Mama is the debut album of the band, Nomeansno

Nomeansno

NoMeansNo is a Canadian progressive punk rock music group originally from Victoria, British Columbia and now located in Vancouver.The band has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted underground following in North America and Europe...

. Recorded in 1982 by brothers John

John Wright (musician)

John Wright is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He replaced the former drummer, Murray Jackson. He is best known as the drummer, keyboardist, occasional vocalist and co-songwriter in the progressive punk rock/punk jazz band NoMeansNo, as well as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the...

 and Rob Wright

Rob Wright

Rob Wright is a Canadian musician and songwriter best known as the bassist, lead vocalist and occasional guitarist of the progressive punk rock band Nomeansno, as well as the bassist of the pop punk band The Hanson Brothers...

, the album was initially available with a limited number of 500 vinyl pressings. After being re-released on limited-run cassette, the album was re-mastered and properly released on CD format in 1992 on the band's Wrong Records imprint, containing four additional tracks taken from their 1981 release, the Betrayal, Fear, Anger, Hatred EP. Mama was yet again re-released in 2004 containing two early video recordings of the brothers performing the songs, "Rich Guns" and "Forget Your Life" on public broadcast TV in 1981.

Original LP

Side one

1. "Living is Free" - 4:19
2. "My Roommate is Turning into a Monster" - 3:59
3. "Red Devil" - 5:37
4. "Mama's Little Boy" - 5:46

Side two

1. "We Are the Chopped" - 5:14
2. "No Sex" - 2:43
3. "Rich Guns" - 3:48
4. "No Rest for the Wicked" - 4:59
5. "Living in Detente" - 3:19

CD version

1. "Living is Free" - 4:28
2. "My Roommate is Turning into a Monster" - 4:07
3. "Red Devil" - 5:48
4. "Mama's Little Boy" - 6:01
5. "We Are the Chopped" - 5:25
6. "No Sex" - 2:48
7. "Rich Guns" - 3:55
8. "No Rest for the Wicked" - 5:11
9. "Living in Détente" - 3:19
10. "Try Not to Stutter" - 2:47
11. "I'm All Wet" - 2:46
12. "Approaching Zero" - 2:20
13. "Forget Your Life" - 5:50

Personnel

• Rob Wright
  Rob Wright
  Rob Wright is a Canadian musician and songwriter best known as the bassist, lead vocalist and occasional guitarist of the progressive punk rock band Nomeansno, as well as the bassist of the pop punk band The Hanson Brothers...
  
   - bass, vocals, guitars
• John Wright
  John Wright (musician)
  John Wright is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He replaced the former drummer, Murray Jackson. He is best known as the drummer, keyboardist, occasional vocalist and co-songwriter in the progressive punk rock/punk jazz band NoMeansNo, as well as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the...
  
  - drums, vocals, keyboard, bells, percussion
• Eric Sinclar - saxophone (track 12)
• Sandra Lange - engineer
• Marc L'Esperance - re-mastering
• Marcus Rodgers - video files