Is This Real? is the debut studio album by the Portland, Oregon -based punk rock band Wipers , originally released on vinyl in January 1980 by Park Avenue Records.
28-573: [REDACTED] Look up mystery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mystery , The Mystery , Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Fictional characters [ edit ] Mystery, a cat character in Emily the Strange Mystery, a seahorse that SpongeBob SquarePants adopts in
56-635: A 2014 Indian film Genres [ edit ] Mystery fiction , a genre of detective fiction Mystery film , a genre in cinema Literature [ edit ] Mysteries (novel) or Mysterie , an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun Mystery (novel) , a 1990 novel by American author Peter Straub The Mystery (1907), a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams Newspapers [ edit ] Mystery (newspaper) , an African American newspaper by Martin Delany Music [ edit ] Groups [ edit ] Mystery (band) ,
84-430: A Canadian progressive-rock band formed in 1986 Albums and EPs [ edit ] Mystery (Blk Jks EP) , 2009 Mystery (Mystery EP) , 1992 Mystery (RAH Band album) , 1985 Mystery (Faye Wong album) , 1994 Mystery , a 1984 album by Vanilla Fudge Mystery , a 2006 album Evonne Hsu Myst3ry , a 2016 EP by Ladies' Code The Mystery (album) Songs [ edit ] "Mystery",
112-430: A Canadian progressive-rock band formed in 1986 Albums and EPs [ edit ] Mystery (Blk Jks EP) , 2009 Mystery (Mystery EP) , 1992 Mystery (RAH Band album) , 1985 Mystery (Faye Wong album) , 1994 Mystery , a 1984 album by Vanilla Fudge Mystery , a 2006 album Evonne Hsu Myst3ry , a 2016 EP by Ladies' Code The Mystery (album) Songs [ edit ] "Mystery",
140-413: A Chesapeake Bay log canoe Mystery (lugger) , a Mount's Bay lugger which made a voyage from Cornwall to Australia in 1855 Spirit of Mystery , a modern recreation of Mystery USS Mystery , the name of more than one proposed or actual United States Navy ships Other uses [ edit ] The Mystery, Wavertree Playground of England Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery , car that held
168-413: A Chesapeake Bay log canoe Mystery (lugger) , a Mount's Bay lugger which made a voyage from Cornwall to Australia in 1855 Spirit of Mystery , a modern recreation of Mystery USS Mystery , the name of more than one proposed or actual United States Navy ships Other uses [ edit ] The Mystery, Wavertree Playground of England Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery , car that held
196-760: A Mystery (TV series) , a children's television show Mystery! , a PBS program showcasing British detective fiction Other uses in television [ edit ] "Mystery" ( Pee-wee's Playhouse ) , an episode of the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse "The Mystery" ( The Amazing World of Gumball ) , an episode of the TV show The Amazing World of Gumball Mystery TV , a Canadian digital television channel Ion Mystery , an American digital television channel formerly branded as Mystery People [ edit ] Mystery (pickup artist) (born 1971), stage name of entertainer Erik Von Markovik Religion and ancient culture [ edit ] Mystery play , such as
224-712: A Mystery (TV series) , a children's television show Mystery! , a PBS program showcasing British detective fiction Other uses in television [ edit ] "Mystery" ( Pee-wee's Playhouse ) , an episode of the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse "The Mystery" ( The Amazing World of Gumball ) , an episode of the TV show The Amazing World of Gumball Mystery TV , a Canadian digital television channel Ion Mystery , an American digital television channel formerly branded as Mystery People [ edit ] Mystery (pickup artist) (born 1971), stage name of entertainer Erik Von Markovik Religion and ancient culture [ edit ] Mystery play , such as
252-443: A cat character in Emily the Strange Mystery, a seahorse that SpongeBob SquarePants adopts in the episode " My Pretty Seahorse " Films [ edit ] Mystery (2012 film) , a 2012 Chinese drama film Mystery (2014 film) , a 2014 Chinese suspense thriller adventure film Mystery, Alaska , a 1999 comedy-drama film Gumnaam – The Mystery , a 2008 Indian Hindi-language thriller film Room: The Mystery ,
280-428: A classic punk rock album of the 1980s. Stephen Howell of AllMusic , in his retrospective review, rated the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated that the production "leaves much to be desired with its tinny-sounding drums, but fortunately, the negatives don't outweigh the positives." He also said that Sage wrote "fairly simplistic songs with power chords, but each melody infects your brain like a fever" and noted that much of
308-502: A genre of detective fiction Mystery film , a genre in cinema Literature [ edit ] Mysteries (novel) or Mysterie , an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun Mystery (novel) , a 1990 novel by American author Peter Straub The Mystery (1907), a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams Newspapers [ edit ] Mystery (newspaper) , an African American newspaper by Martin Delany Music [ edit ] Groups [ edit ] Mystery (band) ,
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#1732764689471336-452: A song by Live from the 2006 album Songs from Black Mountain "Mystery", a song by Dio from the 1984 album The Last in Line "Mystery", a song by Hugh Laurie from the television series A Bit of Fry & Laurie "Mystery", a song by Miles Davis from the 1992 album Doo-Bop "Mystery", a song by Raveena from the album Asha's Awakening "Mystery", a song by Sara Groves from
