Pony Express Record

Pony Express Record
Studio album by
Shudder to Think
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1994 (1994-09-13)
Recorded1993[1]
Studio
  • Oz Studios, Baltimore
Genre
Length53:50
LabelEpic
ProducerTed Niceley
Shudder to Think chronology
Get Your Goat
(1992) 		Pony Express Record
(1994) 		50,000 B.C.
(1997)
Singles from Pony Express Record
  1. "Hit Liquor[3]"
    Released: 1994
  2. "X-French Tee Shirt[4]"
    Released: 1994
  3. "So Into You[5]"
    Released: 1995

Pony Express Record is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band Shudder to Think, released in 1994 by Epic Records. It was the first album of the band to feature guitarist Nathan Larson and drummer Adam Wade, after the departure of founding members Chris Matthews and Mike Russell. The album saw the band attempting to craft a unique sound. According to Wade, "high up on our agenda it was like, 'No matter what, we cannot sound like anybody else.' We didn’t want to be Fugazi or Soundgarden—though those influences were there."[6] Larson recalls of the album: "We definitely made our strangest record to date. We really did want to have a pop hit, but we made a really weird record. Get Your Goat is brighter and poppier. Pony Express is velvety and dark".[7]

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/shuddertothinkofficial/posts/oz-studios-baltimore-md-1993/910017035759332/ [user-generated source]
  2. ^ Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. treblezine.com
  3. ^ "Shudder To Think – Hit Liquor". Discogs. 1994.
  4. ^ "Shudder To Think – X-French Tee Shirt / Shake Your Halo Down". Discogs. 22 November 1994.
  5. ^ "Shudder To Think – So Into You". Discogs. 1995.
  6. ^ Jarnstrom, David (September 25, 2014). "Encore: Adam Wade On Shudder To Think's Pony Express Record". Modern Drummer. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).