Wasted Youth (Girl album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Wasted Youth

| type = Studio Album

| artist = Girl

| cover = Girl wasted youth.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1982

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Glam rock|hard rock}}

| length = 37:44

| label = Jet

| producer = {{hlist|Nigel Thomas|Girl}}

| prev_title = Sheer Greed

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Killing Time

| next_year = 1997

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/wasted-youth-r38935/review | title = Girl Wasted Youth review | accessdate = 2012-03-29 | last = Heibutzki | first = Ralph | publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 7/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 133}}

| rev3 = Record Mirror

| rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Robin|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-01-16-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Girl – Wasted Youth|work=Record Mirror|date=16 January 1982|access-date=21 April 2021|page=22|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804}}

| noprose=yes

}}

Wasted Youth is the second and final album released by the British glam rock band Girl. Bryson Graham replaced drummer Pete Barnacle during the recording of this album, and contributed to the songwriting process.

A remastered CD was reissued by Rock Candy Records in 2016 complete with a bonus CD of a concert recorded in October 1981.