front Row | single2date = 1993 | single3 = Visionary | single3date = 1994 }} }} '''''Phaseshifter''''' is a 1993 album by the American rock band Redd Kross.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/redd-kross-mn0000385611/biography|title=Redd Kross Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ali |first1=Lorraine |title=Totally Krossed Out |magazine=Spin |date=Dec 1993 |volume=9 |issue=9 |page=87}}</ref> Three singles were released from the album: "Jimmy's Fantasy", "Lady In The Front Row" and "Visionary".
The album peaked at number 99 on the Australian ARIA albums chart in April 1994.<ref name="AUS"/> The band supported the album by touring with the Lemonheads.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/12/03/this-most-important-band-america/|title=This Is the Most Important Band in America?|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
==Production== The album was produced by the band and mixed by John Agnello.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/redd-kross-red-cross-ep-phaseshifter-show-world/|title=Redd Kross: Red Cross EP / Phaseshifter / Show World|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> Unlike with previous albums, Redd Kross had to scramble to write or find all new songs for ''Phaseshifter''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stoute |first1=Lenny |title=Redd Kross: 'A tight band that feels like family' |work=Toronto Star |date=November 19, 1993 |page=B13}}</ref> "Crazy World" was originally recorded by Frightwig. The McDonald brothers brought on three new bandmates for the recording sessions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sculley |first1=Alan |title=Red Kross Has Lent a Hand Over the Years |work=Daily Press |date=November 26, 1993 |location=Newport News |department=InRoads |page=16}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/phaseshifter-mw0000620943|title=Redd Kross Phaseshifter|website=AllMusic}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev3score = 6.9/10<ref name="auto"/> }} ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "With the comic relief in the songs kept out of the spotlight ... it's possible to overlook the McDonalds' colorful personalities in the lighthearted songs, hearing only the catchy tunes, the Big Noise and the skilled musicianship."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Redd Kross (Red Cross) |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/redd-kross-red-cross/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> The ''Vancouver Sun'' called the album "12 songs of endearing melodies and post-adolescent emotionalism ... enveloped in the fierce energy of the band's live performances."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Tom |title=Kross Ahead of Its Time |work=Vancouver Sun |date=21 Oct 1993 |page=B4}}</ref> ''The Virginian-Pilot'' labeled it "a fully convincing hard-rock record that could have been the follow-up to ''Cheap Trick at Budokan''."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Rickey |title=References to Life and Other Things |work=The Virginian-Pilot |date=November 26, 1993 |department=Preview |page=3}}</ref>
The ''Press-Telegram'' deemed the album "a brilliant merger of bubblegum and thrash-punk"; the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' considered it "great trash-metal."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grobaty |first1=Tim |title=First, we got the new Redd Kross album... |work=Press-Telegram |date=October 9, 1993 |page=C1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferman |first1=Dave |title=RRRRRock, Man! |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=October 15, 1993 |department=A&E |page=2}}</ref> ''The Morning Call'' listed ''Phaseshifter'' among the best albums of 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Righi |first1=Len |title=The Year in Review |work=The Morning Call |date=1 Jan 1994 |page=A46}}</ref>
AllMusic wrote that the band "seem more bent on cutting straightforward and driving, power pop/rock anthems than going in for their '80s-style, HR Pufnstuf form of garage psychedelia."<ref name="auto1"/>
==Track listing== All songs written by Jeff McDonald and Steve McDonald, except where noted.
# "Jimmy's Fantasy" (J. Mcdonald, S. McDonald, Bill Bartell, Eddie Kurdziel) – 3:45 # "Lady in the Front Row" (J. Mcdonald, S. McDonald, Kurdziel) – 3:20 # "Monolith" – 4:12 # "Crazy World" (D. Chirazi) – 4:30 # "Dumb Angel" (J. Mcdonald, S. McDonald, Bartell, Roger Manning) – 2:57 # "Huge Wonder" – 5:02 # "Visionary" – 4:04 # "Pay for Love" (J. Mcdonald, S. McDonald, Gere Fennelly, Charlotte Caffey) – 4:13 # "Ms. Lady Evans" – 2:47 # "Only a Girl" – 3:43 # "Saragon" – 2:46 # "After School Special" (J. Mcdonald, S. McDonald, Fennelly) – 2:54 # "Any Hour, Every Day" (bonus track on UK/Japanese/Australian CD)
==Personnel== *Steven Shane McDonald – bass, vocals *Jeff McDonald – guitar, vocals *Eddie Kurdziel – lead guitar *Gere Fennelly – Mellotron, piano, keyboards *Brian Reitzell – drums, timpani, percussion
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Phaseshiter'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1993) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="AUS">{{cite Ryan|page=231}}</ref> | 99 |}
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