{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Pop Heiress | type = Album | artist = Chainsaw Kittens | cover = Chainsaw Kittens - Pop Heiress.jpg | alt = | released = March 8, 1994 | recorded = 1993 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 47:03 | label = Mammoth/Atlantic | producer = John Agnello | prev_title = Angel on the Range (EP) | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Candy For You (EP) | next_year = 1995 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r196879|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''Pop Heiress''''' is the third album by the band Chainsaw Kittens, released in 1994.<ref name=Westword /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=chainsaw+kittens+alternative+rock+thompson&pg=PA249|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=June 5, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Recording== ''Pop Heiress'' was produced by John Agnello over five weeks at NRG Studios and Kiva West Studios in North Hollywood and Encino, Calif., respectively.<ref name=Westword>{{cite news|last=Barsotti|first=Mark|title=The Kittens' Meow|url=http://www.westword.com/1994-03-09/music/the-kittens-meow/|accessdate=30 May 2011|newspaper=Denver Westword|date=9 March 1994}}</ref><ref name=PopMatters>{{cite web|last=May|first=Steve|title=Tyson Meade Is a Rock God|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/020604-tysonmeade.shtml|work=PopMatters.com|publisher=PopMatters Media, Inc.|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref> According to Tyson Meade:
{{cquote|We practiced those songs a ton, so once we put them to tape, they were burning. We were having a fabulous time. We were on Atlantic Records making a big budget record in Los Angeles At one point, John came to a session dressed as a pink bunny.<ref name=PopMatters />|cquote}}
==Critical reception== ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "''Pop Heiress'' is the Kittens’ finest album, thanks to a combination of strong hooks, masterful production (by John Agnello) and the confidence that goes with such assets."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/chainsaw-kittens/|title=Chainsaw Kittens}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' stated: "From the delirious drama of 'Dive Into the Sea' to the T. Rexy shuffle of 'I Ride Free' to the punky attack of 'Sore on the Floor' and 'Burn You Down,' this is the Kittens' most consistent outing."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/07/08/consistent-kittens-and-fresh-figgs/5d412333-4eb1-41bc-b82d-88791cf18f79/|title=CONSISTENT KITTENS AND FRESH FIGGS|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=July 8, 1994|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== #"Sore on the Floor" – 3:11 #"Loneliest China Place" – 3:22 #"Pop Heiress Dies" – 3:49 #"Closet Song" – 2:37 #"Dive Into the Sea" – 5:54 #"Burn You Down" – 2:31 #"I Ride Free" – 4:30 #"Silver Millionaire" – 2:54 #"Media Star Hymn" – 3:27 #"Soldier on My Shoulder" – 4:18 #"Justine Find Heaven" – 4:27 #"We're Like..." – 6:01 <!-- add writing credits later -->
==Personnel== *Tyson Meade – vocals, guitar *Trent Bell – guitar *Matt Johnson – bass *Eric Harmon – drums
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8kwPdsZ1Cg="Pop Heiress Dies" video]
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