Wipers Box Set
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Released | 2001[1] | |||
Recorded | 1979–1983 | |||
Genre | Punk rock | |||
Label | Zeno Records[2] | |||
Producer | Greg Sage[3] | |||
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Wipers Box Set is a compilation box set, comprising remastered reissues of the first three albums by punk rock band Wipers: Is This Real?, Youth of America and Over the Edge.[5] The collection includes 23 bonus tracks, including six previously unreleased songs, as well as liner notes by leader Greg Sage.
Track listing
[edit]Disc 1: Is This Real?
[edit]- "Return of the Rat" - 2:38
- "Mystery" - 1:47
- "Up Front" - 3:04
- "Let's Go Away" - 1:48
- "Is This Real?" - 2:39
- "Tragedy" - 2:00
- "D-7" - 4:04
- "Potential Suicide" - 3:34
- "Don't Know What I Am" - 2:56
- "Window Shop for Love" - 2:59
- "Wait a Minute" - 3:04
- "Born with a Curse" (previously unreleased) - 1:48
- "Rebel with a Cause" (Is This Real? outtake) - 2:11
- "Misfit" (previously unreleased) - 1:35
- "Mystery" (original 4-track version) - 1:46
- "Tragedy" (original 4-track version) - 2:11
- "Let's Go Away" (original 4-track version) - 1:52
- "Is This Real?" (original 4-track version) - 2:40
- "Alien Boy" - 3:23
- "Image of Man" - 2:29
- "Telepathic Love" - 1:32
- "Voices in the Rain" - 1:24
- 1-11: Is This Real?
- 19-22: Alien Boy EP
Disc 2: Youth of America
[edit]- "No Fair" - 4:25
- "Youth of America" - 10:27
- "Taking Too Long" - 3:07
- "Can This Be" - 2:54
- "Pushing the Extreme" - 3:13
- "When It's Over" - 6:36
- "Scared Stiff" (previously unreleased) - 2:52
- "Pushing the Extreme" (alternate mix) - 3:11
- "No Fair" (alternate mix) - 4:34
- "When It's Over" (early version) - 6:26
- "Youth of America" (alternate mix) - 10:27
- 1-6: Youth of America
Disc 3: Over the Edge
[edit]- "Over the Edge" - 3:49
- "Doom Town" - 3:56
- "So Young" - 4:17
- "Messenger" - 1:54
- "Romeo" - 4:05
- "Now Is the Time" - 3:02
- "What Is" - 2:19
- "No One Wants an Alien" - 3:23
- "The Lonely One" - 3:38
- "No Generation Gap" - 3:09
- "This Time" - 2:54
- "Mistaken ID" (live) - 3:05
- "No Solution" ("Romeo" B-side) - 2:30
- "Doom Town" (alternate mix) - 3:56
- "The Lonely One" (alternate mix) - 3:37
- "Now Is the Time" (alternate mix) - 3:04
- "Romeo" (alternate vocal mix) - 4:05
- "Our Past Life" (demo) - 1:29
- 1-11: Over the Edge
References
[edit]- ^ Waksman, Steve (February 4, 2009). This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520253100 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Wipers 3 Disc Box Set (Original) – Zenorecords".
- ^ LLC, SPIN Media (April 3, 2004). "The 20 Greatest Grunge Albums of All Time". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Wipers". www.trouserpress.com.