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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Wiggle
| name = Wiggle
| Type = Studio album
| type = Studio album
| Artist = [[Screeching Weasel]]
| artist = [[Screeching Weasel]]
| Cover = Screechingweaselwiggle.jpg
| cover = Screechingweaselwiggle.jpg
| Released = January 15, 1993
| alt =
| released = January 15, 1993
| Recorded = June–August, 1992 at Sonic Iguana Studios, [[Lafayette, Indiana]]
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
| recorded = June–August 1992
| studio = Sonic Iguana (Lafayette, Ind.)
| Label = [[Lookout! Records|Lookout!]], [[Asian Man Records|Asian Man]]
| Producer = [[Mass Giorgini]]
| genre = [[Punk rock]]
| length = 37:56
| Last album = ''[[Ramones (Screeching Weasel album)|Ramones]]''<br/>(1992)
| label = [[Lookout Records|Lookout]] (LK 063)<br/>[[Asian Man Records|Asian Man]] (AM 122)<br/>[[Recess Records|Recess]] (RR 119)
| This album = '''''Wiggle'''''<br/>(1993)
| producer = [[Mass Giorgini]]
| Next album = ''[[Anthem for a New Tomorrow]]''<br/>(1993)
| prev_title = [[Ramones (Screeching Weasel album)|Ramones]]
}} Length: 37:38/43:44
| prev_year = 1992
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| next_year = 1993
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'''''Wiggle''''' is the fifth studio album by the [[Chicago]]-based [[punk rock]] band [[Screeching Weasel]]. Initially planned for release in November 1992,<ref name="Enemies liner">Screeching Weasel - ''[[How to Make Enemies and Irritate People]]'' liner notes. Retrieved 2016-07-03</ref> the album was finally released on CD, vinyl and cassette on January 15, 1993, through [[Lookout Records]]. Due to a "cymbal hissing" in the original vinyl version, the album was remixed and re-released soon afterwards.<ref name="Enemies liner"/>
'''''Wiggle''''' is the fifth studio album by the American [[punk rock]] band [[Screeching Weasel]]. It was released on January 15, 1993 through [[Lookout! Records]]. Their previous album, ''[[My Brain Hurts]]'', had seen a sharp rise in the band's popularity and a shift in sound towards mid-tempo pop songs. With ''Wiggle'', the band shifted gears yet again. Though several tracks retained the catchy, pop-punk sound, many others saw the band venturing into experiments with [[New wave music|new wave]] and some of the harder-edged sounds of the early albums. Another major change was the amount of collaboration in songwriting. Rather than [[Ben Weasel]] being the sole author of the majority of the songs, ''Wiggle'' features a few credited to the entire band, one by guitarist Danny Vapid, and a couple with bassist (for only this album) Johnny Personality. In addition to this, there are three songs co-written by Joe King of [[The Queers]], which were also recorded by his band. The album received mixed reviews. Many expected a continuation of the previous album and were surprised by the experimentation and harder-edged production. Since its initial release, many of the songs have come to be regarded as the band's best. Others have not held up so well over time. The band has voiced some regrets about the recording of the album, which allowed each member a voice in the mixing of specific songs and resulted in a less cohesive sound. There have also been regrets about the songs chosen for the album in recent years.


After the band's popularity had grown with their previous album ''[[My Brain Hurts]]'', the group felt pressured with the follow-up album.<ref name="Thank You liner">Screeching Weasel - ''[[Thank You Very Little]]'' liner notes. Retrieved 2016-07-02</ref> While most of ''Wiggle'' is in a similar vein to their previous album, some songs saw the band experimenting with [[New wave music|new wave]] and a few featured a more [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]]-influenced sound reminiscent of the group's earlier material. In retrospect, vocalist [[Ben Weasel]] has voiced dissatisfaction with the album, mainly the songs that were chosen for it.<ref name="Thank You liner"/> However, he considers the band's performance and the album's production better than ''My Brain Hurts''.<ref name="Enemies liner"/>
The bonus tracks of the original Lookout! CD release are "Teenage Slumber Party", "Danny Is a Wimp", and "Going Home". The lyrics to "Going Home" were written by [[Aaron Cometbus]] of [[Crimpshrine]], and the music by Weasel.


The album was remastered and reissued by [[Asian Man Records]] in 2005 shortly after the band had removed its catalog from Lookout due to unpaid royalties and a vinyl version was released by [[Recess Records]] in 2009.
After a short time of being out of print, the album was remastered by producer [[Mass Giorgini]] and re-released with an additional bonus track "Fuck the World" (another song co-written by Joe King of The Queers) on [[Asian Man Records]] in 2005. The band had recorded another version of this song entitled "Amy Saw Me Looking at Her Boobs" which was released on the compilation album [[Thank You Very Little]]. The Queers released their version of the song on their album ''[[Love Songs for the Retarded]]''.

