Wrong (album)


Wrong is the fourth full-length album by Canadian punk rock band Nomeansno. It was released in 1989 through Alternative Tentacles record label.

Overview

Wrong was described by drummer John Wright as the band's "most popular album by a country mile". When asked to speculate as to the reasons why Wrong enjoyed such relative success, John Wright attributed it to the mainstream success of Nirvana and the rising popularity of alternative music:

Reception

The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal called it the band's best album, and rated the album as a 10 out of 10, stating, "Wrong was the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal." Sean Carruthers, critic for Allmusic, declared that the album was the band's masterpiece, and features "some of the most complex instrumentation you're ever likely to find in good ol' punk rawk."

Track listing

Side one
  1. "It's Catching Up" – 3:29
  2. "The Tower" – 5:11
  3. "Brainless Wonder" – 1:34
  4. "Tired of Waiting" – 1:47
  5. "Stocktaking" – 3:05
  6. "The End of All Things" – 5:10
Side two
  1. "Big Dick" – 3:15
  2. "Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue" – 1:46
  3. "Rags and Bones" – 5:05
  4. "Oh No! Bruno!" – 3:06
  5. "All Lies" – 6:27

    CD reissue bonus tracks

  7. "Life in Hell" – 3:54
  8. "I Am Wrong" – 7:01

    2005 CD reissue bonus tracks

  10. "State of Grace" – 5:29
  11. "End of the World" – 3:28

    Personnel