DELICIOUS
Never forget listening to this for the first time (and zillionth) with my heart thumping, on vacation with family as a teenager. Masterpiece from start to finish.
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Every Everything
The album is quite excellent as usual. On the song Every Everything they do more in under 2 minutes then most bands do in their entire careers. A very special band from a very special time.
hopeful despair.
Of all the Husker Du albums, this one has the most hope and desperate energy. The songs make you feel that love is possible, or at least great sex. Not as bleak as Candy Apple Grey, nor as indie as Zen Arcade, it'Â?Â?s got a beat and you can dance to it -Â?Â? like crazy.
Never My Cup of Tea
Everyone loves this one but I never did, other than the fact that it's named after the Beatles board game. Warehouse Songs and Stories was always much more my favorite of the more 'merch sounding albums. To me, the melodies on this one are kind of annoying. Maybe I'll 'get it' some day... of all the Husker albums, the "ultimate Husker Statement" as mentioned in another review is clearly not this one; it is Zen Arcade.
The Ultimate Husker Statement
On this album, Grant Hart takes an equal share with Bob Mould. This is the most balanced and melodic Husker Du album. The music is not as blistering as the previous releases, hence a more slightly more tepid production. It is indispensable.
Divide and Conquer
This album is half and half, it's definitely not the fireball that is New Day Rising. This has some of Mould's most brilliant moments, including the prophetic "Divide and Conquer". "Private Plane" is where it's at. The guitar solo followed soon with a classic Husker build and barrage of radiance at the end is enough to make my heart explode. It's like skydiving through a New Year's Eve party, celebrating the last night on earth.
This is what punk-pop is supposed to be
Hearing Zen Arcade for the first time back in the '80s was a life-changing moment... but this is the Huskers record I find myself turning to most often these days. That's principally due to the irresistable melodies and guitar textures of songs like "Green Eyes" (an all-time favorite song), "Flexible Flyer", and "Find Me" (foreshadowing 9/11?). I've always thought of this as their most 'pop' record... but it is obviously still entirely rooted in the sweaty, snarling and amazingly creative world of '80s post-punk. Seeing the 'pop-punk' label applied to countless (and far more commrecial) crappy bands in more modern times has just made me want to vomit. This is the real deal right here.
oh, the irony.
does anybody else object to the Commercial Alternative label when they were the-band-that-shoulda-sold-a-kajillion-records but didn't + it was 1985!....alternative was still just a glint in some record executive's eye!
Power Pop Rock at it's Best
5 stars....The songs are all classic and this is an example of perhaps them at their peak. They were cranking out albums at this time at a fast and furious pace and the quality never suffered. Great songwriting and catchy tunes. What's not to love?
Good album- fourth best
Nothing wrong with this- its not quite as good as Zen Arcade or New Day or even Metal Circus but its still better than most albums out there.
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