Tracklist
| 1 | Where It Hurts | 5:33 | |
| 2 | Fast Junkie | 4:21 | |
| 3 | The Wait-New High In Lows | 5:46 | |
| 4 | They Eat Their Young | 4:57 | |
| 5 | What's Your Problem | 5:10 | |
| 6 | Under One | 4:14 | |
| 7 | Supersonic Hate | 4:17 | |
| 8 | R.I.P. (Undone) | 1:43 | |
| 9 | Up To Zero | 4:07 | |
| 10 | Bastard Nation | 5:38 | |
| 11 | Gasoline Dream | 6:52 | |
| 98 | Untitled | 4:55 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Time Warner
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
- Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
- Copyright © – Blood And Iron Music
- Copyright © – Zazmar Music
- Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
- Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
- Recorded At – Ambient Recording Co.
- Mixed At – Ambient Recording Co.
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
Credits
- Bass, Backing Vocals – D.D. Verni
- Cover [Cover Logo] – Joe Verni
- Drums – Tim Mallare
- Engineer – Tom Bender
- Guitar – Merritt Gant
- Guitar [Rhythm], Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Rob Cannavino
- Keyboards – Doug Cook
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Photography By – Daniel Hastings
- Producer – Overkill
- Vocals – Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth
Notes
This is 1st press without SID codes, similar to reissue with mould SID code W.F.O..
Recorded & mixed at Ambient Recording Co., Stamford CT, April-May 1994
Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC
"R.I.P. is dedicated to our friend Criss Oliva.
Bastard Nation is for Europe where they still !"
Tracks 12-97 & 99 are blank tracks; tracks 12-95 are 0:03-0:04 each, track 96 is 2:56, track 97 is 9:00
Track 98 is not listed on the cover
The title of this album is an abbreviation for "Wide Fucking Open".
Issued in standard jewel case with black tray and a 10-page fold-out booklet.
Recorded & mixed at Ambient Recording Co., Stamford CT, April-May 1994
Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC
"R.I.P. is dedicated to our friend Criss Oliva.
Bastard Nation is for Europe where they still !"
Tracks 12-97 & 99 are blank tracks; tracks 12-95 are 0:03-0:04 each, track 96 is 2:56, track 97 is 9:00
Track 98 is not listed on the cover
The title of this album is an abbreviation for "Wide Fucking Open".
Issued in standard jewel case with black tray and a 10-page fold-out booklet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7567-82630-2 6
- Barcode (String): 075678263026
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [Specialty Records Corporation logo] 3 82630-2 SRC##04 M1S1
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [Specialty Records Corporation logo] 3 82630-2 SRC##04 M1S2
- Rights Society (Songs): BMI
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W.F.O. (CD, Album, Club Edition) | Atlantic | 82630-2 | US | 1994 | ||
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W.F.O. (Cassette, Album) | Atlantic | 82630-4 | Turkey | 1994 | ||
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Reviews
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Solid Overkill album, featuring their best anthem “Bastard Nation.”
Released in 1994, W.F.O. is Overkill’s seventh album and completed their first decade of recorded material. It was the band’s third release after the departure of original guitarist/songwriter Bobby Gustafson, who was replaced by guitar duo, Merritt Gant and Rob Cannavino, the latter being Gustafson’s former guitar tech. W.F.O. was the last of three albums with the duo. Gant wanted to get away from the demands of touring to spend time with his family while Cannavino wanted to focus on motorcycle racing.
W.F.O was the first album produced by the band and the last album released through Atlantic Records, who released their previous five albums. Several critics lambasted DD’s bass sound on W.F.O. as too overwhelming in the mix, but I never had a problem with it except that the tone is kinda wimpy (similar to the weak bass sound on Testament’s PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH). Other than that, it’s nice to prominently hear the bass.
In any case, the group obviously wanted to get back to thrash basics after the experimental I HEAR BLACK (1993). But I wouldn’t call W.F.O. conventional by any means; it still has Overkill’s penchant for quirkiness and diversity. Look no further than the top song of the album, “Bastard Nation,” for which a video was eventually released (although it might have been the live version from 1995’s WRECKING YOUR NECK). Another example of diversity is the atypical instrumental acoustic piece “R.I.P. (Undone).”
“The Wait/New High in Lows” is also a highlight, which starts out with a quote from the 1993 crime thriller “Carlito’s Way.” Other notables include: the catchy “Under One,” “Supersonic Hate,” “Up to Zero” and the closer “Gasoline Dream” with its cool acoustic fade-out.
While W.F.O. is a decent effort, it paved the way for the band’s top two albums ever, THE KILLING KIND (1996) and FROM THE UNDERGROUND AND BELOW (1997).
GRADE: B
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LP reissue of "W.F.O." (first time on vinyl!!!) and "I hear black" is planned for may 2017:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18827073/overkill-wfo-and-i-hear-black-vinyl-pressing?lang=es
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