Husker Du - Zen Arcade (1984) [24 bit FLAC] vinyl torrent

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.