Zen Arcade - Husker Du [1984 vinyl 2LP, SST Records, Excellent condition]

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Original 1984 double-LP vinyl release on SST Records.
Album Features UPC: Artist: Hüsker Dü Format: Vinyl Release Year: 1984 Record Label: SST Genre: Hardcore/Punk
Track Listing
1. Something I Learned Today
2. Broken Home, Broken Heart
3. Never Talking to You Again
4. Chartered Trips
5. Dreams Reoccurring
6. Indecision Time
7. Hare Krsna
8. Beyond the Threshold
9. Pride
10. I'll Never Forget You
11. Biggest Lie, The
12. What's Going On
13. Masochism World
14. Standing by the Sea
15. Somewhere
16. One Step at a Time
17. Pink Turns to Blue
18. Newest Industry
19. Monday Will Never Be the Same
20. Whatever
21. Tooth Fairy and the Princess, The
22. Turn on the News
23. Reoccurring Dreams

Details Playing Time: 70 min. Producer: Husker Du, Spot Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA) Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
Husker Du: Bob Mould (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, bass, percussion); Grant Hart (vocals, piano, drums, percussion); Greg Norton (bass, background vocals).Additional personnel includes: Dez, Spot (vocals).Recorded at Total Access, Redondo Beach, California in October 1983.Husker Du really hit their stride on this sprawling 1984 release. ZEN ARCADE established the band as one of the leading lights on the American indie scene. The 23 songs are loosely linked to a narrative structure about a young man who leaves home, only to discover the world to be as oppressive and full of hypocrisy as home life had been. The songs show a marked increase in variety.Along with classic Mould scream-fests ("The Biggest Lie," "Chartered Trips"), there are goosebump-inducing mini-anthems ("Whatever," "Newest Industry"), songs of eerie beauty (Hart's bewitching ode to a dead friend, "Pink Turns to Blue") and over-the-top feedback-drenched experiments like the 14-minute instrumental closer "Reoccurring Dreams." With this album, the dichotomy between Mould and Hart became clearly defined. Mould's songs are built around his explosive growl, while Hart emerges as the "poppier" one on the acoustic "Never Talking to You Again" and "Turn on the News," one of Hnsker's finest moments ever.

Editorial Reviews
...Plausibly captures the sound of a heart breaking, such is the ferocity of the performances. Songwriters Grant Hart and Bob Mould push each other to the extremes of evisceration...
Mojo

Ranked #11 in Mojo's Top 50 Punk Albums - ...Raging with metallic distress and great songs...
Mojo

Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe (19991201)

4 Stars - Excellent - ...the sound is rough...[but] most of ZEN ARCADE is genuinely listenable....one of the great American punk albums...
Q (19960101)

Spin ...explodes the established boundaries of the hardcore genre...

Ranked #33 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums Of The '80s survey.
Rolling Stone (19891101)

Twice as fast and twice as wide as their peers' best work, ZEN ARCADE cracked the genre's sonic palette open.
Alternative Press