Field Day (Dag Nasty album) explained

Field Day
Type:Album
Artist:Dag Nasty
Cover:Field Day (album).jpg
Released:February 1988
Recorded:November 1987
Genre:Hardcore punk
Length:33:54 (original)
43:50 (reissue)
Label:Giant[1]
Prev Title:Wig Out at Denko's
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Four on the Floor
Next Year:1992

Field Day is a studio album by American hardcore punk band Dag Nasty, released in 1988 through Giant Records; it was released in Europe through We Bite Records.

The album features a cover of The Ruts classic "Staring at the Rude Boys."[2] It also offers a new recording of Dag Nasty's "Under Your Influence." The original version appears on the band's debut LP Can I Say, with vocalist Dave Smalley.

The CD bonus track "12XU" was written by Wire, and was also covered by Brian Baker's former band Minor Threat.

The album had sold more than 30,000 copies within a year of its release.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Trouble Is" - 3:33
  2. "Field Day" - 2:28
  3. "Things That Make No Sense" - 2:44
  4. "The Ambulance Song" - 3:38
  5. "Staring at the Rude Boys" - 2:49
  6. "13 Seconds Underwater" - 0:46
  7. "La Penita" - 4:09
  8. "Dear Mrs. Touma" - 2:37
  9. "Matt" - 1:34
  10. "I've Heard" - 0:12
  11. "Under Your Influence" - 3:37
  12. "Typical" - 2:37
  13. "Here's to You" - 2:49
  14. "16 Count" - 0:21

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Never Green Lane" - 1:55
  2. "You're Mine" - 3:52
  3. "All Ages Show" - 2:38
  4. "12XU" - 1:31

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dag Nasty Bio. Epitaph. Records. Epitaph Records.
  2. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Dag Nasty. trouserpress.com.
  3. Book: Brannigan, Paul. This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl. November 29, 2011. Hachette Books. 9780306820519. Google Books.
  4. Book: American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Steven. Blush. George. Petros. October 19, 2010. Feral House. 9781932595987. Google Books.