Wish I'd Taken Pictures

Last updated
Wish I'd Taken Pictures
Wish Id Taken Pictures.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1996
RecordedNovember 1995
StudioRazor's Edge in San Francisco
Genre Queercore, pop punk, power pop
Length34:16
Label Mint
Producer Pansy Division
Pansy Division chronology
Pile Up
(1995)
Wish I'd Taken Pictures
(1996)
More Lovin' from Our Oven
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Wish I'd Taken Pictures is the third studio album, fourth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, released on February 13, 1996 by Lookout! Records and Mint Records.

Contents

The front and back covers feature photographs of Mark Ewert and Moon Trent, taken by Marc Geller. Both men previously appeared on the cover of Pansy Division's 1994 album Deflowered and subsequently appeared twenty years later on the cover of their 2016 album Quite Contrary , photographed in the same location.

The cassette release of this album is unique compared to other Lookout! Records albums in that it comes in a clear purple shell.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Horny in the Morning" Jon Ginoli 1:35
2."Vanilla"Ginoli, Chris Freeman 2:08
3."I Really Wanted You"Ginoli2:15
4."Dick of Death"Freeman2:40
5."Expiration Date"Ginoli2:58
6."The Summer You Let Your Hair Grow Out"Ginoli, Freeman2:11
7."Wish I'd Taken Pictures"Ginoli, Freeman2:43
8."Pillow Talk"Ginoli2:23
9."This Is Your Life"Ginoli, Freeman1:44
10."Don't Be So Sure"Ginoli, Freeman2:52
11."Kevin"Ginoli3:01
12."The Ache"Ginoli4:02
13."Pee Shy"Ginoli, Freeman2:22
14."Sidewalk Sale"Ginoli1:17
Total length:34:16

Personnel

Pansy Division

Additional musicians

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pansy Division</span> American rock band

Pansy Division are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 1991 by guitarist and singer-songwriter Jon Ginoli along with bassist Chris Freeman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Queers</span> American punk rock band

The Queers are an American punk rock band, formed in 1981 by Portsmouth, New Hampshire native Joseph “Joe” P. King along with Scott Gildersleeve, and John “Jack” Hayes. With the addition of Keith Hages joining on bass in 1983 the band started playing their first public performances. The revised line-up played a total of six live shows between 1983 and 1984. This earliest era of The Queers formation initially broke up in late 1984; however, Joe Queer re-formed the band with an all-new line-up in 1986. In 1990, after several more band line-up changes the band signed with Shakin' Street Records to release their debut album, Grow Up. The album earned the band notability within New England, but with the release of their next album, 1993's Love Songs for the Retarded, on Lookout! Records, their following grew.

Squirtgun is an American punk rock band from Lafayette, Indiana formed by record producer Mass Giorgini in 1993.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Steel</span> American punk rock band

American Steel is an American punk rock band formed in 1995 in Oakland, California. When offered their first show, the group took their name from the block-long sign on the warehouse across the street. After playing at parties and smaller venues around the Bay Area for over a year, and undergoing several lineup changes, the band bought a van and embarked on their first tour of the US, lasting 32 days and covering 12,000 miles.

The Hi-Fives are an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area.

<i>Undressed</i> (Pansy Division album) 1993 studio album by Pansy Division

Undressed is the debut album by American queercore band Pansy Division, released in March 1993 on Lookout! Records.

<i>Deflowered</i> 1994 studio album by Pansy Division

Deflowered is the second studio album by American queercore band Pansy Division, released in 1994 on Lookout! Records.

<i>Pile Up</i> 1995 compilation album by Pansy Division

Pile Up is a compilation album by American queercore band Pansy Division, released on February 16, 1995, by Lookout! Records. The album compiles various singles, b-sides, cover songs and compilation appearances recorded between 1992 and 1995.

<i>Total Entertainment!</i> 2003 studio album by Pansy Division

Total Entertainment! is a studio album by American queercore band Pansy Division. It was released in 2003 by Alternative Tentacles.