364-401: A song by Live from the 2006 album Songs from Black Mountain "Mystery", a song by Dio from the 1984 album The Last in Line "Mystery", a song by Hugh Laurie from the television series A Bit of Fry & Laurie "Mystery", a song by Miles Davis from the 1992 album Doo-Bop "Mystery", a song by Raveena from the album Asha's Awakening "Mystery", a song by Sara Groves from
392-482: Is Greg Sage's hard-edged vocals--detached but never silly, passionate but never overwrought--and economical one-hook construction". The album (and the band's music in general) gained a slightly wider audience during the early 1990s when grunge band Nirvana covered the songs "Return of the Rat" and "D-7" on a Wipers tribute album and the group's Hormoaning EP. A different mix of the tribute album recording appeared on
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448-484: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Is This Real%3F The album was reissued on CD by Sub Pop in 1993, augmented by the three tracks from the Alien Boy EP. In 2001, it was digitally remastered by Sage and reissued again on his own Zeno Records as part of a 3-CD set, with the track list altered so that the song "Alien Boy" appeared together with
476-468: The 2004 Nirvana box set With the Lights Out . In 1993, Nirvana vocalist/guitarist Kurt Cobain listed Is This Real? , along with two other Wipers albums, in his list of 50 albums he thought were most influential to Nirvana's sound in his Journals . BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel stated in a 1993 interview that it was one of his top 20 favorite albums. Is This Real? later came to be regarded as
504-629: The Passion play Sacred mysteries , beliefs which cannot be explained by normal reasoning, or esoteric teachings which are kept secret from the non-initiated Greco-Roman mysteries , ancient religious cults whose rituals were not revealed to outsiders; the most famous were the Eleusinian Mysteries Vessels [ edit ] Mystery , a cutter built in 1863 by Peter Hedland and subsequently captained by him on journeys to Western Australia Mystery (log canoe) ,
532-491: The Passion play Sacred mysteries , beliefs which cannot be explained by normal reasoning, or esoteric teachings which are kept secret from the non-initiated Greco-Roman mysteries , ancient religious cults whose rituals were not revealed to outsiders; the most famous were the Eleusinian Mysteries Vessels [ edit ] Mystery , a cutter built in 1863 by Peter Hedland and subsequently captained by him on journeys to Western Australia Mystery (log canoe) ,
560-449: The album Invisible Empires "Mystery", a song by Rod Temperton , performed by The Manhattan Transfer and Anita Baker "Mystery", a song by The Olivia Tremor Control from the album Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One "Mystery", a song by Wipers from the 1980 album Is This Real? "Mystery", a song by Pond from the 2012 album Beard, Wives, Denim Television [ edit ] Series [ edit ] It's
588-449: The album Invisible Empires "Mystery", a song by Rod Temperton , performed by The Manhattan Transfer and Anita Baker "Mystery", a song by The Olivia Tremor Control from the album Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One "Mystery", a song by Wipers from the 1980 album Is This Real? "Mystery", a song by Pond from the 2012 album Beard, Wives, Denim Television [ edit ] Series [ edit ] It's
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#1732764689471616-691: The band re-record the album at a professional studio, as it was originally recorded at the band's rehearsal studio on a 4-track recorder. When finally released, the album was not promoted and received little attention, only developing a cult following in the band's hometown. Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1980, Robert Christgau wrote, Three guys from Portland (Oregon, but it might just as well be Maine) who caught on to punk unfashionably late and for that reason sound like they're still discovering something. Which hardly makes them unique--there are similar bands in dozens if not hundreds of American cities, many of whom send me records. What distinguishes this one
644-414: The episode " My Pretty Seahorse " Films [ edit ] Mystery (2012 film) , a 2012 Chinese drama film Mystery (2014 film) , a 2014 Chinese suspense thriller adventure film Mystery, Alaska , a 1999 comedy-drama film Gumnaam – The Mystery , a 2008 Indian Hindi-language thriller film Room: The Mystery , a 2014 Indian film Genres [ edit ] Mystery fiction ,
672-457: The land-speed record See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikiquote has quotations related to Mystery . Anomaly (disambiguation) , a deviation or departure from the normal Fushigi (disambiguation) , Japanese for "mystery" or "secret" Mystère (disambiguation) Mysterious (disambiguation) Mystery watch Secret Unsolved problem All pages with titles containing Mystery Topics referred to by
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728-493: The other three tracks from the Alien Boy EP, after "Wait a Minute". It was reissued on LP by Jackpot Records in 2006, remastered again from the original tapes that Sage provided to the label. Initially wanting to put it out through his own Trap Records, Sage decided to release the album through Park Avenue Records, hoping that it would give them slightly wider distribution. Before it was released, Park Avenue insisted that
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