Field Day (Dag Nasty album)

Field Day
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1988
RecordedNovember 1987
GenreHardcore punk[1]
Length33:54 (original)
43:50 (reissue)
LabelGiant[2]
Dag Nasty chronology
Wig Out at Denko's
(1987)
Field Day
(1988)
Four on the Floor
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauA−[1]

Field Day is a studio album by American hardcore punk band Dag Nasty, released in 1988 through Giant Records; it was released in Europe through We Bite Records.

The album features a cover of The Ruts classic "Staring at the Rude Boys."[4] It also offers a new recording of Dag Nasty's "Under Your Influence." The original version appears on the band's debut LP Can I Say, with vocalist Dave Smalley.

The CD bonus track "12XU" was written by Wire, and was also covered by Brian Baker's former band Minor Threat.

The album had sold more than 30,000 copies within a year of its release.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: Album: Dag Nasty: Field Day". www.robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ Records, Epitaph. "Dag Nasty Bio". Epitaph Records.
  3. ^ "Field Day - Dag Nasty | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Dag Nasty". trouserpress.com.
  5. ^ Brannigan, Paul (November 29, 2011). This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306820519 – via Google Books.