Tracklist
Where It Hurts | 5:33 | ||
Fast Junkie | 4:21 | ||
The Wait-New High In Lows | 5:46 | ||
They Eat Their Young | 4:57 | ||
What's Your Problem | 5:10 | ||
Under One | 4:14 | ||
Supersonic Hate | 4:17 | ||
R.I.P. (Undone) | 1:43 | ||
Up To Zero | 4:07 | ||
Bastard Nation | 5:38 | ||
Gasoline Dream | 6:52 | ||
Untitled | 4:55 |
Credits (13)
- D.D. VerniBass, Backing Vocals
-
Hilary CarlsonCover [Cover Logo]
-
Joe VerniCover [Cover Logo]
- Tim MallareDrums
-
Doug CookEngineer
-
Tom BenderEngineer
Notes
The title of this album is an abbreviation for "Wide Fucking Open".
Versions
Filter by
48 versions
Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory |
|
Version Details | Data Quality | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – 7567-82630-2 | Europe | 1994 | Europe — 1994 |
Recently Edited
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – AMCY-736 | Japan | 1994 | Japan — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
Recently Edited
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Club Edition
|
Atlantic – 82630-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | Turkey | 1994 | Turkey — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album
|
Atlantic – 78 26304 | Canada | 1994 | Canada — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – CD 82630 | Canada | 1994 | Canada — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CDr, Unofficial Release
|
Atlantic – 82630-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 | ||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album, Promo
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Promo
|
Atlantic – 82630-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-2 | Israel | 1994 | Israel — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Promo
|
Atlantic – 7567-82630-2 | 1994 | — 1994 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album
|
Atlantic – 7567-82630-4 | 1994 | — 1994 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release
|
Not On Label (Overkill) – none | Bulgaria | 1994 | Bulgaria — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | Indonesia | 1994 | Indonesia — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album, Club Edition, SR
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – 7567-82630-2 | Europe | 1994 | Europe — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – 7567-82630-2 | Europe | 1994 | Europe — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Atlantic – 82630-2 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album, Club Edition, SR
|
Atlantic – 82630-4 | US | 1994 | US — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Promo
|
Atlantic – AMCY-736 | Japan | 1994 | Japan — 1994 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O
Cassette, Album, Stereo
|
Atlantic – 826304 | Malaysia | 1995 | Malaysia — 1995 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release
|
Star – 297 | 1995 | 1995 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Reissue
|
Atlantic – AMCY-3090 | Japan | 1997 | Japan — 1997 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Unofficial Release
|
CD Media Records – none | Russia | 1997 | Russia — 1997 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
|
Nord Group – Nord Group 0253 | Russia | 1998 | Russia — 1998 | ||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album
|
Wounded Bird Records – WOU 2630 | US | 2005 | US — 2005 | ||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Gold plated CD
|
Фирма Грамзаписи Никитин – 4607173158512 | Russia | 2007 | Russia — 2007 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Reissue
|
Atlantic – WQ-1468 | Japan | 2014 | Japan — 2014 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue, Green / Black Marble
|
Cast In Stone Entertainment – STONE-002 | 2017 | — 2017 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Album, Limited Edition, Misprint, Reissue, Stereo, White
|
Cast In Stone Entertainment – STONE-002 | 2017 | — 2017 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Album, Clear
|
Cast In Stone Entertainment – STONE-002 | 2017 | — 2017 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
|
Cast In Stone Entertainment – STONE-002 | 2017 | — 2017 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Album, Repress, Special Edition, Clear, Metal For Metal Edition
|
Cast In Stone Entertainment – STONE-002 | 2017 | — 2017 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Numbered, Test Pressing
|
Cast In Stone Entertainment – STONE-002 | 2017 | — 2017 |
New Submission
|
||||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Reissue, Repress, Unofficial Release
|
Atlantic (2) – 7567-82630-2 | Russia | 2017 | Russia — 2017 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
LP, Album, Reissue, Clear Marbled
|
BMG – 538677041 | Europe | 2023 | Europe — 2023 |
New Submission
|
|||
![]() |
W.F.O.
CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak
|
BMG – 538677052 | Europe | 2024 | Europe — 2024 |
New Submission
|
Recommendations
Reviews
-
-
My copy has constant clicks on first song on side one. It's a shame for record company to sell new records in such condition.
-
Only listened to side one so far, seems like the sound on this LP has more heft to it. Definitely more than the cd copy from 1994. I'm diggin' it!! 🤘
-
referencing W.F.O (Cassette, Album, Stereo) 826304
Good album...staring of the groove era for the band. Malaysian realaesed version cassete -
referencing W.F.O. (CD, Album) 82630-2
Really bad sounding vinyl, awful cover quality. Buy only if you have money to spend for records you will never listen again once spinned. -
referencing W.F.O. (CD, Album) 82630-2
Solid Overkill album, featuring their best anthem “Bastard Nation.”
Released in 1994, W.F.O. is Overkill’s seventh album and completed their first decade of recorded material. It was the band’s third release after the departure of original guitarist/songwriter Bobby Gustafson, who was replaced by guitar duo, Merritt Gant and Rob Cannavino, the latter being Gustafson’s former guitar tech. W.F.O. was the last of three albums with the duo. Gant wanted to get away from the demands of touring to spend time with his family while Cannavino wanted to focus on motorcycle racing.
W.F.O was the first album produced by the band and the last album released through Atlantic Records, who released their previous five albums. Several critics lambasted DD’s bass sound on W.F.O. as too overwhelming in the mix, but I never had a problem with it except that the tone is kinda wimpy (similar to the weak bass sound on Testament’s PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH). Other than that, it’s nice to prominently hear the bass.
In any case, the group obviously wanted to get back to thrash basics after the experimental I HEAR BLACK (1993). But I wouldn’t call W.F.O. conventional by any means; it still has Overkill’s penchant for quirkiness and diversity. Look no further than the top song of the album, “Bastard Nation,” for which a video was eventually released (although it might have been the live version from 1995’s WRECKING YOUR NECK). Another example of diversity is the atypical instrumental acoustic piece “R.I.P. (Undone).”
“The Wait/New High in Lows” is also a highlight, which starts out with a quote from the 1993 crime thriller “Carlito’s Way.” Other notables include: the catchy “Under One,” “Supersonic Hate,” “Up to Zero” and the closer “Gasoline Dream” with its cool acoustic fade-out.
While W.F.O. is a decent effort, it paved the way for the band’s top two albums ever, THE KILLING KIND (1996) and FROM THE UNDERGROUND AND BELOW (1997).
GRADE: B
-
this version has a very poor sound, plus mistakes in the print of the cover where in the track list appears a bonus that does not exist in the original press.
-
This is awfull pressing of the album. You should defenetely exclude it from your buying list - it's just not worth money
Poor quality of sleeve and low-res artwork on cover, vinyl sonds like it have no bass at all. Horrible pressing, don't buy it. -
referencing W.F.O. (CD, Album) 82630-2
LP reissue of "W.F.O." (first time on vinyl!!!) and "I hear black" is planned for may 2017:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/18827073/overkill-wfo-and-i-hear-black-vinyl-pressing?lang=es
Master Release
Edit Master Release
Recently Edited
Recently Edited
For sale on Discogs
Sell a copy
220 copies from €1.86