fbpx
Wikipedia

13 Songs (Fugazi album)

December 15, 2023

13 Songs is a compilation album by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi, released on September 1, 1989 by Dischord Records. The album consists of all the songs from the band's first two EPs, Fugazi and Margin Walker.

13 Songs
Compilation album by
Fugazi
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1989 (1989-09-01)
RecordedInner Ear Studios and Southern Studios, June and December 1988
Genre
Length40:10
LabelDischord
ProducerTed Niceley, John Loder
Fugazi chronology
Margin Walker
(1989) 		13 Songs
(1989) 		3 Songs
(1989)

Background edit

The EPs compiled were Fugazi (1988), which was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in June 1988 with Ted Niceley & Don Zientara, and Margin Walker (1989), which was recorded in December 1988 at Southern Studios in London with John Loder handling production duties.

The EPs had been on Ian MacKaye's Dischord Records as numbers 30 and 35, respectively. 13 Songs was number 36. A remastered version was released in February 2003.

Release edit

13 Songs is Fugazi's most successful release. While certain sources report the album's total worldwide sales as being over 3 million,[1][2] Alan O'Connor in his 2008 book Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY lists the figure as 750,000 (based on an interview with Dischord Records).[3]

Reception edit

The album has gone on to receive critical acclaim, despite being a compilation, with many calling it one of the best albums of the post-hardcore genre. Stereogum called it "as auspicious as punk debuts come", further noting that on the album, "most of the Fugazi elements were in place from the jump, albeit in a somewhat less-developed form. If the concept of a punk band writing a song from the perspective of a woman being hooted at by sexist loudmouths seems revolutionary now, imagine what it sounded like in 1988, when the canon of classic punk still consisted largely of songs dealing with beating on brats, lynching landlords, and the ritual impaling of cats."[13] In a 5-star review for Allmusic, Andy Kellman called the album "timeless" and wrote that "the importance of this record can perhaps be more suitably measured by the number of people who remember the first time they heard it. 13 Songs is usually among the first records that spring to mind when defining alternative rock. Furious, intelligent, artful, and entirely musical, it's a baker's dozen of cannon shots to the gut -- not just a batch of emotionally visceral and defiant songs recorded by angry young men, but something greater."[4] Consequence of Sound called it "a solid classic, instantly grabbing the ear with a timeless quality that you just don’t find every day. [...] I know this music is over 20 years old, but it sounds like it’s pouring out of someone’s garage down the street. You can’t fake this kind of timeless authenticity, though God knows many have tried."[14] According to Popmatters, the album (along with Repeater) "remain the band's most widely successful and consistently praised work. 13 Songs, for instance, has sold over three million copies -- all without radio singles, music videos, or any of the tools of corporate publicity that help musicians reach that stratospheric level of success."[2]

Accolades edit

In 2005, 13 Songs was ranked 29 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".[15] NME ranked it #284 in their list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2014.[16] Paste ranked it at #57 on their list of "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s".[17] In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked it 35th on their list of the "40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time".[18]

Influence edit

According to Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill: "13 Songs is to underground music what Led Zeppelin IV is to suburban potheads."[19] According to Conrad Keely of ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, the album along with Unwound's Fake Train "epitomized America's disaffected, self-hating white middle-class guilt victims screaming about the fact that they have nothing to do with their time other than be bored, nothing to speak out against other than their own ennui and unwarranted discontent. And although that might sound like a criticism or an indictment, the fact is that this sentiment existed, it was shared by a lot of us, and it found its voice in albums like [13 Songs]."[20] "Looking back upon the arc of alternative rock, punk and indie throughout the decade," writes Treble, "from Nirvana to Jawbox, Shudder to Think, Sunny Day Real Estate, Quicksand and The Afghan Whigs, there’s a line that traces back to the jittery funk and searingly melodic hardcore of Fugazi’s first two EPs, which comprise 13 Songs."[21] Both Jack Johnson[22] and Eddie Vedder have named 13 Songs as one of their favorite albums of all time.[23] Rise Against cited the album as one of their 12 key influences, alongside works by Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys and Jawbreaker.[24]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Waiting Room"MacKaye2:53
2."Bulldog Front"Picciotto2:53
3."Bad Mouth"MacKaye2:35
4."Burning"Picciotto2:39
5."Give Me the Cure"Picciotto2:58
6."Suggestion"MacKaye4:44
7."Glue Man"Picciotto4:23
8."Margin Walker"Picciotto2:30
9."And the Same"MacKaye3:27
10."Burning Too"MacKaye2:50
11."Provisional"Picciotto2:17
12."Lockdown"Picciotto2:10
13."Promises"MacKaye4:02

Personnel edit

Fugazi
Additional personnel
  • Edward Janney – Popsloppy guitar on "Provisional"
  • Ted Niceley – producer on tracks 1–7
  • Fugazi – producer on tracks 1–7
  • Don Zientara – engineer on tracks 1–7
  • John Loder – producer, engineer on tracks 8–13
  • Paul Gadd – engineer on tracks 8–13
  • Glen E. Friedman – Inner front cover photo
  • Adam Cohen – Traycard photo
  • Bert Queiroz – Back photo
  • Kurt Sayenga – graphics

