Wrong was described by drummer John Wright as the band's "most popular album by a country mile".[4] When asked to speculate as to the reasons why Wrong enjoyed such relative success, John Wright attributed it to the mainstream success of Nirvana and the rising popularity of alternative music:
The kind of music we were playing, and then Nirvana before they got popular, and that kind of alternative...Punk rock was getting to that point where a lot of bands were just starting to get into that commercial breakthrough, and when Nirvana did, well of course that spelled the end of it all. But it sort of simmered to that point, and then people wanted to hear bands like Nirvana, which weren't hardcore, not pop or rock, it was sort of more heartfelt music, and we were sort of caught up in that...In Europe especially, the music scene was just exploding. We completely attribute all of our success to going and playing in Europe. That's where all the buzz about us came from. We were touring throughout the States in the mid-80s, and we'd get a little bit of audience here and there, but after a couple of years in Europe, we started doing some big shows there, and all of a sudden, people in the States were coming out to our shows. And we went from getting paid $200 to getting paid $1000. It was just like that. You had to have the buzz, and then it all just kind of blew up. Every major label tried to sign every band, and then it became no longer an alternative, it sort of became co-opted by the mainstream and people moved on to hip hop and dub step and then everyone got sick of rock and roll and went to raves.[4]
Receptionedit
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal called it the band's best album, and rated the album as a 10 out of 10, stating, "Wrong was the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal."[5] Sean Carruthers, critic for Allmusic, declared that the album was the band's masterpiece, and features "some of the most complex instrumentation you're ever likely to find in good ol' punk rawk."[6]
In 2021, the album was named the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize at the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.[7]
wrong, album, wrong, fourth, full, length, album, canadian, punk, rock, band, nomeansno, released, 1989, through, alternative, tentacles, record, label, wrongstudio, album, nomeansnoreleasedfall, 1989recordedsummer, 1989studioprofile, sound, studios, vancouver. Wrong is the fourth full length album by Canadian punk rock band Nomeansno It was released in 1989 through Alternative Tentacles record label WrongStudio album by NomeansnoReleasedFall 1989RecordedSummer 1989StudioProfile Sound Studios Vancouver British Columbia CanadaGenrePost hardcore 1 jazzcore 2 Length39 54LabelAlternative TentaclesNomeansno chronologySmall Parts Isolated and Destroyed 1988 Wrong 1989 Live Cuddly 1991 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 2 Rolling Stone NR 3 Contents 1 Overview 2 Reception 3 Track listing 3 1 CD reissue bonus tracks 3 2 2005 CD reissue bonus tracks 4 Personnel 5 ReferencesOverview editWrong was described by drummer John Wright as the band s most popular album by a country mile 4 When asked to speculate as to the reasons why Wrong enjoyed such relative success John Wright attributed it to the mainstream success of Nirvana and the rising popularity of alternative music The kind of music we were playing and then Nirvana before they got popular and that kind of alternative Punk rock was getting to that point where a lot of bands were just starting to get into that commercial breakthrough and when Nirvana did well of course that spelled the end of it all But it sort of simmered to that point and then people wanted to hear bands like Nirvana which weren t hardcore not pop or rock it was sort of more heartfelt music and we were sort of caught up in that In Europe especially the music scene was just exploding We completely attribute all of our success to going and playing in Europe That s where all the buzz about us came from We were touring throughout the States in the mid 80s and we d get a little bit of audience here and there but after a couple of years in Europe we started doing some big shows there and all of a sudden people in the States were coming out to our shows And we went from getting paid 200 to getting paid 1000 It was just like that You had to have the buzz and then it all just kind of blew up Every major label tried to sign every band and then it became no longer an alternative it sort of became co opted by the mainstream and people moved on to hip hop and dub step and then everyone got sick of rock and roll and went to raves 4 Reception editThe Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal called it the band s best album and rated the album as a 10 out of 10 stating Wrong was the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal 5 Sean Carruthers critic for Allmusic declared that the album was the band s masterpiece and features some of the most complex instrumentation you re ever likely to find in good ol punk rawk 6 In 2021 the album was named the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize at the 2021 Polaris Music Prize 7 Track listing editSide one It s Catching Up 3 29 The Tower 5 11 Brainless Wonder 1 34 Tired of Waiting 1 47 Stocktaking 3 05 The End of All Things 5 10 Side two Big Dick 3 15 Two Lips Two Lungs and One Tongue 1 46 Rags and Bones 5 05 Oh No Bruno 3 06 All Lies 6 27 CD reissue bonus tracks edit Life in Hell 3 54 I Am Wrong 7 01 2005 CD reissue bonus tracks edit State of Grace 5 29 End of the World 3 28Personnel editRob Wright bass guitar and vocals John Wright drums percussion and vocals Andy Kerr credited as None of your fucking business guitar bass and vocals Guests on The End of All Things Mark Critchley orchestra bells Danielle Gagnier vocals Produced by Nomeansno Cecil English and Craig Bougie Recorded at Profile Studios Vancouver British Columbia Canada summer 1989References edit Mosurock Doug August 3 2006 Nomeansno All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt Dusted Magazine Retrieved August 1 2016 a b Allmusic review Rolling Stone review a b O Connor Shawn Interview With John Wright of Nomeansno St Louis Music Press Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 Retrieved 1 June 2013 Popoff Martin The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal page 316 CG Publishing 1997 Wrong Nomeansno Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Calum Slingerland October 26 2021 Nomeansno Faith Nolan Receive 2021 Polaris Heritage Prize Exclaim Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wrong album amp oldid 1220883219, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
