Wasted…Again
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{{Infobox album
| name = Wasted…Again
| type = compilation
| artist = Black Flag
| cover = Black Flag - Wasted...Again cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded = January 1978 – March 1985
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hardcore punk
| length = 32:28
| label = SST (166)
| producer =
| prev_title = Annihilate This Week
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = I Can See You
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wastedagain-mw0000194340 |title=Wasted...Again – Black Flag
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2score = A{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|accessdate=August 17, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}
| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
|rev4 = The Great Rock Discography
|rev4score = 7/10{{cite book|title=The Great Rock Discography|author=Martin C. Strong|author-link=Martin C. Strong|edition=1st|year=1998|isbn=978-0-86241-827-4|publisher=Canongate Books}}
| rev5 = MusicHound Rock
| rev5score = 3/5{{cite book|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|editor=Gary Graff|editor-link=Gary Graff|edition=1st|year=1996|location=London|isbn=978-0-7876-1037-1|publisher=Visible Ink Press}}
| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev6Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Black Flag|editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside Books |location=London |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=black+flag|access-date=November 5, 2021 }}
| rev7 = Tom Hull
}}
Wasted…Again is an album released by American hardcore punk band Black Flag in 1987 on SST Records. It is a "best-of" compilation released after Black Flag's breakup in 1986. It features various songs about drinking and beer from their discography.
In 2005, Spin magazine would name it one of "The Ten Greatest Compilations Of The Spin Era".{{Cite web |title=Spin 2005-07: Vol 21 Iss 7 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_spin_2005-07_21_7/page/78/mode/2up?q=black+flag+wasted....again+sst}}
Track listing
All tracks written by Greg Ginn except where noted
{{track listing
| title1 = Wasted
| note1 = from the EP Nervous Breakdown
| writer1 = Ginn, Keith Morris
| length1 = 0:51
| title2 = TV Party
| note2 = from the EP TV Party
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = Six Pack
| note3 = from the EP Six Pack
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = I Don't Care
| note4 = from the compilation album Everything Went Black
| writer4 = Ginn, Morris
| length4 = 1:00
| title5 = I've Had It
| note5 = from the EP Nervous Breakdown
| length5 = 1:24
| title6 = Jealous Again
| note6 = from the EP Jealous Again
| length6 = 1:52
| title7 = Slip It In
| note7 = from the album Slip It In
| length7 = 6:16
| title8 = Annihilate This Week
| note8 = from the album Loose Nut
| length8 = 4:44
| title9 = Loose Nut
| note9 = from the album Loose Nut
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
| note10 = from the compilation album Everything Went Black
| length10 = 2:00
| title11 = Louie, Louie
| note11 = from the single "Louie, Louie"
| writer11 = Richard Berry
| length11 = 1:20
| title12 = Drinking and Driving
| note12 = from the album In My Head
| writer12 = Ginn, Henry Rollins
| length12 = 3:22
}}
Personnel
- Keith Morris – vocals on 1, 4–5, 10
- Ron Reyes – vocals on 6
- Dez Cadena – vocals on 3, 11, rhythm guitar on 2
- Henry Rollins – vocals on 2, 7–9, 12
- Greg Ginn – lead guitar on all tracks
- Chuck Dukowski – bass on 1–6, 10–11
- Kira Roessler – bass on 7–9, 12
- Brian Migdol – drums on 1, 4–5, 10
- ROBO – drums on 2–3, 6, 11
- Bill Stevenson – drums on 7–9, 12
References
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Category:Black Flag (band) compilation albums