Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Maybe I don't get it, but Husker Du was not for me. One of the most unforgettable background albums I've listened to.

Turns out Hüsker Dü are not just masters of varied post-hardcore or 'the group who made Zen Arcade'; they're also fantastic writers of jangle/power pop tunes! ...well, Bob Mould is, at the very least. Most of the time. There's no getting around it, this thing is too bloated. When the sound works for them, it *really* works. But when around 40% of the songs don't work so well, including having an entire C-side that could have been omitted entirely... Let's just say it's the product of a band falling apart.

It was alright.

Meh. Too long

Bit hit and miss. Some tracks I really enjoyed, like a punkier REM, but the album just goes on for far too long without any change in direction. Would’ve earned an extra star had it been trimmed a bit. Production isn’t the best, very trebley. Feels like the producer just decided that any bass frequencies needed to be quashed for some reason.

Lo-fi is such an interesting concept: making your music sound worse than it needs to be on purpose. Sometimes lo-fi sounds great to me; warm, warbly, organic. Sometimes, like with *Warehouse*, it just sounds bad; thin, scooped-hollow drums underneath thin, scooped-hollow guitars, and a bass that you have to strain to hear. Whereas Fagen's *Nitefly* was way too pristine, albums like *Warehouse* are way too poor sounding. Give me midrange or give me death! Anyways. There are some decent songs here - but they all blend together so easily. Husker Du seems to have one approach to a song, and it gets old quickly. The performances are also so, so sloppy. Neither of the lead singers can sing. The drummer can't drum. It's so amateurish. Not a fan. TWO STARS

Not my thing

Meh

Animadinho, bom, mas genérico.

This has old school Goo Goo Dolls vibes

This felt super ahead of its time, such a really good album!

I'm surprised I've never listened to Husker Du. I've know about them as long as I can remember, but I guess they seemed like one of my brothers bands. Like Humble Pie. They are really all over the place as far as influences. Like I hear U2, Drop Kick Murphys, Midnight Oil. Not sure who influenced who. But decently good stuff.

This album rips. It’s consistently relentless. You’re gonna strain your neck from head banging. Husker Du was a power pop punk band. Don’t get it twisted… not pop punk. Power Pop Punk. Imagine The Who combined with The Buzzcocks. Doesn’t that sound great? You don’t have to imagine it. You can just listen to Husker Du. Pretty convenient, right? They are the best band that you periodically forget about and then you listen to them and they sound like the best band in the world. Thanks Bob, Greg and Grant (RIP).

Discreto album para estar entre los elegidos. Un poco monótono

This was solid. It felt too long for this type of music though.

This was longer than it needed to be, but fine.

More of a 2.5 really. It's too long and samey, but some of that sameness is really good.

whisks along well enough, but that's it.

Mmmmmhhhh

Never heard of them before, but they sure sound like precursors to 90s pop-punk - and I don't mean that as a compliment. By 1987, punk was pretty much dead, and trying to revive it by making it even more mainstream feels like a complete misinterpretation of what it was supposed to stand for. Musically speaking, I'm not convinced either. Too many songs sound like the opening theme of a 90s sitcom - exceedingly upbeat, kind of fun, but also a bit silly. Some tracks have a more interesting skate-punk-adjacent vibe, others sound a bit like R.E.M. on steroids... but nothing exciting enough to keep me engaged. The album is also quite repetitive, without having the raw energy or anger that makes the repetitive nature of punk music tolerable. I didn't hate it, but I didn't enjoy it either. Had it been a shorter album, I would have given it a 3*... but after the 15th or 16th song, I was bored out of my mind, and I just wanted it to be over. 4/10

Difficult for me not to like this album. From hardcore to much more melodic alternative rock, that’s always been my kind of thing… but it goes a little too far in that direction here. A few flaws though, the most obvious being how close it sometimes feels to Dinosaur Jr., who were very active around the same time and whose vibe I clearly prefer. The vocals are also a bit too neutral for me. On the other hand, the basslines absolutely rip and some tracks are genuinely great, unfortunately others much less so. The whole thing gets a little repetitive. I’ll definitely listen to it again, but I still prefer the band’s earlier stuff, especially New Day Rising.

Hüsker Dü - not a band I am familiar with but one that I have heard mentioned with hushed reverence, sounds a little REM'ish or maybe Elvis Costello

A Paris album and this shows. A lengthy alt rock and emo pop predecessor is not what I have time for. Nothing I have time for right now and no specialties or excellent songs. Could not give this the time it deserved, but it sounded fine from what I heard.

At first, I liked it. It was upbeat, energetic pop-punk. But then, song after song, I suddenly realized they all sounded the same.

This sounds like the Barenaked Ladies all made a bet with each other to see who could sound the worst

Meh.

2-

it's too long, but walmart REM is still REM. 3.5

Haven't gotten too deep into Husker Du yet but this one wasn't too bad (only heard Zen Arcade before outside of the generator.) A lot of the songs to me seem like these guys managed to really have nailed the art of songwriting, this all gives off such a effortless vibe. Kind of reminds me a bit of R.E.M, catchy hooks, really well thought-out instrumentals, mostly abstract/nonsensical lyrics, Husker Du really mastered their craft at the very end. I think the B-side of this double album was the most memorable to me, D and C weren't the best, which is probably why I will give this album a strong 3 (but not quite 4) star rating. Highlight Song/s: "These Important Years" and "Could You Be The One?"

Same-ish but OK

I wanted to like this one.

Not for me

It's deeeecent. But feels a bit generic for them. Where is the punk? I like it a lot more when their music is raw and unpredictable, the production here feels too clean. Too many songs too, they start to blend in after a while

Definitely a punk album

This is ok. There's elements in there I like, bit it's a bit bloated and overdone. If they had stripped it back I think it would work better This seems to be widely regarded as one of, if not their worst album so it seems very strange to have included this over one of their more acclaimed, earlier albums Highlights: She Floated Away, Ice Cold Ice

This is a curious choice. Obviously Husker Du are great and there's lots to enjoy here, but it's also probably their weakest album overall. Giving this a 4, but Zen Arcade or Flip Your Wig are both 5s!

