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Line 1: {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox album \| name = Margin Walker Line 6 ⟶ 7: \| alt = \| released = June 1989 \| recorded = December 1988 ~~at [[Southern Studios]]~~ \| venue = \| studio = [[Southern Studios]] (London) \| genre = [[Post-hardcore]] \| length = 17:08 Line 20 ⟶ 21: {{Album reviews \|rev1 = [[Allmusic]] \|rev1score = {{rating\|4.5\|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web\|title=allmusic ((( ''Margin Walker'' > Review )))\|url={{~~Allmusic~~AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r7858\|pure_url=yes}}\|publisher=[[Allmusic]]\|author=Kellman, Andy\|~~accessdate~~access-date=March 17, 2010}}</ref> \| rev2 = ''[[MusicHound\|MusicHound Rock]]'' \| rev2score = {{rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{cite book\|title=[[MusicHound\|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]\|editor=Gary Graff\|editor-link=Gary Graff\|edition=1st\|year=1996\|location=London\|isbn=978-0-7876-1037-1\|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]}}</ref> \| rev3 = ''[[:it:Claudio Fabretti\|OndaRock]]'' \| rev3score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.ondarock.it/rockedintorni/fugazi.htm\|title=Fugazi\|author=Claudio Lancia\|language=it\|accessdate=May 3, 2022}}</ref> \| rev4 = Punknews.org \| rev4score = {{rating\|4.5\|5}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/15669/fugazi-margin-walker\|title=Margin Walker (1989)\|author=Julie River\|date=March 21, 2018}}</ref> \| rev5 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' \| rev5Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book \|chapter=Fugazi \|editor1-last=Weisbard \|editor1-first=Eric \|editor2-last=Marks \|editor2-first=Craig \|title=[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]] \|edition=1st \|publisher=[[Vintage Books]] \|location=New York \|year=1995 \|isbn=0-679-75574-8}}</ref> \| rev6 = ''[[Colin Larkin\|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]'' \| rev6score = {{Rating\|3\|5}}<ref>{{cite book \|last=Larkin \|first=Colin \|author-link=Colin Larkin \|year=1999 \|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock \|url=https://archive.org/details/virginencycloped0000unse_o3n4/page/176/mode/2up?q=fugazi \|location=London \|publisher=[[Virgin Books]] \|page=176 \|isbn=0-753-50257-7}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''Margin Walker''''' is anthe second [[Extended play\|EP]] by the ~~[[United States\|~~American]] [[post-hardcore]] band [[Fugazi (band)\|Fugazi]]. It was originally released in June 1989 on vinyl and again in the same year on the compilation release ''[[13 Songs (Fugazi album)\|13 Songs]]'' along with the debut [[Extended play\|EP]] ''[[Fugazi (EP)\|Fugazi]]''. The 12" vinyl went out of print, but was remastered and reissued by Dischord Records in October 2009.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|author=U.S.A. \|url=http://www.dischord.com/release/035/margin-walker \|title=Fugazi -– Margin Walker \|publisher=Dischord.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2012-03-01}}</ref> == Background == ~~It was originally intended to be a full-length album, but it was released as an EP due to sub-par performances in the other recorded songs.<ref>http://www.oocities.org/drawcamp/fgz-rec.html</ref>~~ ''Margin Walker'' was recorded at [[Southern Studios]] in London, where Fugazi had finished their first European tour. It was produced by [[John Loder (sound engineer)\|John Loder]] who was the engineer for several underground artists, including [[anarcho-punk]] band [[Crass]] which greatly influenced Fugazi.<ref name="ms">{{cite web\|access-date=July 5, 2020\|url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/blog-musica/fugazi-repeater/\|website=[[Mondo Sonoro]]\|language=es\|title=Treinta años del "Repeater" de Fugazi\|first=Oriol \|last=Rodríguez \|date=April 21, 2020\|publication-date=April 21, 2020\|url-status=live\|archive-date=April 23, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423145632/https://www.mondosonoro.com/blog-musica/fugazi-repeater/}}</ref> Originally intended to be their first studio album, ''Margin Walker'' was released as an EP due to what the members perceived as sub-par performances caused by the exhausting tour.<ref name="ms" /><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Gross \|first=Joe \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvFKDwAAQBAJ&dq=fugazi+margin+walker&pg=PA27 \|title=Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker \|date=2018-05-19 \|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA \|isbn=978-1-5013-2141-2 \|language=en}}</ref> == Reception == According to ''[[Trouser Press]]'', the EP "illustrates just how far Fugazi’s four have traveled from their hardcore beginnings. [...] in MacKaye’s melodic guitar work, the tight, fluid rhythm section, the incisive lyrics and the sharply arranged vocal exchanges." "Continuing to develop the stylings he began with [[Minor Threat]]," it continues, "MacKaye manages to make the expletives in the vigorously monotonal, part spoken “Promises” sound somewhat eloquent."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Fugazi \|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/fugazi/ \|access-date=2022-05-02 \|website=Trouser Press \|language=en-US}}</ref> Andy Kellman of [[AllMusic]] called it an "equally excellent follow-up to the Fugazi EP".<ref name=":0" /> ''Margin Walker'' was also voted the 2nd best EP of the year in the 1989 [[Pazz & Jop]] poll, behind [[Lucinda Williams]]' ''[[Passionate Kisses]]''.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Robert Christgau: Pazz & Jop 1989: Critics Poll \|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres89.php \|access-date=2022-05-03 \|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref> In a 2014 retrospective piece on ''13 Songs'', ''[[Washington City Paper]]''<nowiki/>'s Brandon Gentry writes that "[w]hile ''Margin Walker'' sounds more polished than ''Fugazi'', it doesn’t lack in intensity or intelligence. The title track’s stunray guitar and elastic bass lines are the ideal backdrop for MacKaye’s and Picciotto’s traded lyrical barbs. “And the Same” combines slashing chords and shouted invective into a scathing diatribe against racism and retrograde thinking. “Promises” is an insightful meditation on trust, betrayal, and the acceptance of disappointment."<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brandon Gentry \|date=2014-10-24 \|title=Margin Walkers \|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/202203/margin-walkers-13-takes-on-fugazis-13-songs-a-quarter/ \|access-date=2022-05-02 \|website=Washington City Paper \|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Covers== "Margin Walker" was covered live by [[Wild Flag]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.stereogum.com/993161/watch-wild-flag-cover-fugazis-margin-walker/video/\|title=Watch Wild Flag Cover Fugazi's "Margin Walker"\|location=[[Stereogum]]\|date=April 4, 2012\|access-date=October 9, 2017}}</ref> "Provisional" was covered by [[The Dirty Nil]] as a b-side to their "No Weaknesses" single.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Dirty-Nil-No-Weaknesses-Provisional/release/7719379\|title=The Dirty Nil – No Weaknesses / Provisional (2015, Vinyl)\|website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> [[Ryan Adams]] covered the track "Promises" live.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://jambands.com/news/2016/07/27/ryan-adams-covers-fugazi-at-solo-washington-dc-show/\|title = Ryan Adams Covers Fugazi at Solo Washington, DC Show\|date = July 27, 2016}}</ref> ==Track listing== Line 51 ⟶ 72: ==Credits== * [[Ian MacKaye]] -– vocals & guitar * [[Guy Picciotto]] -– vocals ~~& guitar~~ * [[Joe Lally]] -– bass * [[Brendan Canty]] -– drums ==References== Line 60 ⟶ 81: {{Fugazi}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Fugazi EPs]]