''Wish I'd Taken Pictures'' is the third studio album, fourth album overall, by American

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band

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, released on February 13, 1996 by

Lookout! Records Lookout Records (stylized as Lookout! Records) was an independent record label, initially based in Laytonville, California, and later in Berkeley, focusing on punk rock. Established in 1987, the label is best known for having released Operatio ...

and

Mint Records Mint Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label founded in 1991, by friends and campus radio enthusiasts Randy Iwata and Bill Baker. Mint has put out over 150 releases, several of which have won Juno Awards. His ...

. The front and back covers feature photographs of

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and Moon Trent, taken by Marc Geller. Ewert previously appeared on the cover of Pansy Division's 1994 album '' Deflowered'' and both men subsequently appeared twenty years later on the cover of their 2016 album '' Quite Contrary'', photographed in the same location. The cassette release of this album is unique compared to other Lookout! Records albums in that it comes in a clear purple shell.

Critical Reception

Wish I'd Taken Pictures was generally well received by fans and critics alike. AllMusic noted that "it's got more of a strong punk kick than Deflowered, helped in part by

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's turn on the drum kit and tighter riffs from Jon Ginoli and Chris Freeman."

Track listing

Personnel

Pansy Division * Jon Ginoli – vocals, guitars * Chris Freeman – vocals, basses, guitars *

– drums, percussion Additional musicians *Kirk Heydt – cello

References

1996 albums Pansy Division albums Mint Records albums Lookout! Records albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub