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Big Wreck have announced a newly remixed and remastered 25th anniversary edition of their 2001 album “The Pleasure And The Greed.” The deluxe effort will be released on November 6. Notably, the record will also be available on vinyl for the first time.

“The Pleasure And The Greed” 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Track Listing:

01. “Inhale”
02. “Undersold”
03. “Knee Deep”
04. “Everything Is Fine”
05. “All By Design”
06. “Mistake”
07. “Ladylike”
08. “The Pleasure And The Greed”
09. “No Fault”
10. “Breakthrough”
11. “Ease My Mind”
12. Broken Hands
13. “Head In The Girl”
14. “All Our Days Are Numbered”
15. “West Virginia”
16. “Defined By What We Steal”
17. “Mistake” (feat. Chad Kroeger)
18. “Breakthrough” (feat. Myles Kennedy)
19. “Mistake” (2026 Demo)

Frontman Ian Thornley commented:

“This album has long been a polarizing subject in and around the Big Wreck camp.

From my own perspective, I choose to remember the time just before recording it, when we were all bubbling with excitement—excitement for the possibilities and that ‘wait till they hear this!’ enthusiasm.

When we were done recording, those feelings faded fast. I remember feeling a bit lost, like, ‘This isn’t what we wanted.’ We went into another studio to try and capture some of ‘what we wanted,’ but perhaps we were just a bit too beat up by that point to get it.

Having said all that, I’ve always believed in the music. I’ve always wondered what would happen if we got another crack at it. What if those songs got the treatment we thought they deserved?

When the opportunity arose and we found out that the recordings still existed, I couldn’t wait to hear what was actually there. To my surprise, the initial raw recordings were okay, without the weird balances and sizzle the album always had. Apparently, that happened in the mix.

So, 25 years after the album was released, Eric Ratz and I went about painstakingly putting these recordings back together in a way that makes sense to us now. Many years of experience later, it was almost as if we were hearing this album for the first time.

We got very excited. That excitement carried on through to the last track. And it reminds me of the excitement those four kids had right before they went into the studio to record their second album.”