==Background==
Shortly after the recording of ''[[My Brain Hurts]]'', bassist Dave Naked was fired from the band at the insistence of guitarist [[Dan Vapid]]<ref name="Thank You liner"/> and was initially replaced by Scott "Gub" Conway, who toured with the band in support of the album. Conway himself was replaced after the tour by [[The Vindictives|Vindictives]] bassist Johnny Personality, who vocalist [[Ben Weasel]] considered an “outstanding bass player".<ref name="Musicians liner">[[Screeching Weasel]] - ''[[Kill the Musicians]]'' liner notes. Retrieved 2016-07-02</ref> Weasel had briefly played with The Vindictives in 1990 on their first EP and Personality auditioned for Weasel and [[John Pierson (musician)|John Jughead]]'s band the Gore Gore Girls during Screeching Weasel's brief break-up the same year.<ref name="Musicians liner"/> In February 1992, the band went to engineer [[Steve Albini]]'s house in [[Chicago]] to record demos for their next album, with Albini serving as engineer and [[Naked Raygun]] drummer Eric Spicer producing.<ref name="Musicians liner"/> Two of the songs from the session, "Crying in My Beer" and "Jeannie's Got a Problem with Her Uterus", were re-recorded for ''Wiggle'', while "Going Home" was released on a split EP with the [[Pink Lincolns]] (and later released on the CD version of the album) and "Celena" was featured on the compilation album ''It's a Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand''.<ref name="Musicians liner"/>

==Recording==
In June 1992, the band went to Sonic Iguana Studios in [[Lafayette, Indiana]], to record ''Wiggle'' with studio owner [[Mass Giorgini]] producing. Giorgini would go on to produce several of the band's later albums and also served as their bassist from 1996 to 2001. The band recorded several songs during the sessions, including the non-album single "[[Radio Blast]]" and its b-side "The Girl Next Door",<ref name="Musicians liner"/> a re-working of the song "Cindy's on Methadone" titled "Shirley's on Methadone" for a film called ''Shirley Pimple'' (which was never released as the director ended up in prison)<ref name="Thank You liner"/> and a cover of the song "Achtung" by the band The Authorities for a tribute album (which was also never released).<ref name="Musicians liner"/> Another song from the session, "Amy Saw Me Looking at Her Boobs", originated as a composition by Joe King (Joe Queer) of [[The Queers]] from 1990 that Weasel finished.<ref name="Thank You liner"/> The song was later re-worked by The Queers as "Fuck the World" on their album ''[[Love Songs for the Retarded]]'', which Screeching Weasel also recorded a version of. Weasel later called the sessions for the album an "enormous pain in the ass" due to the long recording process and that he "wasn't singing like [him]self",<ref name="Thank You liner"/> saying his vocals on the album were "horrible."<ref name="Enemies liner"/> He also stated that he was having relationship problems with his girlfriend at the time of the recording, which resulted in "fucking up [his] head" and having "no idea what should go on the album and what shouldn't."<ref name="Thank You liner"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
#"Hanging Around" (Screeching Weasel) – 3:31
| headline = Side one
#"I'm Not in Love" (Weasel) – 2:00
| all_writing = [[Ben Weasel]], except where noted
#"One Step Beyond" (Weasel) – 3:04
| title1 = Hanging Around
#"I Was a High School Psychopath" (Vapid) – 2:07
| note1 = written by Screeching Weasel
#"Crying in My Beer" (Weasel) – 3:51
| length1 = 3:31
#"Slomotion" (Personality/Weasel) – 1:20
| title2 = I'm Not in Love
#"Like a Parasite" (King/Weasel) – 3:20
| length2 = 2:00
#"Joanie Loves Johnny" (Weasel) – 1:58
| title3 = One Step Beyond
#"Second Floor East" (Weasel) – 2:58
| length3 = 3:04
#"Automatic Rejector" (Screeching Weasel) – 1:49
| title4 = I Was a High School Psychopath
#"Jeannie's Got a Problem With Her Uterus" (Weasel) – 2:04
| note4 = written by [[Dan Vapid]]
#"Sad Little Girl" (Personality/Vapid/Weasel) – 2:57
| length4 = 2:07
#"Ain't Got No Sense" (Kerr/Lewis/Mahon/Stipanitz) – 3:46
| title5 = Crying in My Beer
#"It's All in My Head" (Weasel) – 3:11
| length5 = 3:51
#"Teenage Slumber Party" (Jughead/Weasel) – 2:24 *
| title6 = Slomotion
#"Danny Is a Wimp" (King/Weasel) – 1:00 *
| note6 = written by Johnny Personality and Weasel
#"Going Home" (Cometbus/Weasel) – 2:42 *
| length6 = 1:20
#"Fuck the World" (King/Weasel) **
| title7 = Like a Parasite
| note7 = written by Weasel and Joe King
| length7 = 3:20
}}


