{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Show World | type = Studio | artist = Redd Kross | cover = Show World.jpg | alt = | released = February 11, 1997 | recorded = April 1996 | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = | label = * Mercury * This Way Up<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Show+World+redd+kross+1997&pg=PA17|title=Popular Uprisings|magazine=Billboard|date=February 22, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.}}</ref> | producer = * Redd Kross * Chris Shaw<ref name="auto2">{{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> | prev_title = Phaseshifter | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Researching the Blues | next_year = 2012 }} {{Music ratings |rev1=AllMusic |rev1Score= {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/show-world-mw0000089199|title=Show World Redd Kross|website=AllMusic}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |page=814}}</ref> |rev3=''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev3score=A<ref name="auto1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/02/14/show-world/|title=Show World|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> |rev4 = ''MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' |rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=927}}</ref> |rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev5score = 7.7/10<ref name="auto2"/> }} '''''Show World''''' is an album by rock band Redd Kross, released in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/redd-kross-mn0000385611/biography|title=Redd Kross &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/album-reviews/red-kross-albums-get-a-helping-hand-from-third-man-records|title=Redd Kross albums get a helping hand from Third Man Records|first=Bill|last=Kopp|magazine=Goldmine |date=September 24, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=Show+World+redd+kross+1997&pg=PA858|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=December 28, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050}}</ref>

Three singles were issued in the UK: "Get Out of Myself", "Mess Around", and "Secret Life". The US promotional singles were "Stoned", "Get Out of Myself", and "Mess Around".

==Critical reception== AllMusic called the album "yet more fun from a band who dedicates themselves to a smart good time."<ref name="auto"/> ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote that "in the hands of Redd Kross, bubblegum, glam, and old-school Brit pop sound thoroughly modern and, well, absolutely groovy."<ref name="auto1"/>

==Track listing== #"Pretty Please Me" (cover of song by the Quick) #"Stoned" #"You Lied Again" #"Girl God" #"Mess Around" #"One Chord Progression" #"Teen Competition" #"Follow the Leader" #"Vanity Mirror" #"Secret Life" #"Ugly Town" #"Get Out of Myself" #"Kiss the Goat" #"Sick Love" (hidden track)

==Personnel== *Vicki Berndt – photography *Marina Chavez – photography *Nick DiDia – engineer *John Ewing, Jr. – engineer *Gere Fennelly – keyboards *Brian Kehew – engineer, string arrangements *Eddie Kurdziel – guitar *Jeff McDonald – guitar, vocals *Steve McDonald – bass *David Nottingham – engineer *Redd Kross – producer *Brian Reitzell – percussion, drums *Steve Rooke – mastering *Tannis Root – design *Chris Shaw – producer, engineer, mixing

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