Wasted Years (album) explained
| Wasted Years |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Off! |
| Cover: | OFF! - Wasted Years.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | December 2013–January 2014 |
| Genre: | Hardcore punk |
| Length: | 23:18 |
| Label: | Vice |
| Producer: | Dimitri Coats |
| Prev Title: | Off! |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Free LSD |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
Wasted Years is the second studio album by the band Off! It was released on April 8, 2014 by Vice Records. As with their previous albums, it features 16 tracks and cover art by Raymond Pettibon.[1]
The band recorded 19 songs at their rehearsal space to analog tape, leaving three off of the album. "In Your Arms" appears as a digital bonus track and a 7", released on Record Store Day 2014, features "Learn to Obey" backed by "I See Through You." The first song from the album, "Void You Out", was premiered by Rolling Stone on January 22, 2014.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
'Wasted Years' premiered on the Billboard 200 at #67.[9]
Personnel
- Band
- Production
Notes and References
- Web site: Off! Announce New Album, Wasted Years . . Jenn . Pelly . January 15, 2014 . 2014-01-16.
- Web site: Off! Fight the Uptight in 'Void You Out' - Song Premiere . . John . Gentile . January 22, 2014 . 2014-01-22 .
- Web site: Off: In the Studio Pictures - Un-ideal Circumstances. RollingStone.com. 2014-01-16.
- Web site: iTunes - Music - Wasted Years by Off!. iTunes Store. 2014-02-13.
- Web site: Amazon.com: Wasted Years: Off!: MP3 Downloads. Amazon.com. 2014-03-25.
- Web site: RSD 2014 Exclusive Off! x Obey Giant "Learn To Obey" 7" Single Vinyl Record. March 21, 2014. The Blot Says.com. 2014-03-25.
- Web site: Off! team with Shepard Fairey for new single, stream "Learn To Obey". Terry. Josh. March 26, 2014. Consequence of Sound. 2014-03-27.
- Web site: 'Wasted Years' marks a hard-core high for L.A.'s Off!. Times. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times. 2016-10-14.
- Web site: OFF! - Chart history Billboard. www.billboard.com. 2016-10-14.