{{track listing
<nowiki>* Only available on CD release</nowiki>
| headline = Side two
<nowiki>** Only available on 2005 re-release</nowiki>
| title8 = Joanie Loves Johnny
| length8 = 1:58
| title9 = Second Floor East
| length9 = 2:58
| title10 = Automatic Rejector
| note10 = written by Screeching Weasel
| length10 = 1:49
| title11 = Jeannie's Got a Problem with Her Uterus
| length11 = 2:04
| title12 = Sad Little Girl
| note12 = written by Weasel, Vapid and Personality
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = Ain't Got No Sense
| note13 = written by Frank Kerr, Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon and Nick Stipanitz; originally performed by [[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]]
| length13 = 3:46
| title14 = It's All in My Head
| length14 = 3:11
}}


{{track listing
*Track 15 from the "Achtung Chicago" compilation LP (Underdog Records, 1990)
| headline = Lookout CD bonus tracks
*Track 17 from the ''[[Screeching Weasel / Pink Lincolns Split]]'' EP
| extra_column = Original appearance
*Tracks 16-17 are demos recorded by [[Steve Albini]] in 1992
| title15 = Teenage Slumber Party
*Track 18 Previously unreleased outtake
| extra15 = ''Achtung Chicago'' compilation (1989)
| length15 = 2:25
| title16 = Danny Is a Wimp
| note16 = written by King
| extra16 = Previously unreleased
| length16 = 0:59
| title17 = Going Home
| note17 = lyrics by [[Aaron Cometbus]]
| extra17 = ''Screeching Weasel / [[Pink Lincolns]]'' split EP (1993)
| length17 = 2:41
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Asian Man bonus track
| extra_column = Original appearance
| title18 = Fuck the World
| note18 = written by Weasel and King
| extra18 = Previously unreleased
| length18 = 2:10
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* [[Ben Weasel]] - lead vocals
* [[Ben Weasel]]&nbsp;– [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]]
* [[John Pierson (musician)|Jughead]] - guitar
* [[John Pierson (musician)|John Jughead]]&nbsp;– [[lead guitar]]
* [[Dan Vapid|Danny Vapid]] - guitar, backing vocals
* [[Dan Vapid|Danny Vapid]]&nbsp;– [[rhythm guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], bass on "Teenage Slumber Party"
* Johnny Personality - bass
* Johnny Personality&nbsp;– [[Bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Dan Panic]] - drums
* [[Dan Panic]]&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]]

'''Additional performers'''
* Doug Ward&nbsp;– rhythm guitar on "Teenage Slumber Party"
* Brian Vermin&nbsp;– drums on "Teenage Slumber Party"

'''Production'''
* [[Mass Giorgini]]&nbsp;– [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio engineering|engineer]]
* Todd Barrett&nbsp;– album layout
* [[Martin Sorrondeguy]]; Dan Mueller&nbsp;– photography
* Eric Spicer&nbsp;– producer on "Going Home"
* [[Steve Albini]]&nbsp;– engineer on "Going Home"


==References==
==References==
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Wiggle
Studio album by
Screeching Weasel
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1993
RecordedJune–August 1992
StudioSonic Iguana (Lafayette, Ind.)
GenrePunk rock
Length37:56
LabelLookout (LK 063)
Asian Man (AM 122)
Recess (RR 119)
ProducerMass Giorgini
Screeching Weasel chronology
Ramones
(1992) 		Wiggle
(1993) 		Anthem for a New Tomorrow
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Wiggle is the fifth studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. Initially planned for release in November 1992,[2] the album was finally released on CD, vinyl and cassette on January 15, 1993, through Lookout Records. Due to a "cymbal hissing" in the original vinyl version, the album was remixed and re-released soon afterwards.[2]

After the band's popularity had grown with their previous album My Brain Hurts, the group felt pressured with the follow-up album.[3] While most of Wiggle is in a similar vein to their previous album, some songs saw the band experimenting with new wave and a few featured a more hardcore-influenced sound reminiscent of the group's earlier material. In retrospect, vocalist Ben Weasel has voiced dissatisfaction with the album, mainly the songs that were chosen for it.[3] However, he considers the band's performance and the album's production better than My Brain Hurts.[2]

The album was remastered and reissued by Asian Man Records in 2005 shortly after the band had removed its catalog from Lookout due to unpaid royalties and a vinyl version was released by Recess Records in 2009.

