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Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers

Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers is a Wipers tribute album released on Tim/Kerr in 1992.[1][2] The album was first released as a box set of 4 colored 7-inch records in a run of 10,000.[3][4] It helped to raise the profile of the independent label.[5]

Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers
Studio album by
Various Artists
Released1992
GenrePunk rock
LabelTim/Kerr
ProducerSlayer Hippy

Nirvana recorded their cover of "Return of the Rat" after Geffen had reservations about including the band's cover of "D-7".[6] Hole recorded a cover of "Over the Edge".[7]

Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers is the CD re-release of the album, expanded to include additional artist covers.[8][9]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [10]

Phoenix New Times praised "Up Front", calling it a "killer cut ... and a real firebomb of pure punk."[3] Vulture listed "Return of the Rat" as Nirvana's 55th best song (out of 72), writing: "Furious and loose, this is an incredibly faithful take on Sage’s version with just a little bit of its desperate, quivering edge lost in the process."[11]

Track listings edit

Original Eight Song track listing edit

  1. "Potential Suicide" (Napalm Beach)
  2. "Astro Cloud" (M99)
  3. "Return of the Rat" (Nirvana)
  4. "Up Front" (Poison Idea)
  5. "On the Run" (Dharma Bums)
  6. "I Don't Know What I Am/Mystery" (Crackerbash)
  7. "Over the Edge" (Hole)
  8. "Land of the Lost" (Whirlees)

Fourteen Song re-release edit

  1. "Potential Suicide" (Napalm Beach)
  2. "Astro Cloud" (M99)
  3. "Return of the Rat" (Nirvana)
  4. "Up Front" (Poison Idea)
  5. "On the Run" (Dharma Bums)
  6. "I Don't Know What I Am/Mystery" (Crackerbash)
  7. "Over the Edge" (Hole)
  8. "Land of the Lost" (Whirlees)
  9. "Telepathic Love" (Nation of Ulysses)
  10. "No One Wants an Alien" (Honey)
  11. "Tragedy" (Hazel)
  12. "Alien Boy" (Calamity Jane)
  13. "Soul's Tongue" (Saliva Tree)
  14. "Pushing the Extreme" (Thurston Moore and Keith Nealy)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wipers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Grow, Kory (August 28, 2020). "Wipers' 'Is This Real?' at 40: Greg Sage Reflects on a Northwest Punk Landmark". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ a b Simons, Ted. "SONGS FOR A PUNK SAGENATIONAL NOISEMAKERS PAY TRIBUTE TO TEMPE'S GREG SAGE". Phoenix New Times.
  4. ^ Azerrad, Michael (September 20, 1993). "Come as You are: The Story of Nirvana". Doubleday – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Morris, Chris (Nov 16, 1996). "Tim/Kerr growing force among indies". Billboard. 108 (46): 15, 50.
  6. ^ Gaar, Gillian G. (June 1, 2009). "The Rough Guide to Nirvana". Rough Guides UK – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Weidman, Rich (2022). Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond. Backbeat Books. p. 235.
  8. ^ Cross, Charles R.; Berkenstadt, Jim (February 22, 2012). "Classic Rock Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind". Schirmer Trade Books – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Popson, Tom (12 Nov 1992). "Nirvana B-sides: Their previously unreleased rare tracks due out". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 10.
  10. ^ "Various Artists - 14 Songs for Greg Sage: Wipers Tribute Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. ^ Beta, Andy (June 17, 2019). "Every Nirvana Song, Ranked". Vulture.
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