Wall Street (Wig Wam album)

Wall Street is the fourth studio by the Norwegian glam metal band Wig Wam.[1] It was released on 21 May, 2012, with the album's first single "Wall Street" released on 24 February.[2][3] The album was produced by the band's guitarist Trond Holter. Like their previous album, Wall Street was recorded, mastered and mixed at the Rock Ranch Studio in Halden, Norway.

Wall Street
Studio album by
Released21 May 2012 (Europe)
StudioThe Rock Ranch Studio, Halden
GenreGlam metal, hard rock
Length41:32
LabelFrontiers Records
ProducerTrond Holter
Wig Wam chronology
Non Stop Rock'n Roll
(2010)
Wall Street
(2012)
Never Say Die
(2021)
Singles from Wall Street
  1. "Wall Street"
    Released: 24 February 2012
  2. "The Bigger The Better"
    Released: 11 May 2012

Miscommunication between Wig Wam's Norwegian label and Frontier Records caused the latter to use the "Wall Street" single artwork for the cover of the European album version.[4] The artwork the band intended to use for the cover was used for the Norwegian and Japanese editions.[5] Wall Street was Wig Wam's last album before the members split up in 2014 and reunited in 2019.[6]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wall Street"Trond Holter3:18
2."OMG! (Wish I Had a Gun)"Holter4:00
3."Victory Is Sweet"Bernt Jansen5:21
4."The Bigger The Better"
  • Tommy Berre
  • Åge Sten Nilsen
3:32
5."Bleeding Daylight" 3:15
6."Tides Will Turn"Holter4:27
7."Wrong Can Feel So Right"
  • Berre
  • Nilsen
3:42
8."One Million Enemies"Jansen3:43
9."Try My Body On"
  • Holter
  • Jansen
  • Nilsen
3:28
10."Natural High"
  • Holter
  • Jansen
  • Nilsen
3:46
11."Things Money Can't Buy"Holter3:00
Total length:41:32

International bonus track

No.TitleLength
12."School's Out" (Alice Cooper cover)3:15
Total length:44:47

Japan bonus track

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Carlyle" (Demo version)
  • Holter
  • Jansen
  • Nilsen
3:42
Total length:45:14

Personnel edit

Wig Wam
  • Glam (Åge Sten Nilsen) – vocals, backing vocals
  • Teeny (Trond Holter) – guitars, backing vocals, production, engineering, mixing
  • Flash (Bernt Jansen) – bass, backing vocals
  • Sporty (Øystein Andersen) – drums, arrangements
Additional personnel
  • Remo G. Munkeboe – engineering assistant
  • Bjørn Engelmann – mastering
  • Lasse Finbråthen – keyboards, piano (6, 8)
  • Ingeborg Holter – backing vocals (1, 6)
  • Trude Holter – backing vocals (1, 6)
  • Johannes Andersen – additional drums (5)
  • Haakon Holter – additional vocals (3)

Chart positions edit

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 19

References edit

  1. ^ "Wig Wam | Wall Street". 27 May 2012.
  2. ^ "WIG WAM – 'Wall Street' Single Out Next Week; New Album Due This Spring".
  3. ^ "Wig Wam oppløses". 14 March 2014.
  4. ^ Romero, Alex (2012). "WIG WAM (Eng.)". Queens Of Steel. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  5. ^ Romero, Alex (2012). "WIG WAM (Eng.)". Queens Of Steel. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. ^ Brodsky, Rachel (26 January 2022). "Glam Metal Band Wig Wam Were Dropped By Booking Agency Three Days Before Career-Reviving Peacemaker Premiere". Stereogum. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Wig Wam – {{{song}}}". VG-lista.