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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.

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.

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.

well this is one of the best punk albums of all time .from d.c.comes dagnasty a band that combines power and hooks.this is there first album and remastered to a sound that brings this awesome album much greatness .kind of like taking the pillows away of in front of the speakers and making it sound like i have ears again.so if ya never heard this before i would recommend this to anyone that is into what we call punk rock or emo.for one this is like one of the best punk rock bands ever and one of the first emo albums ever also.at the time this album was the [bomb] but now thats its remastered it is the [bomb] again.pure punk rock .ever one talks about this band so much but as far as i say if ya never get this album you are missing out really bad.also a bonus with this one is a couple of live tracks for there first gig .which you can hear the raw power live.a band that could play and say so well. so as far as I CAN SAY get it be happy and wait for the next album to come out remastered in a couple of weeks !!!!!!cant wait!!!!