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{{Infobox album
| name       = Panic On
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Madder Rose]]
| cover      =Panic On.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 1994
| recorded   = Waterfront Studios, [[Hoboken, NJ]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie pop]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=51|s=05}}
| label      = [[Seed Records]], [[Atlantic Records]]
| producer   = Madder Rose, Mark Freegard
| prev_title = [[Bring it Down]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[Tragic Magic (album)|Tragic Magic]]
| next_year  = 1997
}}
'''''Panic On''''' is the second album by indie pop band [[Madder Rose]], released in March 1994 on [[Atlantic Records]].
==Recording==
The album was recorded with, and co-produced by, Mark Freegard at Waterfront Studios in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 | title=Freegard's Soundscapes Define Modern Rock | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=9 September 1995 | access-date=4 July 2014 | author=Clark, Rick | pages=63}}</ref> According to Madder Rose guitarist [[Billy Cote]], the band recorded ''Panic On'' just after they had finished touring, and had only ten days to prepare for the recording sessions. He has also said that it was very easy to record the album's songs.<ref name=Deseret>{{cite web | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/355576/MADDER-ROSE-WILL-SHOW-SL-THAT-NOT-BEING-BORING-MATTERS.html?pg=all | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325060430/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/355576/MADDER-ROSE-WILL-SHOW-SL-THAT-NOT-BEING-BORING-MATTERS.html?pg=all | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 25, 2014 | title=Madder Rose Will Show S.L. That Not Being Boring Matters | work=[[Deseret News]] | date=27 May 1994 | access-date=4 July 2014 | author=Iwasaki, Scott}}</ref> After the album was recorded, the band's bassist, Matt Verta-Ray, left the band, whereupon they had five weeks to choose a new one; they settled on Chris Giammalvo from [[Eve's Plum]].<ref name=Deseret/>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1score={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/panic-on-mw0000110892 | title=Panic On Review | work=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=4 July 2014 | author=Henderson, Alex}}</ref>
|rev3=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score=A–<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/1994/03/25/panic/ | title=Panic On | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=25 March 1994 | access-date=4 July 2014 | author=Sinclair, Tom}}</ref>
|rev2=''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
|rev2score={{rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref name=xgau>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Madder Rose |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=madder+rose |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
|rev4=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4score={{rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-12-ca-3127-story.html | title=In Brief | work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author-link=Lorraine Ali | date=12 June 1994 | access-date=4 July 2014 | author=Ali, Lorraine}}</ref>
|rev5=''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev5score={{rating|4|5}}<ref name=manning/>
|rev6=''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev6score={{rating|1|1|full=Solid lime.svg}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fT3PkoU5ylcC&pg=PA101 | title=Madder Rose: Panic On | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=May 1994 | access-date=4 July 2014 | author=Sheffield, Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield | pages=101}}</ref>
}}
Among the many critics who reviewed ''Panic On'' favorably was ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Kara Manning, who wrote that it "beautifully blends poetry and mayhem" and gave it 4 out of 5 stars.<ref name=manning>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/madderrose/albums/album/191989/review/5942852/panic_on |title=Panic On Review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=30 June 1994 |access-date=6 July 2014 |author=Manning, Kara |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517075010/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/madderrose/albums/album/191989/review/5942852/panic_on |archive-date=May 17, 2009 }}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]], however, was less complimentary, awarding the album a "neither", which, according to him, denotes an album that "may impress once or twice with consistent craft or an arresting track or two. Then it won't."<ref name=xgau/>
==Track listing==
# Sleep, Forever
# Car Song
# Panic On
# What Holly Sees
# Almost Lost My Mind
# Drop A Bomb
# Ultra Anxiety (Teenage Style)
# Happy New Year
# Day In, Day Out
# Margaret
# Foolish Ways
# Black Eye Town
# When You Smile
# Mad Dog
==Personnel==
*Dave Battelene—Assistant Engineer
*Diane Carpentieri—Design, Flute
*Billy Coté—Artwork, Composer, Cover Art, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Slide Guitar, Vibraphone
*Greg Di Gesu—Assistant Engineer
*Mark Freegard—Engineer, Mini Moog, Mixing, Producer
*Ted Jensen—Mastering
*Johnny Kick—Artwork, Composer, Drums, Organ, Piano, Vibraphone, Vocals (Background)
*Rich Lamb—Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
*Mary Lorson—Collage, Composer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals
*Madder Rose—Primary Artist, Producer
*Jeff Mauriello—Assistant Engineer
*Robert Musso—Engineer, Producer
*Tom Sheehan—Photography
*Matt Verta-Ray—Artwork, Bass, Composer, Cover Art, Guitar, Organ, Vibraphone, Violin, Vocals (Background)
*Steve Yegelwel—A&R
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Madder Rose}}
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[[Category:1994 albums]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Madder Rose albums]]