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Cool sound, does all melt into a sort-of similar puddle but it's good listening
3-
Erster Song: ok. Dann immer wieder der gleiche Sound. OK, aber zu wenig Abwechslung!
I quite liked this and at half the length I think I would have loved it
Like it
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.
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.
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.
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.
3 trop rock
noiosettto
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.
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
Its Fine!
Listenable but feels like a worse version of another band
An entertaining collection to introduce the band. The writing is good, the production ok. Maybe could have been a single album.
Forgettable, but okay
Great
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.
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.
never listened before but reasonable sound
Correcto
Didn't realise it's a very influential album. It's just average though.
7/10 Buen album, partes divertidas y otras menos llamativas pero no es malo
3.3/5 Favorite Songs: Ice Cold Ice She Floated Away
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.
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.
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 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.
First listen
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.
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!
5 - AVERAGE
Wow, these guys really sound like REM. A little long, but otherwise no complaints.
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
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.
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.
Dobrá hudba. Príliš dlhý album. Ak by to bolo 35 min , bolo by to ešte lepšie.
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
It kinda grows on you through the course of days
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
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.
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.
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
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.
totally inoffensive, easy to be on in the background, but not so exciting or interesting for me
Legendary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
These are hometown heroes so I am definitely being generous. It’s like if REM was rougher around the edges and more indulgent. The post-punk to REM’s pop, maybe. I enjoyed each song individually, but over the course of almost 70 minutes it started to whelm me. At a certain point I get it, you know? It makes their songwriting and performances harder to appreciate. When there’s this much material of this kind in one place, the repeated ideas and sounds becomes more obvious and burdensome. But on a song by song basis it’s great.
This album isn't all that bad, it's just way too long, and sounds like someone doing a mostly poor impression of R.E.M.. At which point, I'd recommend just going and listening to them instead.
It may not be the best Hüsker Dü, but it's still better than a lot of stuff on this list.
2.7 I always think I should connect with Husker Du more than I actually do. This album sounds smaller than it should to me. Like a cross between SNFU and REM (one band I love and one band I despise)
Reminds me of R.E.M., and I like the sound. Often fun, but the songs started to really blend together for me.
There are some sings I liked, others I didn’t. It was somewhat repetitive as well
im pretty lukewarm on this record, and i hope that's my genuine reaction to it and not me disproportionately pushing it for the baffling fact that it is the only husker du record to be in any edition of the book. it doesn't bug me because im particularly familiar with the band, i extremely am not, but for all the 1001 book's weird limitations and fixations, part of the reason why im sticking with this whole project is just the feeling that by the end of it i'll have carved out an extremely deep spot in my experiences with popular music in a way that will be Generally Good for me. the idea that its even Possible for an important and beloved band to have their two or three or four most important and beloved albums shunted for some fucking rando pick kinda breaks that illusion in a v discouraging way! in any case, the record itself is fine. its a Too Long And Shaggy slab of consistently solid "college rock"...not as heartfelt and ragged as the replacements, not as precise and mystical as r.e.m., just a bunch of mid tempo, melodic, slightly jangly, slightly power pop-y songs that mostly taste the same, but its not a bad taste. the main thing that makes it historically interesting is just the fact that this was a hardcore band a mere four years ago....but i suppose someone who only encounters them through the 1001 book will never actually appreciate that! what a weird thing. maybe ill listen to zen arcade soon.
These Important Years - 3/5 Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope - 3/5 Standing in the Rain - 3/5 Back from Somewhere - 4/5 Ice Cold Ice - 4.5/5 You're a Soldier - 2.5/5 Could You Be the One? - 4/5 Too Much Spice - 3/5 Friend, You've Got to Fall - 4/5 Visionary - 3.5/5 She Floated Away - 3/5 Bed of Nails - 3/5 Tell You Why Tomorrow - 3.5/5 It's Not Peculiar - 3.5/5 Actual Condition - 4/5 No Reservations - 3/5 Turn It Around - 3/5 She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man) - 2.5/5 Up in the Air - 3/5 You Can Live at Home - 2.5/5
I don’t get why out of all Husker Du discography the only album included in this list is this one and not Zen Arcade? Or any other, I would argue Warehouse is one of their worst. And it surely is not characteristic of their sound, like people who never heard about them would discover them here, listen to this album and would decide Husker Du were kind of heavier R.E.M. or something, wtf? Ok, onto the album itself..while I said it’s one of their worst I can’t really say it’s a bad album per se. It has its ups and catches, it’s just too middle of nowhere (to my liking and compared to their other work)
Semi hyväntuulista punk rokkia. Aika simppeleitä kappaleita. Ihan hyviä, melodiat ja sointukierrot toimii mutta alkaa vaan vähän toistamaan. Tän levyn ei ois tarvinnut olla 20 kappaletta. Parhaat: Bed Of Nails, Tell You Why Tomorrow, She Floated Away
Not bad!
Pretty cool sounds!
The lyrics are solid and the sounds are interesting enough to keep me intrigued, but it's just starting to click for me after one listen. I'm gonna need more of this. There's potential here. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - These Important Years - Ice Cold Ice - Could You Be the One?
The Hu never really grabbed my attention back in the 80's and I guess the 90's. Nothing awful, just indistinct music to me.
Not my favorite. Not the biggest classic rock fan.
