Extreme
Extreme's self-titled debut arrived in March 1989 on A&M Records. It is the first of six studio albums from the American band, and it sets out their stall as a blend of hard rock, funk metal and pop metal. The record climbed to No. 80 on the Billboard 200, and "Kid Ego" became a minor hit on the Mainstream Rock chart.
The track most people will know is "Play with Me", which turned up on the soundtrack to the comedy film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. It later resurfaced in the opening episode of Stranger Things 4 and in the 2007 rhythm game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. Anyone who knows the band mainly from their 1990 follow-up, Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale), will find this an interesting place to go back to and hear where it all began.
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Extreme: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 45:06Tracklist
- 1Little Girls3:48
- 2Wind Me Up3:37
- 3Kid Ego4:05
- 4Watching, Waiting4:55
- 5Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone4:52
- 6Teacher's Pet3:02
- 7Big Boys Don't Cry3:34
- 8Smoke Signals4:14
- 9Flesh 'n' Blood3:32
- 10Rock a Bye Bye5:57
- 11Play With MeNuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone3:29
- Produced by
- Mack, Extreme, Reinhold Mack
- Recorded
- 1988
- Labels
- A&M Records, A&M
- Length
- 45:06
Singles
- “Play with Me” · February 1989
- “Kid Ego” · March 1989
- “Little Girls” · July 1989
- “Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)” · September 1989
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1989 | 80 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1989 | 97 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1989-03-14 vs 1989-05-21 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 May 1989 | ignored lone early release dated 1989-01-01 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 14 March 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 1989 | |
| US release | 1989 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | A&M Records | 082839523820 | other |
| 1989 | XE | A&M Records | 082839523820 | other |
| 1989 | US | A&M Records | 075021523821 | other |
| 1989 | GB | A&M Records | 082839523813 | other |
| 1989 | AU | A&M Records | other | |
| 1989 | XE | A&M Records | 082839523820 | other |
| 1 January 1989 | XW | A&M Records | 00075021523821 | original |
| 21 May 1989 | JP | A&M Records | 4988013089334 | other |
| 2012 | JP | A&M Records | 4988005688712 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 320×320 | upscaled |