HUSKER DU Zen Arcade - Original US 2-LP - SST Bob Mould Sugar Grant Hart Punk

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Zen Arcade

Original US 2-LP released on SST Records in 1984.
Gatefold sleeve.

SST-2-027-A   S-21566   L-17380   kdisc   FALLING, SHIRLEY - EVERYTIME I SQUARE OFF AGAINST SOMEONE'S GOD
SST-2-027-B   S-21567   I SPEND THE REST OF THE NIGHT (OR DAY) HALLUCINATING   L-17380
SST-2-027-C   S-21568   AND NOW IT IS THE VISIONS OF A JOYOUS HELL...   L-17380
SST-2-027-D   S-21569   ....WITHIN THE CIRCUITS THAT MAKE PAC-MEN DIE AND VESSELS DISINTEGRATE...  L-17380

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In many ways, it's impossible to overestimate the impact of Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade on the American rock underground in the '80s. It's the record that exploded the limits of hardcore and what it could achieve. Hüsker Dü broke all of the rules with Zen Arcade.

First and foremost, it's a sprawling concept album, even if the concept isn't immediately clear or comprehensible. More important are the individual songs. Both Bob Mould and Grant Hart abandoned the strict "fast, hard, loud" rules of hardcore punk with their songs for Zen Arcade. Without turning down the volume, Hüsker Dü try everything -- pop songs, tape experiments, acoustic songs, pianos, noisy psychedelia. Hüsker Dü willed themselves to make such a sprawling record -- as the liner notes state, the album was recorded and mixed within 85 hours and consists almost entirely of first takes. That reckless, ridiculously single-minded approach does result in some weak moments -- the sound is thin and the instrumentals drag on a bit too long -- but it's also the key to the success of Zen Arcade.

Hüsker Dü sound phenomenally strong and possessed, as if they could do anything. The sonic experimentation is bolstered by Mould and Hart's increased sense of songcraft. Neither writer is afraid to let his pop influences show on Zen Arcade, which gives the songs -- from the unrestrained rage of "Something I Learned Today" and the bitter, acoustic "Never Talking to You Again" to the eerie "Pink Turns to Blue" and anthemic "Turn On the News" -- their weight. It's music that is informed by hardcore punk and indie rock ideals without being limited by them.

Tracks Are :-

Record One

Something I Learned Today / Broken Home, Broken Heart / Never Talking To You Again / Chartered Trips / Dreams Reoccurring / Indecision Time / Hare Krsna

Beyond The Threshold / Pride / I'll Never Forget You / The Biggest Lie / What's Going On / Masochism World / Standing By The Sea

Record Two

Somewhere / One Step At A Time / Pink Turns To Blue / Newest Industry / Monday Will Never Be The Same / Whatever / The Tooth Fairy & The Princess

Turn On The News / Reoccurring Dreams

Released on 'SST Records' in 1984

Catalogue No. SST 027

Discs are in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX condition (light shelfwear)

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