Background

[edit]

Shortly after the recording of My Brain Hurts, bassist Dave Naked was fired from the band at the insistence of guitarist Dan Vapid[3] and was initially replaced by Scott "Gub" Conway, who toured with the band in support of the album. Conway himself was replaced after the tour by Vindictives bassist Johnny Personality, who vocalist Ben Weasel considered an “outstanding bass player".[4] Weasel had briefly played with The Vindictives in 1990 on their first EP and Personality auditioned for Weasel and John Jughead's band the Gore Gore Girls during Screeching Weasel's brief break-up the same year.[4] In February 1992, the band went to engineer Steve Albini's house in Chicago to record demos for their next album, with Albini serving as engineer and Naked Raygun drummer Eric Spicer producing.[4] Two of the songs from the session, "Crying in My Beer" and "Jeannie's Got a Problem with Her Uterus", were re-recorded for Wiggle, while "Going Home" was released on a split EP with the Pink Lincolns (and later released on the CD version of the album) and "Celena" was featured on the compilation album It's a Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand.[4]

Recording

[edit]

In June 1992, the band went to Sonic Iguana Studios in Lafayette, Indiana, to record Wiggle with studio owner Mass Giorgini producing. Giorgini would go on to produce several of the band's later albums and also served as their bassist from 1996 to 2001. The band recorded several songs during the sessions, including the non-album single "Radio Blast" and its b-side "The Girl Next Door",[4] a re-working of the song "Cindy's on Methadone" titled "Shirley's on Methadone" for a film called Shirley Pimple (which was never released as the director ended up in prison)[3] and a cover of the song "Achtung" by the band The Authorities for a tribute album (which was also never released).[4] Another song from the session, "Amy Saw Me Looking at Her Boobs", originated as a composition by Joe King (Joe Queer) of The Queers from 1990 that Weasel finished.[3] The song was later re-worked by The Queers as "Fuck the World" on their album Love Songs for the Retarded, which Screeching Weasel also recorded a version of. Weasel later called the sessions for the album an "enormous pain in the ass" due to the long recording process and that he "wasn't singing like [him]self",[3] saying his vocals on the album were "horrible."[2] He also stated that he was having relationship problems with his girlfriend at the time of the recording, which resulted in "fucking up [his] head" and having "no idea what should go on the album and what shouldn't."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ben Weasel, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Hanging Around" (written by Screeching Weasel)3:31
2."I'm Not in Love"2:00
3."One Step Beyond"3:04
4."I Was a High School Psychopath" (written by Dan Vapid)2:07
5."Crying in My Beer"3:51
6."Slomotion" (written by Johnny Personality and Weasel)1:20
7."Like a Parasite" (written by Weasel and Joe King)3:20
Side two
No.TitleLength
8."Joanie Loves Johnny"1:58
9."Second Floor East"2:58
10."Automatic Rejector" (written by Screeching Weasel)1:49
11."Jeannie's Got a Problem with Her Uterus"2:04
12."Sad Little Girl" (written by Weasel, Vapid and Personality)2:57
13."Ain't Got No Sense" (written by Frank Kerr, Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon and Nick Stipanitz; originally performed by Teenage Head)3:46
14."It's All in My Head"3:11
Lookout CD bonus tracks
No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
15."Teenage Slumber Party"Achtung Chicago compilation (1989)2:25
16."Danny Is a Wimp" (written by King)Previously unreleased0:59
17."Going Home" (lyrics by Aaron Cometbus)Screeching Weasel / Pink Lincolns split EP (1993)2:41
Asian Man bonus track
No.TitleOriginal appearanceLength
18."Fuck the World" (written by Weasel and King)Previously unreleased2:10

Personnel

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Additional performers

  • Doug Ward – rhythm guitar on "Teenage Slumber Party"
  • Brian Vermin – drums on "Teenage Slumber Party"

Production

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c d Screeching Weasel - How to Make Enemies and Irritate People liner notes. Retrieved 2016-07-03
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Screeching Weasel - Thank You Very Little liner notes. Retrieved 2016-07-02
  4. ^ a b c d e f Screeching Weasel - Kill the Musicians liner notes. Retrieved 2016-07-02
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