Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade album flac
Performer: Hüsker DüTitle: Zen Arcade
Style: Hardcore, Punk
Released: 1984
Country: US
MP3 album: 1934 mb
FLAC album: 1639 mb
Rating: 4.5
Other formats: AC3 AU DXD MOD MP1 MP2 FLAC
Genre: Rock
Zen Arcade is the second studio album by American 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. The album incorporates elements of jazz, psychedelia, folk, and pop, and also features piano interludes, all of which are rarely touched on in the world of hardcore punk.
Hüsker Dü’s second full-length studio album and its first for SST Records. The album is a concept record about a boy who runs away from home to escape a difficult situation only to find the world outside is just as harsh. The album’s Turn on the News was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
Hüsker Dü /ˈhʊskər ˈduː/ was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bassist/vocalist Greg Norton, and drummer/vocalist Grant Hart. Hüsker Dü first gained notability as a hardcore punk band, later crossing over into alternative rock. Mould and Hart were the principal songwriters for Hüsker Dü, with Hart's higher-pitched vocals and Mould's baritone taking the lead in alternating songs.
Album · 1984 · 23 Songs. Pushing their post-hardcore concepts even further, Hüsker Dü created a sprawling and brilliant concept album, the first hardcore opera. Broken Home, Broken Heart follows a boy running away from an abusive home, with frantic guitars and even more frantic drumming. On Somewhere, the boy finds love amid guitars that are no less ferocious. The album ends with Reoccurring Dreams, a 14-minute instrumental that pushes sound to the brink of madness before ending with an eerie calm, telling a story inside of a story. Zen Arcade Hüsker Dü. Alternative.
Zen Arcade is probably the closest hardcore will ever get to an opera. A kind of thrash Quadrophenia, it traces a young buck’s passage through a series of social and emotional wastelands, whipping like a Japanese bullet train through bristling, unadorned folk ( Never Talking to You Again ), surprisingly poignant bamalama (the icy death lament Pink Turns to Blue ) and awesome white-noise constructions and backward tape tricks (the trippy raga collage Hare Krsna ). Hüsker Dü is as hard and fast as they come; an earlier release was called Land Speed Record
This album was also too long to be justified given that the album rarely does anything different across the over an hour of play time. I'm sure the group has better work out there and this is likely just a dud to start with, but this album doesn't do much to encourage me to seek out more of their discography.
By: Hüsker Dü (1984, Rock). More albums from Hüsker Dü: Warehouse: Songs And Stories by Hüsker Dü. Land Speed Record by Hüsker Dü. Candy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü. Spin Radio Concert by Hüsker Dü. The Living End by Hüsker Dü. Flip Your Wig by Hüsker Dü. New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü. View all albums . Zen Arcade. By: Hüsker Dü (1984, Rock). 1. Something I Learned Today.
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Something I Learned TodayWritten-By – B. Mould* |
1:58 |
| A2 | Broken Home, Broken HeartWritten-By – B. Mould* |
2:01 |
| A3 | Never Talking To You AgainWritten-By – Grant Hart |
1:39 |
| A4 | Chartered TripsPiano – Bob*, Grant*Written-By – B. Mould* |
3:33 |
| A5 | Dreams RecurringWritten-By – B. Mould*, G. Hart*, G. Norton* |
1:40 |
| A6 | Indecision TimeWritten-By – B. Mould* |
2:07 |
| A7 | Hare KrsnaPerformer [Did All The Stuff] – Grant*Written-By – B. Mould*, G. Hart*, G. Norton* |
3:33 |
| B1 | Beyond The ThresholdWritten-By – B. Mould* |
1:35 |
| B2 | PrideWritten-By – B. Mould* |
1:45 |
| B3 | I'll Never Forget YouWritten-By – B. Mould* |
2:06 |
| B4 | The Biggest LieWritten-By – B. Mould* |
1:58 |
| B5 | What's Going OnPiano – Grant*Written-By – G. Hart* |
4:23 |
| B6 | Masochism WorldWritten-By – B. Mould*, G. Hart* |
2:43 |
| B7 | Standing By The SeaPiano – Grant*Voice [Yell] – SpotWritten-By – G. Hart* |
3:12 |
