Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers explained

Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers
Type:Tribute album
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers.png
Released:1992
Genre:Punk rock
Label:Tim/Kerr
Producer:Slayer Hippy

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]

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

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."[10]

Track listings

Original Eight Song track listing

  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

  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)

Notes and References

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

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