Ninety Pound Wuss (album)

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Ninety Pound Wuss
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 7, 1996
Recordedat Robert Lang Studios
Genre Christian punk, hardcore punk, pop punk
Length40:23
Label Tooth & Nail Records
Producer Bob Moon, Ninety Pound Wuss
Ninety Pound Wuss chronology
Ninety Pound Wuss
(1996)
Where Meager Die Of Self Interest
(1997)

Ninety Pound Wuss is the debut studio album by American christian punk group Ninety Pound Wuss, released in 1996 through Tooth And Nail Records. [1] Yuri Ruley, drummer of MxPx, worked as a drum technician on the record. [2] The track "Something Must Break" is considered as the band's most popular song, as it appeared on multiple compilation albums and even has a music video.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Perseverance"2:34
2."Act Up"2:32
3."Girl Song"1:45
4."Telephone Wire"1:32
5."Daylight Savings Man"2:42
6."A.S.D. (Apathetic Selfish Destruction)"2:15
7."Misplaced Society"1:03
8."Shedding Blood"2:20
9."Red"2:42
10."The New Age"2:47
11."Responsibility"2:27
12."Olympia"1:39
13."Legalism"1:23
14."It All Goes Off"1:56
15."Freedom"2:03
16."Cut Throat"2:03
17."Spiritual Small Guy"2:29
18."Something Must Break"1:53
19."I Am (Everything)"2:28

Personnel

Performers

Production

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References

  1. "Ninety Pound Wus~ Songs, Reviews, Credits on AllMusic".
  2. "Ninety Pound Wuss Liner Notes". Caustic Fallout. Retrieved June 2, 2015.