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DAG NASTY

Dag Nasty kept roaring D.C.-styled hardcore alive during the mid-'80s. Although the group was more accessible and melodic than Minor Threat, it never lost its bracing, blistering edge. Formed by former Minor Threat and Meatmen guitarist Brian Baker and ex-DYS vocalist Dave Smalley, Dag Nasty recorded their first album, Can I Say (1986), with D.C.-punk guru Ian MacKaye assisting on the production. The following year, Smalley left the group; he was replaced by Peter Cortner, who added more pop elements to the band's sound. Dag Nasty moved from MacKaye's Dischord label to Giant in 1988, releasing their last album of the '80s, Field Day

tracklisting

Side A: VALUES HERE - ONE TO TWO - CIRCLES - THIN LINE - JUSTIFICATION

Side B: WHAT NOW? - I'VE HEARD - UNDER YOUR INFLUENCE - CAN I SAY - NEVER GO BACK

1986      LP     DISCHORD RECORDS    DISCHORD 19

PRINTED IN FRANCE for the UK & EUROPEAN MARKET (?) 

ORIGINAL PRESSING

[1st pressing has on back cover: This album is $5.00 postpaid from.... 

2nd pressing has darker purple on the front cover, lighter purple labels, and has on back cover: Only $6.00 from...]

SINGLE COVER + INSERT

This version: Issued with black-&-white photos/lyrics insert.

"Made in France" on labels & spine. "Printed in England" on insert.

On back cover: this album $5. postpaid from dischord records 3819 beecher st nw washington, dc 20007

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

Label Code (on back cover, bottom right): LC 7861    

Other / Distribution Code(?) [rear, top left, boxed]: EfA 07276   LP 06

LABEL: DISCHORD - LILAC LABEL w/PURPLE+WHITE RIM - WHITE/BLACK/PURPLE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) DISCHORD No 19

Catalog on labels: Dischord 19

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DISCHORD 19 A-1 BAND & SHOW. MPO

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): DISCHORD 19 B-1 BUT NO GO GO.. MPO

On labels: Made in France

All songs by Dag Nasty ©? 1986

On Back Cover: Recorded  at Inner Ear Studios

Engineered by Don Zientara

Produced by Ian & Dag Nasty

©? 1986 Dischord

This album is $5.00 postpaid from [Dischord records logo]

3819 Beecher St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20007

LS7861 SOUTHERN STUDIOS (bottom right)

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The only actual album released with vocalist Dave Smalley up front until Four on the Floor years later, Can I Say helps mark a turning point between hardcore's straight-ahead origins and a more accessible approach that would eventually prime the way for punk's breakthrough in the mid-'90s. Baker's roots in Minor Threat are clear throughout, but at the same time, the production, assisted by Ian Mackaye, is actually stronger and crisper than much of that band's work. Chalk it up to time or better facilities, but Dag Nasty rocks in a full, smack-out-of-the-speakers way with unbridled energy. Smalley, meanwhile, has a vocal delivery halfway between strident pronouncement and anguished reflection -- it's not emo in the original sense of the term (or alternately the late-90s watering down of same), but it's a careful balance just the same. He's not a great vocalist per se, but he does make a commanding frontman, while his lyrics grapple with personal politics in a winning, thoughtful way. The sentiments may not be original, but he phrases them well, never losing sight of the fact that he's singing them and not reciting modern poetry or the like. When the band as a whole just cranks the amps and runs straight ahead with the usual crunch, things are energetic enough without being distinguished. But when Baker tries for something more honestly anthemic, the rhythm section follows along well while Smalley matches the rise perfectly. Check out "Circles," which starts normally enough before shifting into more affecting musical gears a minute in, or the fine "Never Go Back." There's some good if rough call-and-response vocals on "What Now?," the rhythm section in general does the needed job throughout the album, and in the end it, all succeeds pretty damn well...(AllMusic)