Wiggle (album)
| Wiggle | ||||
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| Released | January 15, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | June–August 1992 | |||
| Studio | Sonic Iguana (Lafayette, Ind.) | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 37:56 | |||
| Label | Lookout (LK 063) Asian Man (AM 122) Recess (RR 119) | |||
| Producer | Mass Giorgini | |||
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Wiggle is the fifth studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. Initially planned for release in November 1992, the album was finally released on CD, vinyl and cassette on January 15, 1993, through Lookout Records. Due to a "cymbal hissing" in the original vinyl version, the album was remixed and re-released soon afterwards.
After the band's popularity had grown with their previous album My Brain Hurts, the group felt pressured with the follow-up album. While most of Wiggle is in a similar vein to their previous album, some songs saw the band experimenting with new wave and a few featured a more hardcore-influenced sound reminiscent of the group's earlier material. In retrospect, vocalist Ben Weasel has voiced dissatisfaction with the album, mainly the songs that were chosen for it. However, he considers the band's performance and the album's production better than My Brain Hurts.
The album was remastered and reissued by Asian Man Records in 2005 shortly after the band had removed its catalog from Lookout due to unpaid royalties and a vinyl version was released by Recess Records in 2009.