Wasted Days

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Wasted Days
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Studio album by The Slackers
Released February 20, 2001
Recorded 2000
Genre Ska
Length67:00
Label Hellcat
The Slackers chronology
Live at Ernesto's
(2000)		Wasted Days
(2001)		 The Slackers and Friends
(2002)
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Wasted Days is an album by the ska/reggae band The Slackers, released on February 21, 2001 on Hellcat Records. Unlike other releases by the Slackers, the songs on the vinyl LP version of the album differ significantly from their counterparts on the CD release; additionally, there are several tracks unique to the vinyl release. The CD edition of the album features a cover of the Bon Jovi song, "Wanted Dead or Alive".

The Slackers band that plays ska

The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and signing to notable punk label Hellcat Records.

Hellcat Records American record label

Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California, United States. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for signing bands.

Bon Jovi Rock band from the United States

Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald. Previous bassist Alec John Such was dismissed in 1994, and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013.

Contents

Artwork

The album concept is that of a comic book. The girl on the cover (Miki Stroman) is reading a comic entitled Wasted Days. The band is featured on the inside jacket speaking with dialog boxes like that of a comic book. With the exception of the song titles, the artwork for both the CD and vinyl versions is the same. Photo credit belongs to Denny Renshaw and the Wasted Days comic was created by Adrienne Vander Ploeg.

CD tracks

All songs written by Vic Ruggiero, except where noted.

Vic Ruggiero American Singer-Songwriter from New York, best known for being the lead singer and organist in the New York based ska band The Slackers.

Victor "Vic" Ruggiero, is a musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in reggae, blues, ska and rocksteady bands since the early 1990s, including The Slackers, Stubborn All-Stars, SKAndalous All Stars, Crazy Baldhead and The Silencers. He has also performed with punk rock band Rancid, both live and in the studio. He has released four solo acoustic albums and continues to tour and record worldwide. Ruggiero is known primarily as a singer and organist, although he also plays piano, bass, banjo, cigar box guitar, guitar, harmonica and percussion.

  1. "Wasted Days" (Marcus Geard) – 4:08
  2. "Henderson Swamp" – 2:42
  3. "Please Decide" – 3:11
  4. "Pets of the World" (The Slackers) – 4:18
  5. "Dave's Friend" (Dave Hillyard, Ruggiero) – 4:54
  6. "So This Is the Night" – 3:49
  7. "Made Up My Mind" (Hillyard, Ruggiero) – 3:54
  8. "Sermon" – 2:31
  9. "The Nurse" – 3:25
  10. "Old Days" (Hillyard, Ruggiero) – 5:40
  11. "Midnight Rendezvous" (Glen Pine) – 4:44
  12. "Tales of the Mongoose" (The Slackers) – 3:54
  13. "Easy" – 3:55
  14. "Walking On" – 6:11
  15. "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora) – 3:53
  16. "Information Error" (Hillyard, Ruggiero) – 6:12

Vinyl tracks

  1. "This Is the Night" (alternate version) – 3:29
  2. "Don't Break My Heart" – 4:01
  3. "Fifteen" – 3:20
  4. "Information Error" (alternate version) – 4:51
  5. "Wasted Days" (extended version with dub) – 6:35
  6. "Tales of the Rugaroo" (remix of "Tales of the Mongoose") – 7:09
  7. "A Fifth of Slack" (remix of "Made Up My Mind") – 3:57
  8. "Old Days" (alternate version) – 5:44
  9. "Remember When" – 5:02

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