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Panda Park is an undeniably brilliant record that finds an uncompromising, always striving-to-evolve band totally on top of its game. This is what Aladdin Sane might sound like, had he gone into hiding in 1974 only to re-emerge three decades later in a Chicago indie rock outfit. To Everybody may have hinted at the direction the 90 Day Men would take with Panda Park, but it still comes as a shock -- the group has gone from being confounding post-hardcore to defining what could be called post-piano pop. They mash Warm Jets-era Eno, Elton John, Bowie, T. Rex, Wendy Carlos (check the analog vibe on "When Your Luck Runs Out"), ELO, and the entire history of Chicago's experimental rock into a caterwauling, spaced-out collection of catchy insanity. Is this the first hardcore pop album? It's certainly challenging and unforgiving on tracks like the piercing and awkward "Chronological Disorder" and there's a weirdness that suggests something is impending. But there's no slick, Interpol gloom and doom or '80s keyboard new wave -- which would have been the easiest approach. On the contrary Panda Park is uplifting, mesmerizing, glittery, and unapologetically psychedelic while sounding rooted in both '70s prog and skewed latter-day punk rock. The 90 Day Men have landed with an album that acknowledges their forebears while owing them nothing -- and they may be the most relentlessly original band of the year. Panda Park is like Revolver from a group raised on Fugazi -- God help listeners when they release their Sgt. Pepper. ~ Charles Spano
Recorded at Electrical Audio Studios and Soma Studios, Chicago, Illinois on May 5-14, 2003.
Recording information: Electrical Audio Studios (05/05/2003-05/14/2003); Soma Studios, Chicago, IL (05/05/2003-05/14/2003).Mojo (Publisher) (3/04, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Weaving jazz, pop and psych-tinged rock into luscious, layered song-swirls....[A] strangely seductive record."[ CMJ (2/9/04, p.5) - "[PANDA PARK] contains elements of neo-prog combined with early '90s math rock--and the sum of those genres proves to be something marvelous." Panda Park Music | List Price | $15.98 (You save $2.03) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs | | Label | Southern | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  89852  | | CD Universe Part number | 6654231 | | Catalog number | 28102 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 24, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | John Congleton | | Engineer | John Congleton |
90 Day Men Panda Park Songs | 1. | Even Time Ghost Can't Stop Wagner |
| 2. | When Your Luck Runs Out |
| 3. | Chronological Disorder |
| 4. | Sequel |
| 5. | Too Late or Too Dead |
| 6. | Silver and Snow |
| 7. | Night Birds |
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