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reissues of the first three albums by punk rock band Wipers: ''

Is This Real? ''Is This Real?'' is the debut studio album by the Portland, Oregon-based punk rock band Wipers, originally released on vinyl in January 1980 by Park Avenue Records. The album was reissued on CD by Sub Pop in 1993, augmented by the three tracks ...

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Youth of America ''Youth of America'' is the second studio album by American punk rock band Wipers. It was released in 1981 by record label Park Avenue. Content The album marked a distinctive change in the band's sound. Compared to its predecessor, ''Is This ...

'' and '' Over the Edge''. The collection includes 23 bonus tracks, including six previously unreleased songs, as well as liner notes by leader

Greg Sage Greg Sage (born October 21, 1951) is an American songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, regarded as an important influence on many punk rock and post-punk artists. Sage is best known as the principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist of the infl ...

Track listing

Disc 1: Is This Real?

#"Return of the Rat" - 2:38 #"Mystery" - 1:47 #"Up Front" - 3:04 #"Let's Go Away" - 1:48 #"Is This Real?" - 2:39 #"Tragedy" - 2:00 #"D-7" - 4:04 #"Potential Suicide" - 3:34 #"Don't Know What I Am" - 2:56 #"Window Shop for Love" - 2:59 #"Wait a Minute" - 3:04 #"Born with a Curse" (previously unreleased) - 1:48 #"Rebel with a Cause" (''

'' outtake) - 2:11 #"Misfit" (previously unreleased) - 1:35 #"Mystery" (original 4-track version) - 1:46 #"Tragedy" (original 4-track version) - 2:11 #"Let's Go Away" (original 4-track version) - 1:52 #"Is This Real?" (original 4-track version) - 2:40 #"Alien Boy" - 3:23 #"Image of Man" - 2:29 #"Telepathic Love" - 1:32 #"Voices in the Rain" - 1:24 * 1-11: ''Is This Real?'' * 19-22: ''

Alien Boy "Alien Boy" is the seventh song on the first Wipers album, ''Is This Real?'' (Park Avenue Records), released in 1980. ''Alien Boy'' is also the title of a 1980 Wipers EP, with "Alien Boy" on side A, and three outtakes from the ''Is This Real?'' ...

Disc 2: Youth of America

#"No Fair" - 4:25 #"Youth of America" - 10:27 #"Taking Too Long" - 3:07 #"Can This Be" - 2:54 #"Pushing the Extreme" - 3:13 #"When It's Over" - 6:36 #"Scared Stiff" (previously unreleased) - 2:52 #"Pushing the Extreme" (alternate mix) - 3:11 #"No Fair" (alternate mix) - 4:34 #"When It's Over" (early version) - 6:26 #"Youth of America" (alternate mix) - 10:27 * 1-6: ''

Disc 3: Over the Edge

#"Over the Edge" - 3:49 #"Doom Town" - 3:56 #"So Young" - 4:17 #"Messenger" - 1:54 #"

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" - 4:05 #"Now Is the Time" - 3:02 #"What Is" - 2:19 #"No One Wants an Alien" - 3:23 #"The Lonely One" - 3:38 #"No Generation Gap" - 3:09 #"This Time" - 2:54 #"Mistaken ID" (live) - 3:05 #"No Solution" ("Romeo"

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) - 2:30 #"Doom Town" (alternate mix) - 3:56 #"The Lonely One" (alternate mix) - 3:37 #"Now Is the Time" (alternate mix) - 3:04 #"Romeo" (alternate vocal mix) - 4:05 #"Our Past Life" (demo) - 1:29 * 1-11: '' Over the Edge''

References

Wipers albums 2001 compilation albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub