# Show World

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{{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](/source/Alternative_rock)
| length     =
| label      =
* [Mercury](/source/Mercury_Records)
* 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](/source/Phaseshifter)
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [Researching the Blues](/source/Researching_the_Blues)
| next_year  = 2012
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1=[AllMusic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/MusicHound)''
|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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
|rev5score = 7.7/10<ref name="auto2"/>
}}
'''''Show World''''' is an album by [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [Redd Kross](/source/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](/source/AllMusic) called the album "yet more fun from a band who dedicates themselves to a smart good time."<ref name="auto"/> ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)'' wrote that "in the hands of Redd Kross, [bubblegum](/source/Bubblegum_music), [glam](/source/Glam_rock), and old-school [Brit pop](/source/Britpop) sound thoroughly modern and, well, absolutely [groovy](/source/groovy)."<ref name="auto1"/>

==Track listing==
#"Pretty Please Me" (cover of song by [the Quick](/source/The_Quick_(US_band)))
#"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](/source/Nick_DiDia) – engineer
*John Ewing, Jr. – engineer
*Gere Fennelly – keyboards
*[Brian Kehew](/source/Brian_Kehew) – engineer, string arrangements
*Eddie Kurdziel – guitar
*[Jeff McDonald](/source/Redd_Kross) – guitar, vocals
*Steve McDonald – bass
*David Nottingham – engineer
*[Redd Kross](/source/Redd_Kross) – producer
*[Brian Reitzell](/source/Brian_Reitzell) – percussion, drums
*Steve Rooke – mastering
*Tannis Root – design
*Chris Shaw – producer, engineer, mixing

==References==
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Category:1997 albums
Category:Redd Kross albums
Category:Island Records albums
Category:Mercury Records albums

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