| C1 | SomewhereLyrics By [Words] – Grant*Written-By – B. Mould*, G. Hart* |
2:30 |
| C2 | One Step At A TimePiano – Bob*Written-By – B. Mould*, G. Hart* |
0:45 |
| C3 | Pink Turns To BlueWritten-By – G. Hart* |
2:39 |
| C4 | Newest IndustryPiano – Bob*Written-By – B. Mould* |
3:02 |
| C5 | Monday Will Never Be The SamePiano – Bob*, Grant*Written-By – B. Mould* |
1:10 |
| C6 | WhateverWritten-By – B. Mould* |
3:50 |
| C7 | The Tooth Fairy And The PrincessPerformer [Did All The Stuff] – Bob*Written-By – B. Mould* |
2:43 |
| D1 | Turn On The NewsBass – Bob*Written-By – G. Hart* |
4:21 |
| D2 | Recurring DreamsWritten-By – B. Mould*, G. Hart*, G. Norton* |
13:47 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright (c) – Cesstone Music
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cesstone Music
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – SST Records
- Recorded At – Total Access Recording Studios
- Mixed At – Total Access Recording Studios
- Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-17380
- Mastered At – K Disc Mastering
Credits
- Artwork – Fake Name Graphx*
- Bass, Backing Vocals – Greg Norton
- Drums, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion, Piano – Grant Hart
- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion, Piano – Bob Mould
- Photography By [Cover Photos] – Mark Peterson
- Producer, Engineer – Hüsker Dü, Spot
Notes
©1984 Cesstone Music (BMI)℗1984 SST Records
Recorded & mixed at Total Access, Redondo Beach, CA, October 1983
All songs ℗© Cesstone Music (BMI)
Whoever wrote the songs sings it, except for track C1
Track D2 is live-done track, no overdubs or funny stuff
Everything on the record is first-take, except for A1 & C4, which started too fast
We all throw chairs during track B2
There were only two out-takes from these sessions, "Dozen Beats Eleven" and "Some Kind Of Fun"
The whole thing took about 85 hours, the last 40 hours straight for mixing
Carducci wants another album already, but not another double LP
Early pressings were issued in a heavy pasteboard/tip-on gatefold sleeve (inside cardboard brown, not white). May include an SST catalog insert listing releases up to SST 028.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout - etched; variant 1): SST-2-027-A, L-17380, K disc, FALLING, SHIRLEY - EVERYTIME I SQUARE OFF AGAINST SOMEONE'S GOD
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout - etched; variant 1): SST-2-027-B, L-17380, I SPEND THE REST OF THE NIGHT (OR DAY) HALLUCINATING
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout - etched; variant 1): SST-2-027-C, L-17380, AND NOW IT IS THE VISIONS OF A JOYOUS HELL...
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout - etched; variant 1): SST-2-027-D, L-17380, ...WITHIN THE CIRCUITS THAT MAKE PAC-MEN DIE AND VESSELS DISINTEGRATE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout - etched; variant 2): SST-2-027-A L-17380 Kdisc [stamped] FALLING, SHIRLEY - EVERYTIME I SQUARE OFF AGAINST SOMEONE'S GOD
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout - etched; variant 2): SST-2-027-B I SPEND THE REST OF THE NIGHT (OR DAY) HALLUCINATING. L-17380
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout - etched; variant 2): SST-2-027-C AND NOW IT IS THE VISIONS OF A JOYOUS HELL... L-17380
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout - etched; variant 2): SST-2-027-D ....WITHIN THE CIRCUITS THAT MAKE PAC-MEN DIE AND VESSELS DISINTEGRATE... ☉ L-17380
- Rights Society: BMI
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSTC 027 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade (Cass, Album, Whi) | SST Records | SSTC 027 | US | 1984 |
| SST CD 027 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade (CD, Album, RP) | SST Records | SST CD 027 | US | Unknown |
| SST 027 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade (2xLP, Album, RP, Red) | SST Records | SST 027 | US | 1990 |
| SST 027 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade (2xLP, Album, RE, Gat) | SST Records | SST 027 | US | Unknown |
| SST CD 027 | Hüsker Dü | Zen Arcade (CD, Album, RE) | SST Records | SST CD 027 | US | 1987 |








