Can I Say
by Dag Nasty
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1986
- Label: Dischord
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:43
- Community rating: 3.73/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Dave Smalley, Roger Marbury, Brian Baker, Colin Sears
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Ian MacKaye, 'Can I Say' injected the blistering speed of D.C. hardcore with unprecedented emotional vulnerability and soaring pop melodies. Brian Baker's incredibly tight, highly melodic guitar work perfectly frames Dave Smalley's passionate, introspective lyricism regarding heartbreak and personal failing. The album is a vital, emotionally raw blueprint for the entire melodic hardcore and emo genres.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, breakup, fast, emotive, gang-vocals, live
Tracklist
- Values Here (2:23)
- One To Two (2:15)
- Circles (2:46)
- Thin Line (2:30)
- Justification (2:51)
- What Now? (2:16)
- I've Heard (1:43)
- Under Your Influence (2:36)
- Can I Say (1:59)
- Never Go Back (2:52)
- Another Wrong (2:19)
- My Dog's A Cat (2:18)
- I've Heard - live (2:19)
- Another Wrong - live (2:22)
- Trying - live (2:09)
- Justification - live (3:58)
Credits
- Dag Nasty - primary artist, producer, songwriter
- Roger Marbury - bass
- Colin Sears - drums
- Don Zientara - engineer
- Jeff Nelson - graphics
- Brian Baker - guitar
- Dave McDuff - photography by
- Ilisa Katz - photography by
- John Reardon - photography by
- Mike Bassi - photography by
- Ian MacKaye - producer
- Kurt Sayenga - typography [typesetting]
- Dave Smalley - vocals