Can I Say

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Can I Say

| type = Album

| artist = Dag Nasty

| cover = Canisay.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1986

| recorded = March 1986

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = * Hardcore punk

  • melodic hardcore{{cite web |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/50-greatest-punk-albums-all-time#15-dag-nasty-%E2%80%94-can-i-say |website=Revolver |access-date=February 13, 2023}}
  • emo{{cite magazine |first=Aaron |last=Burgess |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-greatest-emo-albums-of-all-time-20160301/dag-nasty-can-i-say-1986-20160224|title=Dag Nasty, 'Can I Say' (1986) {{!}} 40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time {{!}} Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |date= March 1, 2016|accessdate=January 23, 2018}}

| length = 24:11 (original)
39:35 (reissue)

| label = Dischord

| producer = Ian MacKaye, Dag Nasty

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Wig Out at Denko's

| next_year = 1987

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r34574|pure_url=yes}}|title=Can I Say: AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett |website=allmusic.com |accessdate=February 4, 2016}}

| rev2 =

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}}

Can I Say is the debut album by the American melodic hardcore band Dag Nasty, originally released in 1986 on Dischord Records. It was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus songs in 2002.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/can-i-say-bonus-tracks-mr0000137034 Can I Say, 2002 remastered CD edition]. allmusic.com. Retrieved February 4, 2016. "Circles" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by Vulture{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213181251/https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html|title=The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time|work=Vulture|author=Corcoran, Nina|date=February 13, 2020|archivedate=February 13, 2020|accessdate=August 14, 2020}} and was featured in the soundtrack of the videogame Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.

Track listing

All tracks by Dag Nasty.

Side one

  1. "Values Here" – 2:23
  2. "One to Two" – 2:15
  3. "Circles" – 2:46
  4. "Thin Line" – 2:30
  5. "Justification" – 2:51

Side two

  1. "What Now?" – 2:16
  2. "I've Heard" – 1:43
  3. "Under Your Influence" – 2:36
  4. "Can I Say" – 1:59
  5. "Never Go Back" – 2:52

=2002 CD reissue bonus tracks=

  1. "Another Wrong" – 2:18
  2. "My Dog's a Cat" – 2:19
  3. "I've Heard (Live)" – 2:18
  4. "Another Wrong (Live)" – 2:22
  5. "Trying (Live)" – 2:09
  6. "Justification (Live)" – 3:58

Personnel

References

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