Can I Say [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Dag Nasty | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 28, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Dischord
• ASIN: B000066SJ0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

***A remastered reissue of the classic Can I Say album from 1986. Features all ten tracks from the original release, along with two tracks from the same recording session (originally released on Selfless Records), and four unreleased tracks recorded live at the Electric Banana in Pittsburgh, February 6th, 1986 vocalist DAVE SMALLEY's first show with the band.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An improvement?, November 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Can I Say (Audio CD)

I have to say I was disappointed with the quality of the remaster. Doesn't really improve much on the original, to my ears. Probably a better idea to locate any remaining copies of the two-for-one CD that included this as well as Wig Out at Denko's. THAT was a deal.

Despite all that negativity, this is a classic, indispensable American hardcore record. Essential for anyone and everyone.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of 80's Hardcore, July 31, 2002

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Voodoo Chili (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Can I Say (Audio CD)

This is a great album. Brian Baker's guitar playing is simultaneously raw and polished, if you can picture that. It has raw energy, but he was very technically proficient. One thing, though, Dag Nasty was not a pure D.C. band as some have noted. Although it was produced by Ian MacKay and featured Brian Baker, both of Minor Threat, the king of D.C. hardcore in the 80's, another big influence on this album was the singer Dave Smalley. Smalley was from Boston and was formerly the front man for the early-80's Boston straight-edge band, D.Y.S. So, it's really the best of both of the top east-coast hardcore scenes of the 80's - D.C. and Boston (yes, although New York was the headquarters of punk in the U.S. in the 70's, the 80's hardcore scene was pretty dismal compared to Boston and D.C.). Anyway, this album represents a high point in the angst of hardcore before it was co-opted by corporate bands like Nirvana, but with a proficiency that makes earlier bands look lame (and also hard to listen to unless you were actually hearing them live.) The emotion in this album is simply amazing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpeice, November 29, 2007

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Greg Solo (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Can I Say (Audio CD)

Never mind the bonus tracks. One of the top ten greatest post-Punk Hardcore albums EVER. Period. There is no argument. Best Hardcore singing as well IMHO...aside from Cro-Mags' "Age of Quarrel" & anything you can get your hands on by Absolution. All of these changed my life.