13 Songs (Fugazi album)

13 Songs
Compilation album by Fugazi
Released September, 1989
Recorded Inner Ear Studios and Southern Studios, June and December, 1988
Genre Post-hardcore, art punk
Length 40:10
Label Dischord
Producer Ted Niceley, John Loder
Fugazi chronology
Margin Walker
(1989)		 13 Songs
(1989)		 3 Songs
(1989)

13 Songs is a compilation of all the songs from the American post-hardcore band Fugazi's first two EPs. It was released in September 1989.

Background

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 and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Great Rock Discography8/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[5]
The Village Voice[6]

13 Songs is Fugazi's most successful release, with total worldwide sales over 3 million.[7]

In 2005, 13 Songs was ranked 29 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".[8] NME ranked it #284 in their list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2014.[9] Paste ranked it at #57 on their list of "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s".[10]

Influence on pop culture

"Waiting Room" was featured on The Wildhearts covers album Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before Vol 1. Atom & His Package have recorded a cover of the song.[11] It has also been played live by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire,[12] Billy Talent,[13] and TV on the Radio.[14] Chimera used "Waiting Room" in their composition 'My Guitar Hangs Itself'.[15] Both MC Lars[16] and Girl Talk[17] have sampled the song on their tracks "No Logo" and "Let It Out" respectively. The song is also frequently played at Washington Redskins football games at FedExField.[18]

Pearl Jam covered "Suggestion" in various concerts in the early 1990s, usually as a tag to another song or an improvised jam.[19] "Margin Walker" was covered live by Wild Flag.[20]

Track listing

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

References

  1. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "13 Songs – Fugazi". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 1-84195-615-5.
  4. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Fugazi". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 315–16. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (May 7, 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ Perlah, Jeff. "The Independent". Guitar World. March 2002.
  8. ↑ "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005". Spin. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04.
  9. ↑ "NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  10. ↑ Jackson, Josh (2012-02-01). "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s". pastemagazine.com. Paste. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Atom And His Package – A Society Of People Named Elihu". Discogs. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Watch: Arcade Fire cover Fugazi's "Waiting Room" in Washington, DC". Consequence of Sound. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Billy Talent – The Ex". Discogs. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "10 Covers of Fugazi's "Waiting Room"". Verbicide. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  15. ↑ Gennady Bachinsky's author's program, 1997
  16. ↑ "A conversation with MC Lars". Alternative press. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "GIRL TALK REVEALS HIS FAVORITE ALL DAY MOMENTS". MTV. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Football Goes Hardcore With Fugazi's Waiting Room". Chart Attack. 15 November 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  19. ↑ "Pearl Jam – Five Alive". Discogs. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  20. ↑ "Watch Wild Flag Cover Fugazi's "Margin Walker"". Stereogum. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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