Wiggle (album)

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Wiggle
Studio album by Screeching Weasel
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
Screeching Weasel chronology
Ramones (1992) Wiggle (1993) Anthem for a New Tomorrow (1993)

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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,^[2] 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.^[2]

After the band's popularity had grown with their previous album My Brain Hurts, the group felt pressured with the follow-up album.^[3] 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.^[3] However, he considers the band's performance and the album's production better than My Brain Hurts.^[2]

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.