2009 studio album by P.O.S
Never Better is the third solo studio album by American rapper P.O.S. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment in the year 2009. It peaked at number 106 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1]
Production
Over 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.
Release
The 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.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
Many reviewers on RapReviews.com placed this album in their top ten list for 2009, with it even claiming the number one spot in a few.[12][13][14][15][16]
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[17]
- P.O.S – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ, production (2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
- Matt Scharenbroich – drums (1)
- Lazerbeak – production (1, 4, 5, 6, 8), vocals (2), piano (5, 6), keyboards (5), organ (6)
- Eric Timothy Carlson – vocals (2), artwork
- Glorily Velez – vocals (2)
- Joel Anderson – vocals (2)
- Julie Kravitz – vocals (2)
- Ruben Vela II – vocals (2)
- Ryan Cybul – vocals (2)
- The Bled – vocals (2)
- Mike the 2600 King – turntables (3)
- Turbo Nemesis – turntables (7)
- Jessy Greene – violin (7)
- Paper Tiger – production (9)
- Dessa – vocals (9)
- Sims – vocals (9)
- Cecil Otter – vocals (9)
- F.Stokes – vocals (10)
- Maria Juranic – handclaps (12)
- Jason Shevchuk – vocals (13)
- Judah Nagler – vocals (14)
- MK Larada – production (15)
- Astronautalis – vocals (16)
- Maggie Morrison – vocals (17)
- Joe Mabbott – engineering, mixing
- B. Sayers – executive production
- S. Daley – executive production
- S. Alexander – executive production
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Adam Garcia – photography
- Brian Lesterberg – photography
- Dan Monick – photography
- Julien Murray – photography
Charts
References
- ^ a b "POS Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "Never Better by P.O.S." Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ Beringer, Drew (January 7, 2009). "P.O.S - Never Better". AbsolutePunk.
- ^ Purdom, Clayton. "Never Better - P.O.S". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ Bahn, Christopher (February 3, 2009). "P.O.S.: Never Better". The A.V. Club.
- ^ Young, Alex (February 27, 2009). "P.O.S. – Never Better". Consequence of Sound.
- ^ Vasquez, Andres (February 2, 2009). "P.O.S. - Never Better". HipHopDX.
- ^ Draper, Jason (April 21, 2009). "Album review: POS - Never Better". NME.
- ^ Faraone, Chris (February 18, 2009). "P.O.S. - Never Better". The Phoenix.
- ^ Patrin, Nate (February 4, 2009). "P.O.S.: Never Better". Pitchfork.
- ^ Herman, Max (February 5, 2009). "Never Better". XLR8R.
- ^ Juon, Steve (December 29, 2009). "The Year 2009 in Review". RapReviews.com.
- ^ Bernard, Adam (December 29, 2009). "The Year 2009 in Review". RapReviews.com.
- ^ Taylor, Patrick (December 29, 2009). "The Year 2009 in Review". RapReviews.com.
- ^ Bond, John-Michael (December 29, 2009). "The Year 2009 in Review". RapReviews.com.
- ^ Sirota, Eric (January 5, 2010). "The Year 2009 in Review". RapReviews.com.
- ^ Never Better (booklet). P.O.S. Minneapolis: Rhymesayers Entertainment. 2009. RSE102-2 01.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "POS Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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