13 Songs

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13 Songs
Compilation album by Fugazi
Released	October, 1989
Recorded	Inner Ear Studios and Southern Studios, June and December, 1988
Genre	Post-Hardcore
Length	40:10
Label	Dischord
Producer	Ted Niceley and John Loder
Professional reviews
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Fugazi chronology
Margin Walker (1989) 13 Songs (1989) Repeater (1990)

13 Songs is a compilation of all the songs from the seminal post-hardcore US band Fugazi's first two EPs. It was released in September of 1989. The EPs were Fugazi (1988), which was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in June of 1988, and Margin Walker (1989), which was recorded in December of 1988 at Southern Studios. The EPs had been on Ian MacKaye's Dischord Records as numbers 30 and 35, respectively. 13 Songs was number 36. A remastered version was released in February of 2003.

In 2005, 13 Songs was ranked 29 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Waiting Room" – 2:53
2. "Bulldog Front" – 2:53
3. "Bad Mouth" – 2:35
4. "Burning" – 2:39
5. "Give Me the Cure" – 2:58
6. "Suggestion" – 4:44
7. "Glue Man" – 4:23
8. "Margin Walker" – 2:30
9. "And the Same" – 3:27
10. "Burning Too" – 2:50
11. "Provisional" – 2:17
12. "Lockdown" – 2:10
13. "Promises" – 4:02

• Tracks 1 to 7 are taken from Fugazi (1988)
• Tracks 8 to 13 are taken from Margin Walker (1989)

[edit] Recording details

• Brendan Canty – Drums
• Joe Lally – Bass
• Ian MacKaye – Guitar, Vocals
• Guy Picciotto – Guitar, Vocals
• Edward Janney – Popsloppy guitar on "Provisional"
• Ted Niceley – Producer on tracks 1-7
• Fugazi – Producer on tracks 1-7
• Don Zientara – Engineer on tracks 1-7
• John Loder – Producer, Engineer on tracks 8-13
• Paul Gadd – Engineer on tracks 8-13
• Glen E. Friedman – Inner front cover photo
• Adam Cohen – Traycard photo
• Bert Queiroz – Back photo
• Kurt Sayenga – Graphics

v • d • e Fugazi Ian MacKaye | Guy Picciotto | Joe Lally | Brendan Canty Full-lengths Repeater (1990) | Steady Diet of Nothing (1991) | In on the Kill Taker (1993) | Red Medicine (1995) | End Hits (1998) | The Argument (2001) EPs Fugazi (1988) | Margin Walker (1989) | 3 Songs (1990) | Furniture + 2 (2001) Other albums 13 Songs (1989) | Instrument Soundtrack (1999) | Fugazi Live Series (2004) Compilation appearances State of the Union (album) (1989) | International Pop Underground Convention (1992) | 20 Years of Dischord (2002) Related articles Minor Threat | Dischord Records | Hardcore punk | Post-hardcore | Washington, D.C.