D Generation (album)

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D Generation
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1994 (1994-10-11)
Genre Rock,
Glam punk
Label Chrysalis
Producer David Bianco [1]
D Generation chronology
D Generation
(1994)
No Lunch
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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D Generation is the debut album by New York City glam punk band D Generation, released on October 11, 1994, through Chrysalis Records. [5] [6]

Contents

"No Way Out" was released as a single. Tracks 1,3, 5 and 7 are re-recorded versions of songs that had previously been released as 7-inch singles in 1993 ("No Way Out" b/w "Guitar Mafia" and "Wasted Years" b/w "Waiting For The Next Big Parade").

Track listing

  1. "No Way Out" (Richard Bacchus, Jesse Malin, Howie Pyro) - 4:23
  2. "Sins of America" (Malin, Pyro, Danny Sage) - 3:39
  3. "Guitar Mafia" (Malin, Sage) - 4:16
  4. "Feel Like Suicide" (Malin, Sage) - 2:20
  5. "Waiting for the Next Big Parade" (Bacchus, Malin, Pyro) - 4:28
  6. "Falling" (Malin, Pyro) - 4:21
  7. "Wasted Years" (Malin) - 2:53
  8. "Stealing Time" (Malin, Pyro) - 3:28
  9. "Ghosts" (Malin, Sage) - 3:59
  10. "Frankie" (Bacchus, Malin) - 3:16
  11. "Working on the Avenue" (Malin, Sage) - 2:55
  12. "Vampire Nation" (Malin, Sage) - 4:27
  13. "Degenerated" (Paul Cripple, Dave Insurgent of Reagan Youth) - 3:34

Personnel

D Generation

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