Watoosh!

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Watoosh!
Watoosh.jpg
Studio album by
Pezz
ReleasedJuly 23, 1999
Recorded1999 in Mississauga, Ontario
Genre Punk rock
Length42:54
Label
Producer Brad "Merlin" Nelson
Pezz chronology
Dudebox
(1995)
Watoosh!
(1999)
Try Honesty EP
(2001)

Watoosh! is the only studio album released by Canadian rock band Pezz, released in 1999 before they changed their name to Billy Talent. The album was re-released in 2005 through Atlantic Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pezz except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."M & M"4:15
2."Fairytale"4:21
3."Nita"4:51
4."Mother's Native Instrument"4:55
5."Bird in the Basement"3:44
6."Recap"3:40
7."When I Was a Little Girl"2:04
8."Warmth of Windows"3:03
9."Square Root of Me"3:57
10."Absorbed"5:22
11."Silence"0:07
12."Silence"0:08
13."Silence"0:33
14."Silence"0:14
15."Silence"0:12
16."Silence"0:14
17."New Orleans Is Sinking" (The Tragically Hip cover)1:14

Personnel

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