<i>Absurd Pop Song Romance</i> 1998 studio album by Pansy Division

Absurd Pop Song Romance is the fourth studio album, sixth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, released on September 8, 1998 by Lookout! Records.

<i>Grow Up</i> (The Queers album) 1990 studio album by The Queers

Grow Up is the debut album by the American punk rock band the Queers. Recorded in multiple sessions between 1986 and 1988, with various band members and session musicians backing singer and guitarist Joe King, it was originally released as an LP record in 1990 by British label Shakin' Street Records. However, the label went out of business after only 1,000 copies were pressed. The Queers had more copies pressed themselves, continuing to list Shakin' Street as the record label, but when they failed to pay their bill the pressing plant destroyed all but approximately 160 copies, which the band released with a photocopied album cover.

<i>Beat Off</i> 1994 studio album by The Queers

Beat Off is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band the Queers, released in 1994 by Lookout! Records. Recorded during a time when the Queers' usual drummer, Hugh O'Neill, was on a forced leave of absence from the band to deal with heroin addiction, it featured Screeching Weasel drummer Dan Panic and guitarist Dan Vapid added to the lineup. It was the third and final Queers album produced by Screeching Weasel singer Ben Weasel, who insisted on a no-frills punk sound for the album and removed Vapid's tracks from the final mix without his knowledge.

<i>Move Back Home</i> 1995 studio album by The Queers

Move Back Home is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band the Queers, released in May 1995 by Lookout! Records. The recording sessions were marred by the band members' drug problems, and many of the songs were written in the studio. Producer and Lookout! president Larry Livermore was so displeased with the result that he took his name off of the album, and several involved parties, including singer and guitarist Joe Queer, later regarded it as sub-par. After the Queers rescinded their master recordings from Lookout! in 2006, Move Back Home was reissued by Asian Man Records the following year, having been remixed and remastered by Queer and recording engineer Mass Giorgini and with the tracks from the Surf Goddess EP added.

<i>A Day Late and a Dollar Short</i> 1996 compilation album by The Queers

A Day Late and a Dollar Short is a compilation album by the American punk rock band the Queers, released in January 1996 by Lookout! Records. It collects material recorded between 1982 and 1994, most of it with original member Wimpy Rutherford. It includes the band's first two EPs, 1982's Love Me and 1984's Kicked Out of the Webelos, several demo tracks recorded in 1991, 16 tracks recorded during a January 1993 reunion with Rutherford, and a complete set of early songs recorded live on radio station WFMU in 1994 with Rutherford on lead vocals.

<i>Reach for the Sky</i> (The Allman Brothers Band album) 1980 studio album by The Allman Brothers Band

Reach for the Sky is the seventh studio album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band, released in 1980. It was the last album to feature drummer Jai Johanny Johanson until his return on the Seven Turns album.

<i>Follow the Lights</i> 2007 EP by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals

Follow the Lights is an EP by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals released on October 23, 2007. The EP contains three new songs and four live studio recordings, including a cover of the Alice in Chains' song, "Down in a Hole". It was produced by then-Cardinals member James Candiloro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Freeman (musician)</span> American musician

Chris Freeman is an American bassist and vocalist, best known as a member of the band Pansy Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trash (Roxy Music song)</span> 1979 single by Roxy Music

"Trash" is a single by the English rock band Roxy Music taken from their sixth studio album Manifesto (1979), their first after the comeback that followed the three years hiatus. It peaked at number 40 in the UK charts. "Trash" was backed by a softened arrangement of the same song, called "Trash 2", which was made available on the box set of The Thrill of It All (1995).

<i>Lost Gems & Rare Tracks</i> 2010 compilation album by Pansy Division

Lost Gems & Rare Tracks is a compilation of singles, unreleased tracks, demos and other rare songs by queercore band Pansy Division. It was released exclusively on iTunes in 2010. The album follows the band's two other rarities albums 1995's Pile Up and 1997's More Lovin' from Our Oven.

<i>Quite Contrary</i> 2016 studio album by Pansy Division

Quite Contrary is the seventh studio album, ninth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, it was released on September 9, 2016 by Alternative Tentacles.

References