''Wrong'' is the fourth full-length
album
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by
Canadian
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punk rock band
Nomeansno
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. It was released in 1989 through
Alternative Tentacles
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record label.
Overview
''Wrong'' was described by drummer John Wright as the band's "most popular album by a country mile".
When asked to speculate as to the reasons why ''Wrong'' enjoyed such relative success, John Wright attributed it to the mainstream success of
Nirvana
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and the rising popularity of
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:
Reception
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The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
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'' 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." Sean Carruthers, critic for
Allmusic
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, 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."
In 2021, the album was named the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize at the
2021 Polaris Music Prize.
Track listing
Side 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
#
"Life in Hell" – 3:54
# "I Am Wrong" – 7:01
2005 CD reissue bonus tracks
# "State of Grace" – 5:29
# "End of the World" – 3:28
Personnel
* Rob Wright
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– bass, guitar, and vocals
* John Wright – drums, percussion, and vocals
* Andy Kerr Andrew Kerr (1878–1969) was an American football coach.
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(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 1989
References
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1989 albums
Alternative Tentacles albums
Nomeansno albums