Watoosh!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Watoosh!
| type = studio
| artist = Pezz
| cover = watoosh.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 23, 1999
| recorded = 1999 in Mississauga, Ontario
| studio =
| genre = Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock
| length = 42:54
| label = {{hlist|Self-released| Atlantic (re-release)}}
| producer = Brad "Merlin" Nelson
| prev_title = Dudebox
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Try Honesty EP
| next_year = 2001
}}
Watoosh! is the only studio album released by Canadian rock band Pezz, released in 1999 before they changed their name to Billy Talent. The album was re-released in 2005 through Atlantic Records. The album was remastered and re-released on May 31, 2024, and released on vinyl for the first time on December 20, 2024.
Track listing
{{Tracklisting
| all_writing = Pezz, except where noted
| title1 = M & M
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = Fairytale
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Nita
| length3 = 4:51
| title4 = Mother's Native Instrument
| length4 = 4:55
| title5 = Bird in the Basement
| length5 = 3:44
| title6 = Recap
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = When I Was a Little Girl
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Warmth of Windows
| length8 = 3:03
| title9 = Square Root of Me
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = Absorbed
| length10 = 5:22
| title11 = Silence
| length11 = 0:07
| title12 = Silence
| length12 = 0:08
| title13 = Silence
| length13 = 0:33
| title14 = Silence
| length14 = 0:14
| title15 = Silence
| length15 = 0:12
| title16 = Silence
| length16 = 0:14
| title17 = New Orleans Is Sinking
| note17 = The Tragically Hip cover
| length17 = 1:14
}}
- Track 13 is an instrumental, while tracks 11, 12 and 14–16 are blank.
- The track "M & M" is about a group of gothic kids that used to come into the HMV where Benjamin Kowalewicz worked.[http://www.fm96.com/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?recID=151&ell=8943&pge=1# The Ongoing History of New Music] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020025841/http://www.fm96.com/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?recID=151&ell=8943&pge=1 |date=October 20, 2006 }}. "Before They Were Famous", original broadcast date: 13 November 2005 on CFNY.
Personnel
- Benjamin Kowalewicz – lead vocals
- Ian D'Sa – lead guitar, backing vocals, cover art
- Jonathan Gallant – bass, backing vocals
- Aaron Solowoniuk – drums
- Brad Nelson – producer
- Daryl Smith – engineer/mixing
- Brett Zilahi – mastering
See also
- Dudebox, a seven-track EP by Pezz
References
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{{Billy Talent}}
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