I was expecting something a bit heavier for some reason. Up In The Air was one of my favourites. A strong 2 for me.

Great work RPG - let’s hope for one of their really really good albums in the future. 3 lovely stars. Tom.

has to be boomer slop Would I listen again: nope Deserves to be on this list: nope. 1.6

Great album. I think I will always prefer Candy Apple Grey, but this has some really good material on it as well and has a similar sound and feel.

It’s music. Doesn’t really give more. 4/10

It’s not that it’s a particularly bad album, I mean it doesn’t make you want to kill yourself, but it’s awfully repetitive, one track sounding very much like the one before it and the one after it. And to add insult to injury it goes in for about 20 minutes too long to not be annoying. Minus one for being 70 minutes in length.

Increasingly strained relations within the band and alienation of their earlier, more hardcore, fan base, meant that Husker Du were never going live to see the day that alternative rock exploded into the mainstream, but based on the album alone they absolutely deserve to be consider amongst the late 80s vanguard that made that break through possible. Part R.E.M., part The Replacements, part dodgy DIY band (despite being on a major album), even over 2 discs and more than an hour, this album slaps

very punk inspired, but a lot more melodic. Album is really long.

similarly to "the soft bulletin", this album really felt like background noise to me. i think only one song ("she floated away") stood out.

I have never really enjoyed Hüsker Dü, I just don’t think they’ve aged particularly well.

Enjoyed it for the most part. It was was like R.E.M. punk.

1026 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."

Ok so this probably isn’t their best work and it’s clearly several songs too long. But it’s still a good album with a number of decent tracks.

No Husker Du, no Nirvana, Pixies, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Dinosaur Jr etc. A hugely influential band who blazed a trail for alternative music at a time when it was not mainstream at all. Like others I am a little perplexed at why this album was chosen over Land Speed Record or Candy Apple Grey, but it is still a decent effort. It would be improved by culling some of the tracks and improving the production, but a few really top tracks.

Pop punk is a much misunderstood genre. Some people say they like it, but in actual fact they have just misunderstood what good music is.

I can tell from this album that Husker Du probably generally makes music that I would really like. But man, this album is bloated and it is very obvious that it was made at a time when the band was right on the verge of a breakup and pulling in separate directions.

é okay, eu até gosto deste estilo de punk

This just felt like generic indie rock. Not a single song stood out here. It didn’t sound but but I don’t get how it’s good.

Perfectly enjoyable light rock. Enjoyable in that, it played away in the background just nicely. Did it shake my world? No. But it was ok for sure.

I remember sitting in the car outside my school with my brother. He was picking me up from a long day in 2013, and he had BBC Radio 1 playing. They were playing a song that I'd never heard before, but immediately loved it. I was such a music snob back then, and anything outside of The Beatles meant nothing to me. Mainstream pop music especially was crass and not high art, and therefore, crap. But this song was talking to me somehow. The vocalist sounded beautiful, she had such an amazing voice, and her delivery was so emotional - believable. I asked my brother "What is this song?". He tells me, "Wait for the chorus.". "I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL." And suddenly I was wrong about everything. ────────────────── Hüsker Dü is band that I've heard was extremely influential on so many bands coming out of the States. Whether it was from their hardcore records, or their softer alternative sound, this band has wormed it's way into all of your favourite band's music. And I really enjoyed this album! Bob Mould is a brilliant songwriter, as has been noted by so many contemporaries, and the riffs all over this album are stellar. It's a wonderful album. I can't talk about how much I liked it. ────────────────── I immediately stopped being a snob, and started devouring everything. Every sound, every pop song, every charting track, every hidden gem. And yes, some of them weren't that great. Some of them were dross. But my god, opening my mind to the world of pop music has opened so many doors in my life. There's so much more I love. Hip-hop, rap, singer-songwriters that I never would have listened to! How exciting it is to have so much to discover! It's so wonderful to hear something for the first time outside of your formative years, that you just KNOW would have changed your life back in your teen years.

Ok, lite för smörigt för min smak

Inte så illa rent instrumentellt men bland det mest repetitiva och tröttsamma hittills när det kom till sång och texter.

Kanske inte det mest spännande men lät riktigt bra. Stark trea.

I listened to Zen Acarde for the first time recently and really loved it (I don't think it's on this list, but really should be instead of this one). There is a lot of good stuff on this album, but also a bunch of just average stuff. A lot of the songs kinda sound the same and the whole thing goes on for too long, but there is a really solid 40 minute album in here. Low 4.

I love Husker Du, so I must open with yet another complaint about this list: Zen Arcade is their absolute best and critically acclaimed album, and it doesn't get a spot on this list? Over their last album? I need an essay's length of a reason why this is this case. Warehouse: Songs and Stories is much like other Husker Du albums that aren't Zen Arcade or New Day Rising, in that it's part of the Husker Du canon of solid yet incredibly unpolished production except this time we can't blame Greg Ginn for refusing to ever look at recorded albums when they're "finished" and we can blame Warner Brothers for allowing such tinny drums and, well, it was all recorded in a warehouse of sorts I guess. I don't like how Husker Du and XTC have some of their less remarkable albums highlighted over what sound they're best known for, but them's the rules. I liked the record as a fan whose heard all their other stuff before this one, but I'm still scratching my head about this selection. At least it's not another shitty nu metal record

