''Grand Bargain!'' is a 2018 studio album by American
alternative rock
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Poster Children
Poster Children is an American indie rock band formed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1987. and was promoted by the single "Grand Bargain" and a tour. The release received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
Editors at
AllMusic
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rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that "the reunion album is a much trickier matter" but noted that the songwriting is relevant and "reflects the social and political chaos of life in an increasingly divided nation" and the band "express themselves with an unpretentious intelligence and a laser-like focus" that "result ina set of tunes that expresses itself with a ferocity that's not rancor for its own sake but the sound of a furious wake-up call to the nation they call home". ''
Good Morning America
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'' named this the 42nd best album of 2018, where Allan Raible called it "a sharply appealing, politically-charged set".
Track listing
All songs written by Poster Children.
#"Grand Bargain" – 3:14
#"Hippie Hills" – 3:26
#"Lucky Ones" – 3:14
#"World's Insane" – 3:09
#"Devil and the Gun" – 4:20
#"Better Than Nothing" – 2:26
#"Brand New Country" – 2:54
#"Better Place" – 2:12
#"Final Offense" – 2:42
#"Big Surprise" – 2:36
#"Safe Tonight" – 3:42
Steve Albini
Steven Frank Albini (; July 22, 1962 – May 7, 2024) was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987–1989) and Shellac (band), ...
Bob Weston
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audio mastering
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at Chicago Mastering Service
See also
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2018 in American music
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List of 2018 albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2018. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received signifi ...