| 词条 | Never Better (album) | ||||||||||
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| name = Never Better | type = studio album | artist = P.O.S | cover = POS-Never_Better.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2009|02|03}} | recorded = 2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rapcore, alternative hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=55|s=38}} | label = Rhymesayers Entertainment | producer = Lazerbeak, P.O.S, Paper Tiger, Dosh, MK Larada | prev_title = Audition | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = We Don't Even Live Here | next_year = 2012 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AbsolutePunk | rev1score = 91%[1] | rev2 = AllMusic | rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[2] | MC = 75/100[3] | rev3 = The A.V. Club | rev3score = B+[4] | rev4 = Consequence of Sound | rev4score = C+[5] | rev5 = HipHopDX | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}[6] | rev6 = NME | rev6score = 6/10[7] | rev7 = The Phoenix | rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[8] | rev8 = Pitchfork Media | rev8score = 7/10[9] | rev9 = XLR8R | rev9score = 7.5/10[10] }} Never Better is the third studio album by P.O.S, a member of Minneapolis indie hip hop collective Doomtree. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2009. MusicOver half of the record is produced by P.O.S himself, along with contributions from Doomtree producers Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger and MK Larada. It features guest verses from Doomtree compatriots Sims, Cecil Otter and Dessa, as well as Astronautalis. ReleaseThe first single "Goodbye" was released in December, 2008. The second single "Drumroll (We're All Thirsty)" was released in January, 2009 on iTunes and Amazon.com. The track "Savion Glover" is a remix of a track previously released on Doomtree's False Hopes in 2007. The album was released in a limited custom transparent digipak edition designed by Minneapolis designer Eric Carlson. It features 16 solid picture inserts with 6 plastic overlays, allowing the owner to create their own cover art combinations. ReceptionInitial critical response to Never Better was favorable. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 8 reviews.[3] Many reviewers on Rap Reviews placed this album in their top ten list for 2009, with it even claiming the number one spot in a few.[11][12][13][14][15] Track listing{{Track listing| extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Let It Rattle | extra1 = Lazerbeak | length1 = 3:33 | title2 = Drumroll (We're All Thirsty) | note2 = | extra2 = P.O.S | length2 = 2:37 | title3 = Savion Glover | extra3 = P.O.S | length3 = 2:19 | title4 = Purexed | extra4 = Lazerbeak | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Graves (We Wrote the Book) | extra5 = Lazerbeak | length5 = 3:14 | title6 = Goodbye | extra6 = Lazerbeak | length6 = 3:07 | title7 = Get Smokes | note7 = featuring Jessy Greene | extra7 = P.O.S | length7 = 2:38 | title8 = Been Afraid | extra8 = Lazerbeak | length8 = 3:39 | title9 = Low Light Low Life | note9 = featuring Sims, Cecil Otter, and Dessa | extra9 = Paper Tiger | length9 = 3:14 | title10 = The Basics (Alright) | extra10 = P.O.S | length10 = 3:23 | title11 = Out of Category | extra11 = P.O.S | length11 = 3:16 | title12 = Optimist (We Are Not for Them) | extra12 = P.O.S | length12 = 3:19 | title13 = Terrorish | note13 = featuring Jason Shevchuk | extra13 = P.O.S | length13 = 2:13 | title14 = Never Better | note14 = featuring Judah Nagler | extra14 = P.O.S | length14 = 4:03 | title15 = The Brave and the Snake | extra15 = MK Larada | length15 = 3:53 | title16 = Handmade/Handgun | note16 = Hidden track; featuring Astronautalis | extra16 = P.O.S | length16 = 5:58 | title17 = Slint | note17 = Deluxe edition bonus track; featuring Maggie Morrison | extra17 = P.O.S | length17 = 2:35 }} Charts
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=782602|title=P.O.S - Never Better|first=Drew|last=Beringer|date=January 7, 2009|work=AbsolutePunk}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/never-better-mw0000807602|title=Never Better - P.O.S|work=AllMusic|first=Clayton|last=Purdom|access-date=March 31, 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/never-better/pos|title=Never Better by P.O.S.|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=March 31, 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/pos-never-better,23309/|title=P.O.S.: Never Better|first=Christopher|last=Bahn|date=February 3, 2009|work=The A.V. Club}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/02/album-review-pos-never-better/|title=P.O.S. – Never Better|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Alex|last=Young|date=February 27, 2009}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.1102/title.pos-never-better|title=P.O.S. - Never Better|work=HipHopDX|first=Andres|last=Vasquez|date=February 2, 2009}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/10370|title=Album review: POS - Never Better|first=Jason|last=Draper|work=NME|date=April 21, 2009}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/76853-POS-NEVER-BETTER/|first=Chris|last=Faraone|title=P.O.S. - Never Better|date=February 18, 2009|work=The Phoenix}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12636-never-better/|title=P.O.S.: Never Better|first=Nate|last=Patrin|date=February 4, 2009|work=Pitchfork Media}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/p-o-s/never-better|first=Max|last=Herman|date=February 5, 2009|title=Never Better|work=XLR8R}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/year/09flash.html|title=The Year 2009 in Review|work=Rap Reviews|first=Steve|last=Juon|date=December 29, 2009}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/year/09adamb.html|title=The Year 2009 in Review|work=Rap Reviews|first=Adam|last=Bernard|date=December 29, 2009}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/year/09patrick.html|title=The Year 2009 in Review|work=Rap Reviews|first=Patrick|last=Taylor|date=December 29, 2009}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/year/09bond.html|title=The Year 2009 in Review|work=Rap Reviews|first=John-Michael|last=Bond|date=December 29, 2009}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/year/09sirota.html|title=The Year 2009 in Review|work=Rap Reviews|first=Eric|last=Sirota|date=January 5, 2010}} 16. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/never-better-mw0000807602/awards|title=P.O.S - Never Better - Awards|work=AllMusic|access-date=March 31, 2016}} External links
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