Long, repetitive, and unremarkable. Vocals were nails on a chalkboard at times. Would not listen to again. Rating: 2.5/10 Favorite Song: These Important Years

so i understands why people dislikes this cause its not husker du's best album, so and so, but for me the problem with the album is that this shit is too long and have too much fillers so 3/5

generic, not very exciting, boring even i don't want to keep listening

Warehouse: Songs And Stories Hüsker Dü 1987 Genres: Rock Styles: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Hardcore, New Wave, Post Hardcore, Post Punk, Power Pop 1. These Important Years (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Reflexión urgente sobre el paso del tiempo y la importancia de no desperdiciar los años decisivos de la vida. 2. Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Contrasta virtudes ideales con una realidad emocional desordenada, usando ironía y desencanto. 3. Standing in the Rain (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Habla de aislamiento, espera y vulnerabilidad emocional mientras todo parece enfriarse alrededor. 4. Back from Somewhere (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Describe el regreso después de una crisis personal y la reconstrucción de la identidad. 5. Ice Cold Ice (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Trata sobre pérdida, distancia emocional y el dolor persistente de una ruptura o un duelo. 6. You’re a Soldier (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Presenta la vida cotidiana como una batalla que exige resistencia incluso cuando uno está agotado. 7. Could You Be the One? (★★★★★) -Contexto: Expresa la búsqueda de una conexión auténtica capaz de romper la soledad. -Fav 8. Too Much Spice (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Explora el exceso, la impulsividad y las relaciones intensas que terminan siendo destructivas. 9. Friend, You’ve Got to Fall (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Advierte que a veces es necesario tocar fondo para poder cambiar. 10. Visionary (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Retrata a alguien que se cree iluminado y cuestiona si es visión genuina o autoengaño. 11. She Floated Away (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Evoca la desaparición emocional o física de una mujer desde un tono fantasmal y nostálgico. 12. Bed of Nails (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Describe una relación dolorosa en la que amar se siente como soportar sufrimiento constante. 13. Tell You Why Tomorrow (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Habla de postergar una verdad importante y evitar una conversación difícil. 14. It’s Not Peculiar (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Reflexiona sobre cómo conductas extrañas o destructivas terminan volviéndose normales. 15. Actual Condition (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Autoevaluación directa del estado mental y emocional presente, sin adornos. -Fav 16. No Reservations (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Expresa una entrega total, sin defensas ni planes de escape. 17. Turn It Around (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Intenta revertir una situación antes de que sea demasiado tarde y transmite una energía esperanzada. 18. She’s a Woman (And Now He Is a Man) (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Aborda la identidad de género y la transformación personal de forma inusualmente adelantada para su época. 19. Up in the Air (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Expresa incertidumbre absoluta y la sensación de que el futuro permanece suspendido. -Fav 20. You Can Live at Home (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Cierra el álbum hablando de dependencia, refugio y estancamiento, con una mezcla de consuelo y derrota. -TOTAL = ★★★☆☆ (2,98)

Catchy post punk

very very different than I had thought it would be. in the 90s I only read the name and thought they would be industrial/hardcore, but nope, not at all.

This is fine. It goes on for way too long, though. A lot of the songs sounded similar to me, which made the album feel like it was really droning on and on. I will say, Husker Du does a great job of mixing. I loved the dissonant, reverb-y feel they curated and the layering of the instruments. Favorite Tracks: These Important Years Standing in the Rain You Can Live at Home Up in the Air

Could You Be The One They Talk About? 1001 Albums Generator 316 (7/29/2026) So it's really long. We can all agree on that right? I kind of wish there was more diversity in sound on display over 69 minutes, since the whole thing kind of washed over me. Not really many standout tracks (neither particularly good nor particularly bad). Also why does this sound like R.E.M. at times? Maybe this should be a 3, but the length really drags it down. 2/5. Favs: These Important Years Standing In The Rain Could You Be The One? Least Fav: Actual Condition

Definitely in my rotation now. Better than REM

Never listened to them before. They sound great.

meh too long, songs are very similar

I sort of reflexively gravitate toward Mould, but even for his songs pretty uneven. Hart songs are generally more to my liking while it is clear they work better with Mould's contributions. So up and down all around.

I never had strong feelings either way for this band, I always thought they were hiding behind the noise. This listen did nothing to disavow me of that notion.

I've never clicked with this band, but I do know that this isn't the album that should have been chosen for this list. Either Zen Arcade or New Day Rising. That said, this was fine. The songs are decent enough, and the energy is there, though the production is pretty thin. I prefer when Bob sings over that other guy.

Alternative rock and punk built from distorted guitars, driving drums, melodic hooks, and emotionally raw vocals feels like opening a warehouse packed floor-to-ceiling with ideas—there are countless interesting objects inside, but the sheer volume of material makes it difficult to know where to focus. At a short listen the album's energy, ambition, and songwriting depth seem undeniable, while at Fürther listening its massive length and constant intensity made it feel more exhausting than rewarding for me. Beneath the noise and urgency, there are moments of genuine melodic beauty, but they are often buried under the weight of the whole.

6/10

it’s good alt rock but it’s definitely a progenitor of the strain of it that i like least. doesn’t help that the pxc has been mostly excised from their sound by this point. does kinda blend together which is a problem because it’s at its best when you actually pay close attention. frustrating but still pretty competent nevertheless. deserves to be one of the 1001? you actually have to be fucking kidding me. not Zen Arcade?? this is so stupid. why add a defining post-hardcore album to the list when you could put on a softer, more commercial alt rock album? fuck offffff. no. swap this for Zen Arcade! or New Day Rising

Pretty middle of the road rock for me- kind of dad rock vibes. Overall- fine, but average. 2.5/5

Not for me unfortunately

3 - decent album

I can see why this is influential and I think there is a lot of individual pieces to like here. Better production and less songs may have pushed this one higher. There were several points where each of the instrumental tracks sounded like they were being played independently but weren’t cohesively playing a song, so something sounded off in the mix to me.

60/100. Some decent alt rock, but I do think it's quite repetitive. Some bigger switch ups were needed. At the end of the record, I found it really exhausting. I thought the opening stretch was good, but then there were so many similarities between the tracks that everything started to blur together. Much more melodic compared to their previous work. It works well as a farewell.

Boring

Oh, I have some stories from the 1930s y'all wouldn't believe.

𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦: 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 never really clicked with me. At over seventy minutes, the album feels far longer than it needs to be, and I found it difficult to stay engaged from beginning to end. My biggest issue is that Bob Mould’s guitar sound becomes surprisingly repetitive over the course of the album. While the energy rarely lets up, too many songs blur together, making it difficult for individual tracks to stand out. I can appreciate the ambition behind the album, but for me it would have been far more effective with a shorter running time and a little more variety.

3:5

*1987 Pop punk, how can't you like this These important years Ice cold ice Too much spice

Really good energy! Wouldn’t mind a bit more melody and a tad less buzz.

