Wig Out at Denko's

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Wig Out At Denkos
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1987
RecordedMarch 1987
Genre Melodic hardcore, [1] emo [1] [2]
Length28:05 (original)
42:23 (reissue)
Label Dischord [3]
Producer Ian MacKaye, Don Zientara
Dag Nasty chronology
Can I Say
(1986)
Wig Out At Denkos
(1987)
Field Day
(1988)
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Wig Out At Denko's is the second studio album by the American melodic hardcore band Dag Nasty, released in 1987 on Dischord Records. [2] [5]

Contents

It was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus tracks in 2002. [6]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The Godfather" - 3:21
  2. "Trying" - 1:59
  3. "Safe" - 3:07
  4. "Fall" - 2:53
  5. "When I Move" - 1:53

Side two

  1. "Simple Minds" - 2:01
  2. "Wig Out at Denkos" - 3:15
  3. "Exercise" - 3:35
  4. "Dag Nasty" - 3:15
  5. "Crucial Three" - 2:46

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Safe (Alternate Version)" - 3:14
  2. "Trying (Alternate Version)" - 1:48
  3. "Fall (Alternate Version)" - 2:52
  4. "Roger (Alternate Version)" - 1:12
  5. "Mango (Alternate Version)" - 2:19
  6. "When I Move (Live Acoustic Version)" - 2:00
  7. "I've Heard (Live Acoustic Version)" - 0:52

Personnel

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