References edit

  1. ^ Perlah, Jeff. "The Independent". Guitar World. March 2002.
  2. ^ a b Beasley, Corey (November 23, 2011). "1, 2, 3, Go: The 10 Best Fugazi Songs". PopMatters. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. ^ O'Connor, Alan (2008). Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4616-3408-9.
  4. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "13 Songs – Fugazi". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  6. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  7. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1998-99)
  8. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Fugazi". Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  9. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Fugazi". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 315–16. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  10. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  11. ^ Claudio Lancia. "Fugazi". OndaRock. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "Uncut - April 2021".
  13. ^ Toth, James Jackson (August 23, 2012). "Fugazi Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  14. ^ Ritt, Megan (February 23, 2011). "Wait, You've Never Heard: Fugazi – 13 Songs". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  15. ^ . Spin. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04.
  16. ^ "NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  17. ^ Jackson, Josh (2012-02-01). "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s". pastemagazine.com. Paste. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  18. ^ "40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  19. ^ "100 Greatest Albums" 1985–2005". Spin. Vol. 21, no. 7. July 2005. p. 80 – via Internet Archive.
  20. ^ MusicRadar, Conrad Keely 18 January 2016 (18 January 2016). "Conrad Keely: 10 albums that changed my f**king life forever". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2021-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Terich, Jeff (November 13, 2011). "Celebrate the Catalog: Fugazi". Treble. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  22. ^ "Jack Johnson lists his 12 must-have CDs". Entertainment Weekly. April 4, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  23. ^ "My Life in Music: Eddie Vedder". Spin. July 15, 2003. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  24. ^ Rise Against (October 7, 2008). . IGN. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.