Sounds too similar to REM to me and the songs all sound too much like each other

Too long, way too long- if they cut it in half it would have much more impact and the songs wouldn't have blended together so much. In punk, like pretty much everything else, less is more.

background noise album, too long and didnt scratch my itch, saved 0/20

Me parece un rock muy convencional Aunque conforme fue avanzando me dió mucha energía a R.E.M y a Foo Fighters, por lo que me pareció genial ver cómo iban marcando un estilo poco a poco conforme avanzaba el álbum Tienen una o dos que son las que más resaltan, pero no se van más allá de lo que yo diría rock más estándar Recomiendo escucharlo y luego investigar que influencia tuvieron en su momento que es ahí donde está la magia de escuchar este registro en la historia más allá de que nos guste o no, puede que este álbum haya dado forma o vida a la carrera de bandas que sean más conocidas o de mayor impacto, así que ningún aporte se menosprecia

2/5: For an album with 20 songs, I wish there was more variety. I really wanted ot stop listening to his album after the first 10 songs because there was little sonic variety. "Ice Cold Ice" was my favorite song and the riff caught my ear. The album felt a little sloppy at points when it came to all the intruments being in sync and the production felt ok. The singers voice is not my favorite (not terrible, but not super enjoyable to listen to).

That singing...

Very classic done before sound. Nice though, worth the listen

3.1

I feel like I ought to like Hüsker Dü. Dü I like Hüsker Dü? I Dü not. It's not that it's bad per se, it's just overlong and the jangle of the guitars becomes grating after a while.

Kind of fun Sounded a bit like REM

The guitar is doing a lot of the work. Sounds like the bridge between 70s punk and 90s alternative. Influence-wise it's good, but there are just too many songs for me to fully appreciate it (2.5-3).

I'm sure this was more revolutionary in 1987, but in the present day it just sounds like nearly 70 minutes of fairly run-of-the-mill alternative rock. Only a couple songs, like She Floated Away and Bed of Nails, really betray the band's earlier post-hardcore sound. I'm afraid this is one that hasn't aged into a place where I can appreciate it.

Despite being a double album, it wasn’t 2 hours (@ smashing pumpkins…) but nothing really stood out to me to make it more than a 3

Interminable album. 3/10, rounded up because it doesn't quite belong with the 1-stars. It was just so painfully hard to care about any of these songs, even if none of them were truly bad. Standouts: No Reservations • You Can Live at Home

Hard to categorize this because disc 1 was killing me but I actually enjoyed disc 2 more, although it often felt like poor man's Murmur by REM. going to have to give it a 2 here for overall lack of imagination.

This was my intro to Hüsker Dü, their final LP. Love it.

really enjoyed it, great album cover. Will revisit

Way too long and too similar.

For their final album, it sounds like Husker Du went into the studio and didn't leave a single scrap for the vaults and crafted a double album that didn't need to be. Excluding London Calling, Punk should be short and sweet for the most part. The music you can find on here sounds if early R.E.M. got blended with the scrappiness of the Replacements. I am a fan of the sound, but they do not mix the sound up enough and their songwriting isn't strong enough to warrant the length. Cut this record in half and I'm sure I would have a much better time with it. I wouldn't be offended if any track here popped up if I was listening to sn eighties alternative playlist, but I wouldn't ever feel the urge to revisit this in full.

how many times can you say the title of the song within the song challenge

Felt like this was a great sound, easy listen. Would definitely say I'm a fan now. But the runtime for a sound like this is egregious

This is the sound of neutered Hüsker Dü (i.e. Sugar)

Interesting change from how hard rock/punk their early stuff is. Lead singer/guitarist morphed into the band Sugar, and you can hear it

Had no trouble enjoying parts of this one, and there are some legit good tracks here. R.E.M.-like, even, if that's your thing. That being said, a double album gets too long on most attempts, and this is not the exception.

Meh. 2/5

These important years - 3 Charity, chastity, prudence and hope - 3 Standing in the rain - 3 Back from somewhere - 3 Ice cold ice - 3 You're a soldier - 3 Could you be the one? - 4 Too much spice - 3 Friend, you've got to fall - 3 Visionary - 3 She floated away - 3 Bed of nails - 3 Tell you why tomorrow - 3 It's not peculiar - 3 Actual condition - 3 No reservations - 3 Turn it around - 3 She's a woman (and now he is a man) - 3 Up in the air - 3 You can live at home - 3

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R.E.M. copycat. If it wasn't so long at over an hour I might have given it a three.

Pleasantly surprised! I don't know why no one has recommended Hüsker Dü to me before as it seems right up my very obvious alley.

Feels very of it's time, I guess a bit prescient (feels more 90s than 80s) with that atonal delivery. Kind of feels like the stuff I like the least about R.E.M. rinsed and repeated.

Damn... it's been 39 years and I've only just got to hear this! Played three times today - I love and it goes on the 'buy list' Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆(7/10) Total reviewed : 360 Already owned : 79 Purchased : 16 To buy : 5 Nope : 260

Cool sound, does all melt into a sort-of similar puddle but it's good listening

3-

2.5 -- didn't hate this at all, even saved a song. But I found it had to hear them? Vocally it felt a bit all over the place, and the singing felt muffled, and the leads voice didn't grab me.

Oooo over an hour of power chords and a drummer just beating the shit out of his snare! How fun!

The album cover is fun, if a bit blinding, that's all I can say about this one note, too long album. There was a fun song (Ice Cold Ice), there was some xylophone, and it was otherwise inoffensive but poor production and soooo long: skip it

This album could've been ten minutes long. It's the same jangly song 20 times over 68 minutes and I can't stand his voice. 1.5/5.0: Bad

not as good as some of their earlier work but there were some good songs on here. this leans a lot into power pop territory and seems to be the precursor for bob moulds next band sugar.

Otkud izvlačite ove albume da mi je znati. 1/5, 1/10

Erster Song: ok. Dann immer wieder der gleiche Sound. OK, aber zu wenig Abwechslung!

Not on Apple Music. Pieces together.

