HUSKER DU - ZEN ARCADE - DBL LP VINYL - SST RECORDS. NEW, MINT & SEALED
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HUSKER DU - ZEN ARCADE - DBL LP VINYL - SST RECORDS. NEW, MINT & SEALED!
Zen Arcade is the second studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in July 1984 on SST Records. Originally released as a double album on two vinyl LPs, Zen Arcade tells the story of a young boy who runs away from an unfulfilling home life, only to find the world outside is even worse. Zen Arcade and subsequent Hüsker Dü albums were instrumental in the creation of the alternative rock genre, and it is considered by some to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time.
Hüsker Dü had gained notice in the American indie music scene of the early 1980s as a fast, aggressive hardcore punk band. They were the first non-West Coast group signed to the California independent record label SST Records, which at the time specialized in releases by hardcore bands, most notably Black Flag. However, the trio's music was becoming more melodic and nuanced with each album; songs such as "Diane" (from the EP Metal Circus), a true story about the rape and murder of a young woman, covered subjects not addressed in hardcore at the time, and the band indicated an interest in 1960s rock by covering The Byrds' "Eight Miles High". In an interview with Steve Albini for his Matter column in 1983, singer and guitarist Bob Mould told Albini: "We're going to try to do something bigger than anything like rock & roll and the whole puny touring band idea. I don't know what it's going to be, we have to work that out, but it's going to go beyond the whole idea of 'punk rock' or whatever."
The band began rehearsing in preparation for the album during the summer of 1983, in a church-turned-punk squat in St. Paul, Minnesota. The band brainstormed lyrics and musical ideas during jam sessions that lasted several hours. Mould and drummer Grant Hart were the band's songwriters, and prior to embarking to California to record Zen Arcade, Mould was moved (by artwork that Hart had done for another band that did not list songwriting credit) to demand that Zen Arcade list individual songwriter credits. This practice would continue on all of the band's subsequent albums and would contribute to ever-growing tensions between Mould and Hart.
Upon its release Zen Arcade received positive reviews in many mainstream publications, including NME,\ The New York Times, and Rolling Stone. In his review for Rolling Stone, David Fricke described Zen Arcade as "the closest hardcore will ever get to an opera ... a kind of thrash Quadrophenia."
Zen Arcade placed eighth in The Village Voice annual Pazz & Jop poll and Robert Christgau declared in his annual review of the poll's results that, while he preferred peers The Replacements' Let It Be, the song "Turn On the News" garnered his nomination for song of the year. The critical praise given to the album drew attention from major labels, including Warner Bros. Records, with whom Hüsker Dü would eventually sign in 1985.
Tracklist:
Something I Learned Today 1:58 Broken Home, Broken Heart 2:01 Never Talking To You Again 1:39 Chartered Trips 3:33 Dreams Recurring 1:40 Indecision Time 2:07 Hare Krsna 3:33 Beyond The Threshold 1:35 Pride 1:45 I'll Never Forget You 2:06 The Biggest Lie 1:58 What's Going On 4:23 Masochism World 2:43 Standing By The Sea 3:12 Somewhere 2:30 One Step At A Time 0:45 Pink Turns To Blue 2:39 Newest Industry 3:02 Monday Will Never Be The Same 1:10 Whatever 3:50 The Tooth Fairy And The Princess 2:43 Turn On The News 4:21 Recurring Dreams
This album represents the work of a band who were very much at the top of their game when it was realeased. Unlike many of the band's contemporaries, this album still sounds fresh, raw, and powerful today. This double album is a prime example and testament to why Husker Du is considered to be one of finest American rock/punk/hardcore bands of the last 40 years. Call the music whatever genre you like - it's just a fantastic album, and well worth many repeated listenings.
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