Song · Wedding Present
“Dare” by Wedding Present
From the album Seamonsters (1991)
“Dare” by Wedding Present appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1991 on the album Seamonsters. Its best result is #12 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #104 alternative song of 1991.
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"Dare" comes from Seamonsters, the Wedding Present's third studio album, cut in just ten days in 1991 with Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. David Gedge wrote the words and music, and the single-word title is part of the point: after years of getting ribbed in the music press for their long, sentence-length song names, the band gave every track on the record a one-word title.
Albini had already recorded the Brassneck and 3 Songs EPs with them, and Seamonsters kept that rougher, harsher edge, a long way from the band's first two albums. Critics loved the record, though guitarist Peter Solowka didn't stick around to enjoy it: he was sacked between the sessions and the release, and Paul Dorrington took his place.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
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