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Released | 21 May 2012 (Europe) | |||
Studio | The Rock Ranch Studio, Halden | |||
Genre | Glam metal, hard rock | |||
Length | 41:32 | |||
Label | Frontiers Records | |||
Producer | Trond Holter | |||
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Singles from Wall Street | ||||
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Wall Street is the fourth studio by the Norwegian glam metal band Wig Wam. [1] It was released on 21 May, 2012, with the album's first single "Wall Street" released on 24 February. [2] [3] The album was produced by the band's guitarist Trond Holter. Like their previous album, Wall Street was recorded, mastered and mixed at the Rock Ranch Studio in Halden, Norway.
Miscommunication between Wig Wam's Norwegian label and Frontier Records caused the latter to use the "Wall Street" single artwork for the cover of the European album version. [4] The artwork the band intended to use for the cover was used for the Norwegian and Japanese editions. [5] Wall Street was Wig Wam's last album before the members split up in 2014 and reunited in 2019. [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wall Street" | Trond Holter | 3:18 |
2. | "OMG! (Wish I Had a Gun)" | Holter | 4:00 |
3. | "Victory Is Sweet" | Bernt Jansen | 5:21 |
4. | "The Bigger The Better" |
| 3:32 |
5. | "Bleeding Daylight" | 3:15 | |
6. | "Tides Will Turn" | Holter | 4:27 |
7. | "Wrong Can Feel So Right" |
| 3:42 |
8. | "One Million Enemies" | Jansen | 3:43 |
9. | "Try My Body On" |
| 3:28 |
10. | "Natural High" |
| 3:46 |
11. | "Things Money Can't Buy" | Holter | 3:00 |
Total length: | 41:32 |
International bonus track
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "School's Out" (Alice Cooper cover) | 3:15 |
Total length: | 44:47 |
Japan bonus track
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Carlyle" (Demo version) |
| 3:42 |
Total length: | 45:14 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Norway (VG-lista) [7] | 19 |
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