Audition (album)

Audition
Studio album by P.O.S
Released	January 31, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	46:00
Label	Rhymesayers Entertainment, Doomtree
P.O.S chronology
Ipecac Neat (2004) Audition (2006) Never Better (2009)

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Audition is the second album from P.O.S, a member of Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree, following his first album Ipecac Neat. It is likewise heavily punk-inspired.

It includes guest appearances from pop-punk singers, as well as production and vocals from members of Doomtree, and two songs featuring fellow Minnesota natives Slug of Atmosphere and Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, as well as Greg Attonito of The Bouncing Souls.

Track listing

#	Title	Time	Performer(s)
1	Audition Ipecac	0:12	P.O.S
2	Half-Cocked Concepts	3:47	P.O.S, Samples from Nervous Creatures by Kill Sadie
3	De La Souls	3:47	P.O.S, Greg Attonito
4	Stand Up (Let's Get Murdered)	3:18	P.O.S
5	Bush League Psyche-Out Stuff	4:20	P.O.S, Slug
6	Paul Kersey to Jack Kimball	2:59	P.O.S, Sample from Couleur Cafe by Serge Gainsbourg
7	Safety in Speed (Heavy Metal)	4:19	P.O.S, Craig Finn
8	The Kill in Me	3:24	P.O.S, Maggie
9	Yeah Right (Science, Science)	1:38	P.O.S, Samples from Science, Science by Song of Zarathustra
10	Audition M.D.	0:26	P.O.S
11	P.O.S Is Ruining My Life	3:19	P.O.S, Samples from It's Dangerous Business Walking out Your Front Door by Underoath
12	Living Slightly Larger	3:30	P.O.S, Mike Mictlan
13	Suicide Uma Schrantz	0:31	P.O.S
14	Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)	3:20	P.O.S, Slug
15	A Teddy Bear and a Tazer	3:42	P.O.S
16	Audition Mantra	3:19	P.O.S
17	Crispin Glover* (B-Side on "P.O.S Is Ruining My Life" single)	2:33	P.O.S
18	What's That Buzing?* (B-Side on "Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)" single)	1:45	P.O.S

Samples and References

• De La Souls modifies the lyrics from "I Am I Be" by De La Soul from the album Buhloone Mindstate. It also bases a lot of lyrical content on "Argyle" by Bouncing Souls from the album Maniacal Laughter.