I quite liked this and at half the length I think I would have loved it

Like it

Niet zo’n sterke mening over, maar echt te lang voor hoe mediocre het is

Niet zo boeiend

The worst part about going away parties is they always last too long. Nobody really wants to say goodbye, so they linger and it all just gets awkward. Similarly, this album is bloated and ends up feeling like a real chore to get through. I’d be interested in the edited 1LP version, if anyone has ever bothered to suggest a tracklist for that. Also, in my head this band is more punk rock than they are, and I'm often left a little underwhelmed by their music. That's my fault though.

I always wondered why that kid in high school wore their shirt and I guess I still don't know

The pundits always lump these guys in with The Replacements. Not even close. The Mats were far superior in sound and material, and their devotion to remain anti-establishment made them both beloved and infamous. Husker DU’s early stuff is decent, but this album is good old boring rock, from a band reaching for the ring, and flailing.

2.4 2x

not for me

Janei, det går bra, takk.

I thought this didn't have the edge that I liked on my favourite HD songs and it all sounded a bit samey. Didn't finish

Good solid rock album. I was just not overly interested.

Mmm not fo me I fear!

After the 72 track Ella Fitzgerald compilation, thanks for handing me an album with 20 tracks and over an hour run time! The album itself was decent enough, probably not compelling enough for me to revisit what sounds like REM worship for the most part, although that’s no bad thing.

Maybe the third best Hüsker Dü album. No idea why this ends up being their only representation on the list. I ended up really not connecting. Too long and samey throughout. Still moments of good stuff but overall just okay.

I could have done without this one. All the songs sounded the same.

2.0

Hüsker Dü’s influence on alternative rock is genuinely audible in everything that came after them, and Warehouse: Songs and Stories is their most melodically accessible statement — the double album where the songs push through the distortion most clearly. The dual songwriter dynamic between Bob Mould and Grant Hart gives the record two distinct voices and enough variety to justify the runtime in theory. In practice, the distorted guitar aesthetic and punk energy keep it firmly outside this particular listener’s natural world. Not actively unpleasant, historically important, and not something that generates any pull toward return visits. A respectful three for the craft and the influence, honestly delivered.

So 80s. Like so so so 80s.

3 trop rock

A rock album. Not a great one though.

noiosettto

Not my type of music.

Reminds me of early R.E.M. in style, but without the ability to create the same level of earworm. Not bad, but not exceptional.

Why is it so damn long. Also it's just kinda boring you know, but at the same time so noisy. Maybe I want something without a guitar for once.

Started out as a cool punk album with a clean, energetic sound. Sadly it didn't get better as it went on, it just started to feel repetitive and overstayed its welcome

Hmmm. Upbeat alright. But got a bit monotonous after a while. Yawn.

Better than expected but not my choice.

I appreciate the energy but that’s mostly it for me.

Its Fine!

An album of 20 songs that are virtually indistinguishable from one another and a mix thinner than Ariana Grande. It was just boring.

Listenable but feels like a worse version of another band

Not my speed

An entertaining collection to introduce the band. The writing is good, the production ok. Maybe could have been a single album.

Don’t mind if I Du

Forgettable, but okay

2,4/5

I really didn’t have any biases towards this album one way or the other, but I was still disappointed. I’m not sure what I was expecting from the album cover but I was just so wildly bored for the vast majority of the album. The only song so enjoyed enough to save were the songs “bed of nails” and “she floated away”. I think the problem for me is the production style and the length of the album, it’s not like 3 hours long or anything, it’s just 20 songs for alittle over an hour. So it’s not long in a total sense, it’s just a lot of songs. Which leads to the bigger problem which is the production style. The whole album is just this indistinguishable wall of fuzzy noise. That wall of fuzz is just so exhausting and grating on my attention. There was several times I had to replay a song because I just zoned out hard. Definitely not bad enough for one star, it wasn’t insultingly bad, just completely forgettable.

Great

Didn’t think it was that bad for the first 30 minutes, and was leaning towards a 3… realized it had another 40 minutes to go, and was like NOPE, not that good. 2.25 / 5

Way too long

catchy proto pop punk. More original than the fugazi one on here. I like it better than the other bob mould - blue sugar or whatever

Man - despite being a Minnesota with hardcore leanings I'd never really spent too much time with Husker Du outside of Zen Arcade, and this was great. If it was just the Bob Mould songs it might be 5 stars - it's overall a little long, and I just like Grant's contributions less, but some awesome songs here. Ice Cold Ice is an absolutely stunning song with the opening guitar chords, the way the tempo picks up with the guitar pick slide, the call and response vocals, and the harmonies on the chorus. Amazing stuff and I'm sad I'd never heard it before. Bob's guitar playing is fantastic and has some really interesting chord voicings for 1986. Some shades of REM in here too? You can heard the punk and hardcore roots still but the melodies are strong and like later era Replacements as well, starting to veer into early alt-rock territory (which isn't a bad thing to me). One knock is that the recording quality isn't great and the drums sound really thin/weird, almost like they are electronic drums, but that's overall pretty minor given the quality of songwriting.

Det var egentlig meget fedt.

It’s wild that this is their sixth album. All the songs are so good. However, there’s something about thee vocals that just doesn’t click for me. It’s frustrating because objectively this is a terrific album. But it’s just not something I’m going to listen to, it’s definitely the vocals, I can’t put my finger on why, but I don’t like them.

felt way too long than it actually was.. and i think it was way too long than it should've been. midway through the album i was just bored and ready to move on. it's not bad music or anything, it's just not anything noteworthy

It's interesting. Don't know if I'm burning out slightly from this project, or what, but early on in the project, it feels like I was more likely to give albums/artists I've never heard before higher ratings (It's been over 30 days since I've given a 2 as well. So it's not like I've been getting stuff I don't like, just not been getting almost any new discovers that I would particularly like to go back to). Things really seem to be settling into a place where everything is a 3. At this point, it's basically just artists/albums I've heard before that are getting higher than 3s, whereas artists where I'm discovering them for the first time are struggling to get higher. That said, I'm still enjoying this album quite a bit despite the 3 I'm planning on giving it. I do prefer the Sugar album (Copper Blue) from Bob Mould over this one due to it having more melody and catchyness, and I prefer the production on that one. This one is still really good, but slightly more on the punk/abrasive side. It being over an hour long is a sticking point too. I'll give them She Floated Away though. Wasn't expecting a straight up alt rock sea-shanty to pop up on this album. Nice change of pace for the album.

