Big Wreck are celebrating 25 years of The Pleasure and the Greed with a new 25th Anniversary Edition, arriving November 6 on all digital streaming platforms and marking the first time the album will be available on vinyl.
The influential Canadian rock band have completely remixed and remastered the album, with Ian Thornley and Eric Ratz revisiting the original recordings and giving the songs a new presentation more than two decades after the album’s original release.
The 25th Anniversary Edition also includes three bonus tracks, including new versions of “Mistake” featuring Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and “Breakthrough” featuring Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy, along with a stripped-down 2026 demo of “Mistake.”
Pre-order The Pleasure And The Greed 25th Anniversary Edition here.
Kroeger’s connection to “Mistake” goes back years, with Nickelback regularly performing the song live and including a version on their Live At Home concert DVD. His new contribution gives the track another dimension while keeping its connection to the Canadian rock scene firmly intact.
Kennedy joins Thornley for a new take on “Breakthrough,” adding his distinctive voice to one of the album’s standout tracks. The third bonus track, “Mistake (2026 Demo),” strips the song back to piano and Thornley’s vocal, offering a much more intimate look at the material.
For Thornley, revisiting The Pleasure And The Greed has meant returning to an album that has carried some complicated memories.
“This album has long been a polarizing subject in and around the Big Wreck camp,” says Thornley.
The frontman recalls the excitement surrounding the band’s second album before recording began, followed by disappointment when the finished record did not sound the way the band had envisioned.
Twenty-five years later, the opportunity to revisit the original recordings gave Thornley and Ratz the chance to approach the material with years of additional experience.
“When the opportunity arose and we found out that the recordings still existed, I couldn’t wait to hear what was actually there,” Thornley explains.
According to Thornley, the original recordings were in better shape than he expected. After discovering that many of the issues he remembered were connected to the original mix, he and Ratz began rebuilding the album from those recordings.
“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,” says Thornley. “Many years of experience later, it was almost as if we were hearing this album for the first time.”
The result is what the band considers the definitive version of The Pleasure And The Greed, including the original album’s 16 tracks and the three new bonus recordings.
The album includes fan favourites such as “Ladylike,” which has continued to generate millions of streams and remains a staple of Big Wreck’s catalogue.
The Pleasure And The Greed 25th Anniversary Edition Track Listing
- “Inhale”
- “Undersold”
- “Knee Deep”
- “Everything Is Fine”
- “All By Design”
- “Mistake”
- “Ladylike”
- “The Pleasure and the Greed”
- “No Fault”
- “Breakthrough”
- “Ease My Mind”
- “Broken Hands”
- “Head in the Girl”
- “All Our Days Are Numbered”
- “West Virginia”
- “Defined by What We Steal”
- “Mistake” feat. Chad Kroeger
- “Breakthrough” feat. Myles Kennedy
- “Mistake (2026 Demo)”
Big Wreck will also take The Pleasure And The Greed back on the road this fall, joining Alter Bridge for a North American tour beginning November 5 in Philadelphia.
The tour includes stops in Silver Spring, Buffalo, Cleveland, Milwaukee, San Antonio, Anaheim, Portland, Seattle, Denver and other cities before wrapping up December 5 at Silver Legacy Grande Exposition Hall in Reno, Nevada.
The band will also headline shows November 14 in Sioux City, Iowa, and November 15 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Big Wreck Tour Dates
November 5 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall
November 7 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring
November 8 — Buffalo, NY — Buffalo RiverWorks
November 10 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Ballroom
November 12 — Milwaukee, WI — The Eagles Club Stage
November 14 — Sioux City, IA — Anthem at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*
November 15 — Omaha, NE — Holland Center Matchbox*
November 17 — St. Louis, MO — The Pageant
November 19 — San Antonio, TX — The Aztec Theatre
November 21 — Maricopa, AZ — The Events Center at Harrah’s Ak-Chin
November 22 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
November 24 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater
November 25 — Seattle, WA — The Moore Theatre
November 27 — Spokane, WA — Fox Theater
November 29 — Salt Lake City, UT — Rockwell at The Complex
November 30 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom
December 3 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Sacramento
December 5 — Reno, NV — Silver Legacy Grande Exposition Hall
*Headline performance
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