Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers is a Wipers tribute album released on Tim/Kerr in 1992.[1][2] The album was first released as a box set of 4 colored 7-inch records in a run of 10,000.[3][4] It helped to raise the profile of the independent label.[5]
Nirvana recorded their cover of "Return of the Rat" after Geffen had reservations about including the band's cover of "D-7".[6] Hole recorded a cover of "Over the Edge".[7]
Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers is the CD re-release of the album, expanded to include additional artist covers.[8][9]
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [10] |
Phoenix New Times praised "Up Front", calling it a "killer cut ... and a real firebomb of pure punk."[3] Vulture listed "Return of the Rat" as Nirvana's 55th best song (out of 72), writing: "Furious and loose, this is an incredibly faithful take on Sage’s version with just a little bit of its desperate, quivering edge lost in the process."[11]
Track listings
Original Eight Song track listing
- "Potential Suicide" (Napalm Beach)
- "Astro Cloud" (M99)
- "Return of the Rat" (Nirvana)
- "Up Front" (Poison Idea)
- "On the Run" (Dharma Bums)
- "I Don't Know What I Am/Mystery" (Crackerbash)
- "Over the Edge" (Hole)
- "Land of the Lost" (Whirlees)
Fourteen Song re-release
- "Potential Suicide" (Napalm Beach)
- "Astro Cloud" (M99)
- "Return of the Rat" (Nirvana)
- "Up Front" (Poison Idea)
- "On the Run" (Dharma Bums)
- "I Don't Know What I Am/Mystery" (Crackerbash)
- "Over the Edge" (Hole)
- "Land of the Lost" (Whirlees)
- "Telepathic Love" (Nation of Ulysses)
- "No One Wants an Alien" (Honey)
- "Tragedy" (Hazel)
- "Alien Boy" (Calamity Jane)
- "Soul's Tongue" (Saliva Tree)
- "Pushing the Extreme" (Thurston Moore and Keith Nealy)
References
- ^ "Wipers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Grow, Kory (August 28, 2020). "Wipers' 'Is This Real?' at 40: Greg Sage Reflects on a Northwest Punk Landmark". Rolling Stone.
- ^ a b Simons, Ted. "SONGS FOR A PUNK SAGENATIONAL NOISEMAKERS PAY TRIBUTE TO TEMPE'S GREG SAGE". Phoenix New Times.
- ^ Azerrad, Michael (September 20, 1993). "Come as You are: The Story of Nirvana". Doubleday – via Google Books.
- ^ Morris, Chris (Nov 16, 1996). "Tim/Kerr growing force among indies". Billboard. 108 (46): 15, 50.
- ^ Gaar, Gillian G. (June 1, 2009). "The Rough Guide to Nirvana". Rough Guides UK – via Google Books.
- ^ Weidman, Rich (2022). Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond. Backbeat Books. p. 235.
- ^ Cross, Charles R.; Berkenstadt, Jim (February 22, 2012). "Classic Rock Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind". Schirmer Trade Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Popson, Tom (12 Nov 1992). "Nirvana B-sides: Their previously unreleased rare tracks due out". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 10.
- ^ "Various Artists - 14 Songs for Greg Sage: Wipers Tribute Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Beta, Andy (June 17, 2019). "Every Nirvana Song, Ranked". Vulture.
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