Highlights: These Important Years. 2.7

DNF after about half. i’m so bored by it, and don’t feel the need to listen to it in full. you’d think it would work semi well at the gym but every track just drags

I mean it’s as catchy as any other forgettable US “Punk” , but overall a little meh The name Hűsker Dű implies an industrial band or metal with the proliferation of umlauts… buts its just Green Day lite

Agréable surprise, le bouche à oreille me les avait fait paraître plutôt grunge, en tout cas cet album est pile ma tasse de thé. Coups de coeur: Ice Cold Ice (les harmonies vocales (?) apportent une jolie touche dans toute cette saturation électrique), She Floated Away (avec ses variation de rythme et l'outro en métallophone (?) ), Bed of Nails, Tell You Why Tomorrow, Actual Condition (très rock'n'roll), et le très astmosphérique You Can Live At Home. Globalement une très bonne écoute, mais la tracklist n'est pas un album cohérent à mon goût et manque de construction.

never listened before but reasonable sound

So much noise

2.5

Correcto

Didn't realise it's a very influential album. It's just average though.

Good album long but good

7/10 Buen album, partes divertidas y otras menos llamativas pero no es malo

This app atm got everything twisted. The album that should be on here is new day rising or zen arcade, not only did this album put Dü in a bad light it didnt even represent their best let alone their most influential albums, they only put on the albums that were endorsed by major record labels. Husker Dü were a great band yet got sold out by major record labels, this app acc pmo. This album jus sounds like a REM copy, isnt absolutely dreadful but disappointing, especially as the app put one of their worst albums out

Not sure how I missed this one, but I'm glad I did. 51 years old and some new Bob for me to memorize.

3.3/5 Favorite Songs: Ice Cold Ice She Floated Away

Very REM. I feel like I shouldn't like this as much as I do, especially with the paper-thin-ass production, but the energy and tunes here are pretty top-notch. Drums are sloppy as hell but it adds to the charm. Favourite tracks: Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope, Standing in the Rain, Ice Cold Ice, Could You Be the One?, Too Much Spice, She Floated Away, Tell You Why Tomorrow, Turn It Around.

These Important Years 3.4 Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope 3.5 Standing in the Rain 3.3 Back from Somewhere 3.5 Ice Cold Ice 3.6 You're a Soldier 3.3 Could You Be the One? 3.5 Too Much Spice 3.6 Friend, You've Got to Fall 3.3 Visionary 3.3 She Floated Away 3.6 Bed of Nails 3.5 Tell You Why Tomorrow 3.5 It's Not Peculiar 3.4 Actual Condition 3.2 No Reservations 3.4 Turn It Around 3.2 She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man) 3.4 Up in the Air 3.5 You Can Live at Home 3.6 Score: 3.43

Блин, хз даже. Ощущение что релиз опаздал лет на 5 примерно. На дворе 87 год. Dinosaur Jr уже зафигачили свой мощный нойз-роковый второй альбом, являющейся предтечей гранжа. С другой стороны были Sonic Youth которые также давали нойзовой грязи, предвосхищяя звучание девяностых. У бритов были кюры, смитсы, также готик движуха, ещё пока находящийся в зародыше шугейз, также зиждящийся на нойз-роковом фундаменте, а тут мы видим какой-то до одури прямолинейный панк-роковый альбом, вышедший как будто году в 1981-2. И даже хз за что зацепится в итоге, двойник в котором 2-3 вариации песни повторяются кучу раз. мэх

Not too bad, but it is very long, and a bit samey.

They sound like what Green Day would in the future. A sound ahead of its time. So 90s, but still de 80s. 4 stars.

297/1001 Hacker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ✅ There's a lot that I really enjoyed with this album, but at points it does become pretty similar in tone. I can absolutely see myself revisiting this at some point.

A lot of the songs felt way too similar to be super enjoyable. Also not sure why so many bands I’ve never heard of with generic rock music are ok this list

One of those albums where the songs can mesh into one. Frustratingly I remember there being a song I really liked in my first listen (was it No Reservations? Or Up in the Air?) but now can’t pinpoint it for the life of me, which all the more justifies the meshing point. I had never heard of Hüsker Dü before and wanted to enjoy this after hearing them described as a lesser known REM in their influential role on post punk. But the album felt a bit shoddy around the edges. I found the song You’re a Soldier irritating to say the least.

I haven't heard of these guys before (despite Spotify identifying my listening age as 89). This album was quite good but nothing special really, so I read the reviews and someone from the band's fans suggested to listen to their other album instead, Zen Arcade. And boy that's a completely different - and much better (to my taste) beast. So I'm putting 4 not really for this particular album but for the brand itself.

I don't feel any type of way about this. Stand-outs - Could You Be The One? - She Floated Away

Not music I'd really come back to, but enjoyable enough

Nothing to write home about

It was fine, all fine for the background

I was bored before I got to the end of track 3, and then there were 17 more songs. I imagine that this is an album that sounds better Live.

I really enjoyed this. As a big Green Day fan, I really hear the influence they had on GD. Alt punk pop is right up my alley. Solid 4/5.

I know the band only by name and haven't knowingly heard a thing before today. It's a perfectly solid album but I don't hear anything that makes it a must listen and nothing that made me want to return to it.

Sounds like the worst of REM combined with the theme song from the TV show “Friends”.

First listen

If this were cut down to its 35 best minutes, it would be a 5 star album. But it’s too bloated as is.

I DO remember these guys (which is the kind of bad joke that you'll only get if you were raised on 1970s TV commercials or speak Norwegian; probably I'll find it's a VERY common bad joke in the reviews for this album)! I suppose they deserve an album on the list of 1001 albums I must hear before I die. I'm a little surprised it's this one rather than Zen Arcade, though. Some good tracks here, but not a very unified effort, a fact made all the more clear by the bloated nature of this (like most) double album. As a casual listener, though, this seems to capture what I remember of their style.

started out very strong...by the end it just seemed very ordinary. alright, but should have been better.

