''Wasted Youth'' is the second and final album released by the British
glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter. Glam artists drew on diver ...
band
Girl
A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.c ...
.
Bryson Graham replaced drummer
Pete Barnacle during the recording of this album, and contributed to the songwriting process.
A remastered CD was reissued by Rock Candy Records in 2016 complete with a bounus CD of a concert recorded in October 1981.
Track listing
;Side one
# "Thru the Twilight" ''
(Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Prior to joining Def Leppa ...
, Phil Lewis)'' - 3:25
# "Old Dogs" ''
( Gerry Laffy, Lewis)'' - 3:40
# "Ice in the Blood" ''
( Bryson Graham)'' - 3:00
# "Wasted Youth" ''
(G. Laffy, Lewis)'' - 4:42
# "Standard Romance" ''
(G. Laffy, Lewis)'' - 3:58
;Side two
#
"Nice 'n' Nasty" ''(T. Jack)'' - 3:07
# "McKitty's Back" ''(Collen, Lewis)'' - 4:04
# "19" ''(Collen, G. Laffy, Lewis)'' - 4:49
# "Overnight Angels" ''(Collen, G. Laffy, Lewis)'' - 4:06
# "Sweet Kids" ''(Collen, Lewis)'' - 2:33
Personnel
* Phil Lewis - vocals
*Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Prior to joining Def Leppa ...
- guitar
* Gerry Laffy - guitar
* Simon Laffy - bass
* Pete Barnacle - credited as a band member but does not play
* Bryson Graham - drums
References
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Girl (band) albums
1982 albums
New Wave of British Heavy Metal albums
Jet Records albums