December 15, 2023
songs, fugazi, album, songs, compilation, album, american, post, hardcore, band, fugazi, released, september, 1989, dischord, records, album, consists, songs, from, band, first, fugazi, margin, walker, songscompilation, album, fugazireleasedseptember, 1989, 19. 13 Songs is a compilation album by the American post hardcore band Fugazi released on September 1 1989 by Dischord Records The album consists of all the songs from the band s first two EPs Fugazi and Margin Walker 13 SongsCompilation album by FugaziReleasedSeptember 1 1989 1989 09 01 RecordedInner Ear Studios and Southern Studios June and December 1988GenrePost hardcoreart punkLength40 10LabelDischordProducerTed Niceley John LoderFugazi chronologyMargin Walker 1989 13 Songs 1989 3 Songs 1989 Contents 1 Background 2 Release 3 Reception 3 1 Accolades 4 Influence 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 ReferencesBackground editThe EPs compiled were Fugazi 1988 which was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in June 1988 with Ted Niceley amp Don Zientara and Margin Walker 1989 which was recorded in December 1988 at Southern Studios in London with John Loder handling production duties The EPs had been on Ian MacKaye s Dischord Records as numbers 30 and 35 respectively 13 Songs was number 36 A remastered version was released in February 2003 Release edit13 Songs is Fugazi s most successful release While certain sources report the album s total worldwide sales as being over 3 million 1 2 Alan O Connor in his 2008 book Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy The Emergence of DIY lists the figure as 750 000 based on an interview with Dischord Records 3 Reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Great Rock Discography8 10 6 MusicHound Rock nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 OndaRock7 5 10 11 Robert Christgau nbsp 8 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Spin Alternative Record Guide8 10 10 Uncut9 10 12 The album has gone on to receive critical acclaim despite being a compilation with many calling it one of the best albums of the post hardcore genre Stereogum called it as auspicious as punk debuts come further noting that on the album most of the Fugazi elements were in place from the jump albeit in a somewhat less developed form If the concept of a punk band writing a song from the perspective of a woman being hooted at by sexist loudmouths seems revolutionary now imagine what it sounded like in 1988 when the canon of classic punk still consisted largely of songs dealing with beating on brats lynching landlords and the ritual impaling of cats 13 In a 5 star review for Allmusic Andy Kellman called the album timeless and wrote that the importance of this record can perhaps be more suitably measured by the number of people who remember the first time they heard it 13 Songs is usually among the first records that spring to mind when defining alternative rock Furious intelligent artful and entirely musical it s a baker s dozen of cannon shots to the gut not just a batch of emotionally visceral and defiant songs recorded by angry young men but something greater 4 Consequence of Sound called it a solid classic instantly grabbing the ear with a timeless quality that you just don t find every day I know this music is over 20 years old but it sounds like it s pouring out of someone s garage down the street You can t fake this kind of timeless authenticity though God knows many have tried 14 According to Popmatters the album along with Repeater remain the band s most widely successful and consistently praised work 13 Songs for instance has sold over three million copies all without radio singles music videos or any of the tools of corporate publicity that help musicians reach that stratospheric level of success 2 Accolades edit In 2005 13 Songs was ranked 29 in Spin s 100 Greatest Albums 1985 2005 15 NME ranked it 284 in their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2014 16 Paste ranked it at 57 on their list of The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s 17 In 2016 Rolling Stone ranked it 35th on their list of the 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time 18 Influence editAccording to Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill 13 Songs is to underground music what Led Zeppelin IV is to suburban potheads 19 According to Conrad Keely of And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead the album along with Unwound s Fake Train epitomized America s disaffected self hating white middle class guilt victims screaming about the fact that they have nothing to do with their time other than be bored nothing to speak out against other than their own ennui and unwarranted discontent And although that might sound like a criticism or an indictment the fact is that this sentiment existed it was shared by a lot of us and it found its voice in albums like 13 Songs 20 Looking back upon the arc of alternative rock punk and indie throughout the decade writes Treble from Nirvana to Jawbox Shudder to Think Sunny Day Real Estate Quicksand and The Afghan Whigs there s a line that traces back to the jittery funk and searingly melodic hardcore of Fugazi s first two EPs which comprise 13 Songs 21 Both Jack Johnson 22 and Eddie Vedder have named 13 Songs as one of their favorite albums of all time 23 Rise Against cited the album as one of their 12 key influences alongside works by Bad Religion Dead Kennedys and Jawbreaker 24 Track listing editNo TitleLead vocalsLength1 Waiting Room MacKaye2 532 Bulldog Front Picciotto2 533 Bad Mouth MacKaye2 354 Burning Picciotto2 395 Give Me the Cure Picciotto2 586 Suggestion MacKaye4 447 Glue Man Picciotto4 238 Margin Walker Picciotto2 309 And the Same MacKaye3 2710 Burning Too MacKaye2 5011 Provisional Picciotto2 1712 Lockdown Picciotto2 1013 Promises MacKaye4 02 Tracks 1 7 taken from Fugazi Tracks 8 13 taken from Margin WalkerPersonnel editFugaziIan MacKaye lead and backing vocals guitar Guy Picciotto lead and backing vocals Brendan Canty drums Joe Lally bassAdditional personnelEdward Janney Popsloppy guitar on Provisional Ted Niceley producer on tracks 1 7 Fugazi producer on tracks 1 7 Don Zientara engineer on tracks 1 7 John Loder producer engineer on tracks 8 13 Paul Gadd engineer on tracks 8 13 Glen E Friedman Inner front cover photo Adam Cohen Traycard photo Bert Queiroz Back photo Kurt Sayenga graphicsReferences edit Perlah Jeff The Independent Guitar World March 2002 a b Beasley Corey November 23 2011 1 2 3 Go The 10 Best Fugazi Songs PopMatters Retrieved April 21 2020 O Connor Alan 2008 Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy The Emergence of DIY Lanham Maryland Lexington Books ISBN 978 1 4616 3408 9 a b Kellman Andy 13 Songs Fugazi AllMusic Retrieved March 17 2010 Larkin Colin 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th concise ed Omnibus Press ISBN 978 0 85712 595 8 Strong Martin C 2004 The Great Rock Discography 7th ed Canongate Books ISBN 1 84195 615 5 MusicHound Rock The Essential Album Guide 1998 99 Christgau Robert Fugazi Retrieved April 21 2020 Wolk Douglas 2004 Fugazi In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster pp 315 16 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 Weisbard Eric Marks Craig eds 1995 Spin Alternative Record Guide Vintage Books ISBN 0 679 75574 8 Claudio Lancia Fugazi OndaRock Retrieved September 9 2020 Uncut April 2021 Toth James Jackson August 23 2012 Fugazi Albums From Worst To Best Stereogum Retrieved April 21 2020 Ritt Megan February 23 2011 Wait You ve Never Heard Fugazi 13 Songs Consequence of Sound Retrieved April 18 2020 100 Greatest Albums 1985 2005 Spin Archived from the original on 2009 08 04 NME The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time October 2013 rocklistmusic co uk Retrieved 2016 01 05 Jackson Josh 2012 02 01 The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s pastemagazine com Paste Retrieved 2016 01 05 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time Rolling Stone April 6 2016 Retrieved April 21 2020 100 Greatest Albums 1985 2005 Spin Vol 21 no 7 July 2005 p 80 via Internet Archive MusicRadar Conrad Keely 18 January 2016 18 January 2016 Conrad Keely 10 albums that changed my f king life forever MusicRadar Retrieved 2021 06 30 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Terich Jeff November 13 2011 Celebrate the Catalog Fugazi Treble Retrieved April 21 2020 Jack Johnson lists his 12 must have CDs Entertainment Weekly April 4 2005 Retrieved April 21 2020 My Life in Music Eddie Vedder Spin July 15 2003 Retrieved April 21 2020 Rise Against October 7 2008 Rise Against s The 12 Albums That Changed The World IGN Archived from the original on June 19 2022 Retrieved June 19 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 13 Songs Fugazi album amp oldid 1177532006, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.