J’aime beaucoup leur album New Day Rising, donc j’étais plutôt hypé quand j’ai vu que j’avais du Hüsker Dü à écouter aujourd’hui. Mais j’étais plutôt déçu. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais je l’ai trouvé moins prenant, moins énergique, moins varié… moins tout ! Bon, c’est pas dégueu, ça mérite quand même un 3 au minimum, mais c’est quand même inférieur à ce qu’ils ont pu faire avant.

Nope

REM meets bare naked ladies. Hadn’t heard of them before, gets a thumbs up from me.

Do you have a double album -- like, for example, WAREHOUSE: SONGS AND STORIES -- that needs fixing? Here's a life hack: 1. Remove Grant Hart tracks 2. Listen to album Presto! You have a great single Hüsker Dü album. Or a great Bob Mould album. You decide! You're welcome!

Easy, jangly indie rock. Feels loose in a good way. A few songs really land, the rest just roll by smooth. Nothing fancy, just solid tunes with some heart.

I can't just listen to the same song over and over again 20 times. Something about the sound just feels so messy all together, the vocals/music blend together and not in a fun enjoyable way, more like a "what am I listening to way"

5 - AVERAGE

Why did this have to be so long? Listening to this was like being tied to a chair while your house was burning down. Favourite Track(s): Too Much Spice, She Floated Away Least Favourite Track(s): Actual Condition

Wow, these guys really sound like REM. A little long, but otherwise no complaints.

I'm more familiar with Bob Mould's second group, Sugar, so this is pretty much my first exposure to Hüsker Dü. There was some zigzagging going on here, and reading that Bob Mould and Grant Hart clashed a bit over songwriting duties, I guess it makes sense now. They seem to trade off songwriting/vocal duties on each track. Overall, an overarching alt rock theme that I guess wasn't always the group's primary sound? You also hear hints of power pop that would become very prominent in Mould's next endeavor with Sugar. It's not the most polished, and the album as a whole felt a bit bloated, though. I see some chatter in the reviews that this maybe wasn't the best album rep for Hüsker Dü, so I'm slightly curious to check out their older work. Not sure if I curious enough, however.

Kind of like REM but less good. And apart from a few selected songs, I don't even like REM that much. It wasn't terrible, but this just didn't really do much for me

Boring

It's absolutely fine. Something about bands like Hüsker Dü and The Replacements just never connected with me, and case in point here. It's absolutely fine, and I can understand why people would enjoy it, but it's not really for me.

I had never heard of them before but enjoyable thrashy post punk.

Nice old school grunge/alternative feel. Feels like it belongs in an early 90's Rom-Com.

Zero exposure to this band…in reading some of the reviews, I got the feeling that some of the fans were disappointed with this album. I kind of liked it, but I think it would been better as a single disc with considerable editing to the track list. As it is, I give it three stars.

Their sixth album. Indie Rock. It's all a bit samey and probably twenty minutes too long. The first half of the album was okay but after that it started to grate on me. I'd give it a 2.5 but on here a two.

Me: "mom can we have R.E.M." Mom: "no we have R.E.M. at home" R.E.M at home:

Dobrá hudba. Príliš dlhý album. Ak by to bolo 35 min , bolo by to ešte lepšie.

To be perfectly honest, I find the album — and the band's entire sound — awful. 'Four chords that made a million' (if there are even four). There's not much more boring than American indie rock with a punk attitude — maybe British indie rock is a little worse, but only maybe. I thought Hüsker Dü were awful back then, even when all my friends were raving about them. And if it didn’t appeal to the ‘rebel’ in me back then, it certainly won’t now. Of course, I know that behind the band’s raucous sound there are two clever minds, and that the band had a lot to say through their lyrics, but for me, unfortunately, it's not much more than 70 minutes wasted. I just can't get the message.

Very middle of the road for me be leaning on the more positive side. Decent rock songs, but there's nothing here unique enough to my ears to really grab my attention. Solid songs that all just sort of blend together to me an leave me feeling a bit disassociated by the end of the runtime which was wayyyyy longer than it needed to be. I had already felt like I had gotten my fill with this album halfway though, only to look and realize there were STILL 10 more songs.

not bad 3/5

Personally, not for me. Every song felt the same to me. Sorry to this man. Friend You’ve Got to Fall isn’t too bad though.

Great album, but not the Husker Du album I'd have picked.

Boring but not terrible, and everything sounds the same

It kinda grows on you through the course of days

Not interesting enough to warrant being as long as it is

Midnight Oil would have been a better choice.

First Hüsker Dü experience. Great album, they are like a heavier REM.

These albums keep being the wrong genre. I meant to say this in my last review, but it's true for this one too, the covers keep setting my expectations for what it's going to sound like and then it's always just regular rock. Also this shit is ass

The mixing is undeniably terrible and it is a bit long for sure but despite those flaws I still actually like it a lot and I could see myself easily giving a different Hüsker Dü album a 4 because apparently according to the global reviews this is not a very good album of theirs

A bit too samey and long

Boring instrumentals, nothing lyrics, and far too long. The only thing Hüsker Dü is put me to sleep.

this is maybe a 4/5 album with a production quality that sounds like this album is being played through the busted speakers at a dying Hot Topic store. I am used to shitty production and sometimes shitty production is a deliberate choice but...not here.

i mean it's not bad enough to be a 1, i wouldn't ask anyone to turn it off in the car, but god is this dull. flat production, simple chords and melodies i feel i've heard a million times elsewhere, and an ungodly 70 minute runtime that just drags and drags. couldn't wait for this one to be over. future edit: nah its bad enough to be a 1

Nicht so meins

I could hear the influence it had, but would have liked it more as a teenager. However, I was only 11. If it wasn’t on the regular or country station, I never heard it.

Never heard of them and still wish I hadn’t. If punknewwaveindie was a word it would describe them. As it would for a number of bands who do it a lot better. 2/5 16/4/26

As one half of alternative rock gods Houmous & Chutney I can really see what they’re trying to do here. 3.7 7/20 Could You Be The One

Good quality perfectly serviceable punk. Nothing that will convert a non-believer to the merits of the genre, but it doesn't have to be an Earth-shattering experience to be worth your time. I'd love to say more but I didn't rate this until nearly two weeks after listening to it, and by this point a lot of it has left my brain. The only song I recall well is Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope, which was my favourite from my first run-through and has given a friend of mine very dangerous options because of the song name. If you're more of a punk fan I'm sure you'll get more out of this than I did, but it was solid all the same.

