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Description Husker Du - Zen Arcade (1984) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl Genre: Pop/Rock Styles: Alternative, Indie Rock, College Rock, Punk Source: vinyl Codec: FLAC Bit Rate: ~ 2,900 kbps Bit Depth: 24 Sampling Rate: 96,000 Hz A1 Something I Learned Today A2 Broken Home, Broken Heart A3 Never Talking To You Again A4 Chartered Trips A5 Dreams Recurring A6 Indecision Time A7 Hare Krsna B1 Beyond The Threshold B2 Pride B3 I'll Never Forget You B4 The Biggest Lie B5 What's Going On B6 Masochism World B7 Standing By The Sea C1 Somewhere C2 One Step At A Time C3 Pink Turns To Blue C4 Newest Industry C5 Monday Will Never Be The Same C6 Whatever C7 The Tooth Fairy And The Princess D1 Turn On The News D2 Recurring Dreams 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. Sharing Widget |