The tinny quality of the first couple songs was terrible. Overall there were some decent songs, but it was easy to lose focus. I can't see myself listening to this again.

Odd good song, but a lot of filler and it all started to sound the same after an hour or so

This started badly but I definitely grew into it. Thought it would be a bit more punky but it’s definitely Indie. Maybe their earlier albums might be better?

Eyyyy me gustó bastante, ayer estaba viendo una romcom muy 2milera y este álbum me dio mucho las vibes, me encanta.

DNF

People sure love them some who skidoo. I do not.

bueno, me parecio un poco mas de lo mismo x momentos. onda muy 90’s, asumo q habran sido un poco pioneros

A lot of filler

Warum so viele Songs wenn sie doch alle gleich klingen?

I'm confused - Wikipedia says that Hüsker Dü are a Punk Rock band but gives the genre of the overlong album as Alternative Rock / Post-Hardcore / Power Pop? Pretty mediocre and boring, with nothing that grabs my attention. Some tracks, for example, "Visionary", sound like they're performed by a bad R.E.M. tribute band.

7/10

It’s hard to form an opinion on this when every track has blended itself into an abstract lump of play-doh in my mind. It’s a multi-coloured lump of play-doh you could still play with just fine, but you’re never gonna smoothly unblend those colours again. That is to say, I didn’t hate this but I don’t particularly remember any track immediately afterwards or think anything was particularly standout during my listen. Just fine.

This is probably the okayest album I've listened to in my life. Definition of 3/5 stars.

ça va mais c'est un peu tjrs pareil je pense qu'en ayant écouté les 10 premiers on a tout écouté

Some of the songs (mostly Mould-penned) have cool elements, anticipating both 90s indie rock and more commercial “alternative” styles, but a lot of the tracks are so sonically indistinct that they barely register to my ears as music.

Un peu trop long ou alors les chansons sont trop courtes. On reconnaît l'influence qu'ils ont pu avoir.

Not good enough to be this long

totally inoffensive, easy to be on in the background, but not so exciting or interesting for me

This album certainly has a punk / alternative energy to it that I can respect. I didn't care for the music that much, the singer's nasally voice was just kind of grating. The songs probably would have sounded better if the production was cleaner, but I have a feeling that is not what the band was going for. Overall, I'm a little disappointed because I was not familiar with this band's music, but I do recall a lot of musicians from the 80's showing them massive respect (an interview with Kirk Hammett from some VH1 documentary comes to mind...)

Legendary.

Crap rock

Zen Arcade would've been the pick; there's a very good Husker Du album in here - and a lot of less than very good material too

Classic Du, but at 20 songs it feels like a bit too much.

I can hear the inspiration for bands like Nirvana but the fuzzy guitar is not my cup of tea

Nope.

was not expecting this at all, and liked it more than expected too. i might like this more with additional listens, definitely like the sounds generally.

return to warehouse

pov you're in a bar that serves 17 different IPAs

Unlistenable. Everything sounds the same and forcing myself to listen to this feels like the reverse of that scene from A Clockwork Orange.

Pretty decent 80's-era alt rock, but I get the impression the stories behind the music are ultimately more interesting than the music itself. It's also waaaay too long and could do with a trimming of the fat for sure. Mould and Hart absolutely contributed to the reason why this record kind of doesn't live up to any expecations imo. Even still, I enjoyed it for what it was.

I don't see the appeal... The album felt like a wash and I wasn't about it. 3/10

meh

sounds like an REM cover band

They sound pretty good, I have heard of this band, but had never heard this band.. 2.5 stars

3- Stars (7/15)

The Beatles were arguing amongst themselves while the band was falling apart and produced the White Album, Let it Be and Abbey Road. These guys were doing the same thing and produced a double album of 20 songs that all sound more or less the same. The songs all chug along at the one tempo so that after a while they blur into each other. When something different, like "She Floated away, which is a different time signature, though still at the same tempo, comes along it's a jolt. The lyrics might be different and might well be poetic gems, but they're often mixed so far down that they're often indecipherable. This leaves "variety" to be determined by whether the distortion pedal is set at 6, 7, or 8. And didn't we invent microphones, so that we didn't need to use two Campbell's Soup Cans joined by string? The recording quality is pretty poor. I get that it was recorded in a warehouse, but was placing the recording equipment at one end and the band at the other, behind the pallets of building supplies, really the optimum plan? I went back and listened to Zen Arcade and that really should be on this list. This, however, is nowhere near as good And don't tell me that "She's a woman and now he's a man" doesn't lift the melody of Every Time That You Walk In The Room by The Searchers.

Some songs were fun here but it never made me care.

pretty terrible

One more case of "I'd heard of this artist/band, but never actually listened to them". And I'm thankful this is a closed gap now. That's all I have to say about this.

The mixing on this made it sound like it was off in the distance the entire time, which annoyed me. Overall, this kind of all blurred together to me - the sounds they brought just didn't land on my ears well. I'd give it a 2.5, but 3 is fine.

Waste of my time. Went on too long. Mid as hell.

Like R.E.M.. Enjoyable but not breaking any ground.

I mostly know these guys because of them being "REM-adjacent" without ever realllllllly listening to them. And yes, as a fully paid-up member of the "power-pop appreciation society" there's enough here to remind me that I have to investigate them more. The reviews suggest that maybe this isn't the album to do that with, and I can equally see why - a little too long, a little too unstructured and the feeling that, with just a little more polish, they could have come up with 11 bangers.

Amazing band and great album

It's funny, I used to think of these guys as being fairly hardcore but listening to this now, it's just a bit harder than The Replacements... so not hard at all, really.

It's fine. Good for 87 or whatever. Didn't really catch my attention though

This falls sort of between Nirvana and Hole, and you can really see how much those bands were influenced by Husker Du. This is a solid power-pop / alternative album, but could really benefit from being a single- rather than double-album. It’s a real curate’s egg.

Love the sound. Can see where bands like Green Day got their early inspiration from