Yeah this had some good songs ig. Though I agree with the reviewer who said that this is basically the same song repeated 20 times lmao. Also saw another comment say that this isn't their best album, so guess I gotta check out their earlier stuff now. Hopefully I'll like them better. Songs I liked: Back from somewhere, ice cold ice, could you be the one, too much spice, she floated away
I get this was an influential band, and their last. It is important historically, but not a great album. Maybe top 1000 album to know about, but not that has to be heard. 0 songs added to playlist.
Really like this sound but the album was very long and kind of samey. Some good to great songs in there though
Double albums are fan bait and not a good entry point for an artist.
I liked a lot of things about this album, the vocals, drums, and the bass. I loved how they all had their own highlights throughout the songs and were very consistent. I did feel like the album dragged on a LOT and was honestly more of a chore to listen to but nonetheless I still enjoyed it to a degree. 6/10, Favorite Song: Visionary
Don't judge an album by its cover. This is an album I would have never listened to and never been interested in learning more about based on the cover but it has a much better sound then I expected. It was like a harder rock REM, we are not just sad but we are angry and sad. I enjoyed it but the similarity is just a little to high for me to think it is amazing. Also it just feels long, and none were bad but none were amazing.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one that thinks they sound like R.E.M. The poetry & vocal beauty isn't quite on the Michael Stipe level and although the guitar work has its moments, it lacks the more subtle brilliance of Buck & Mills. 20 songs is kind of alot. Shades of REM, but I also get a bit of a Jimmy Eat World feel from them or maybe we are gonna bust into a Friends episode.
Husker Du is highly enjoyable Minnesota alt rock but of course, as a double album, this is too long. It’s lively energy that holds up well. If this was more compact, I’d be more willing to come back to it. 3.5/5
Bob Mould sounds so much like Michael Stipe to me, and I often felt like I was listening to R.E.M. throughout this album. This is an album I'd like to spend more time with, because I think it could really grow on me. I like the lyrics and the sounds I'm hearing. After one listen, I'm at a 3 though.
This is the first time I've ever endeavored to listen to a full Husker Du album, and I've come to the conclusion that I like the idea of Husker Du more than Husker Du themselves. I recognize that they were super influential to many bands that I love, and perhaps if I had heard HD when they first came out (and before a lot of other bands copied them, doing it better) I would have really been taken with them. The music is fine - it is solid alternative rock. But not super interesting. I like Bob Mould's music with Sugar much better. Still, HD made their mark, one I'm grateful for.
I lacked context in rating this, because I'm aware of the band's impact, but haven't heard any of their albums. As this is their final album, I've no idea if it's peak Husker Du or the sound of a once-great outfit in decline. However, the lack of context forces me to be objective, I guess. It seemed quite mainstream fast US punky rock, but with moments of something edgier. The playing was, unsurprisingly, really tight, to the point of sounding effortless. I liked Ice Cold Ice a lot. I struggled to maintain interest in a double album, but it was decent enough and had plenty of tunes.
This had some stand outs but the length is just egregious, a tight 30 no more than 40 tops.
Like most people, we have periods to which we gravitate with our musical preferences.....typically, during our youth. While there may be some bleed over into music we might pick up from other family members or friends, our comfort level rests in specific, "known" periods. Mine is Classic Rock and Blues. While I knew the Replacements to which this band has been compared, I never heard of Husker Du. I enjoyed this album, and while I might have suggested cutting some of these songs to make it a single album release, this one might be worth owning.
What a fun, fast, rollick of an album. I can’t believe I have never heard of Hüsker Dü. I’ll be checking out more of their albums for sure.
Don’t know Hüsker du but know and like Sugar - Bob mound next band. Strong similarities so I liked this. But all the tracks sound the same.
3 not exciting at all
Solid ig 5/10
A band whose name I have heard, but whose music I have not. Quite a large number of my favorite bands and musicians cite Husker Du as a major influence. It seems to me that this is one of those bands that existed solely to influence others who would go on to become household names. This album was okay. The vocals felt low and hard to distinguish against the instrumentation throughout. I can see how influential these guys were. Would probably give it a few more spins, maybe dig into some of their older stuff, this is their last album a casual bit of internet research tells me. Glad to have listened to it.
Energetic punk, except with actual melodies. I hear echoes (or, in some cases, precursors) of REM, Green Day, Klark Kent, and a lot of later indie/alt-rock. It's not my thing, but it's a good album from a clearly quite influential band. Favorites: "Ice Cold Ice", "She Floated Away", "Up in the Air"
As some of the reviews stated, I checked out Zen Arcade instead of this one. It was fine, probably the most entertaining thing was that I really had Husker Du pegged as some like Southern Rock or Jam band. Idk, that's what the name spoke to me. It was decent punk but everything kind of ran together, which I suppose isn't really that bad for the genre.
I never really got into them - and apparantly I hear that this is not the record for it. It’s fine - it reminds me of REM and perhaps even Counting Crows. I’m intrigued and will go listen to their earlier stuff
Bra i små doser. Litt vel intenst og saturert i lengden.
Looking at the reviews on here, I feel about the same way as most people: it’s great to come across Husker Du on here, but why this album out of their discography? I would have chosen New Day Rising, personally. This was the band’s final album, and it sounds like it. The tension in the band is evident in how Bob Mould and Grant Hart sound like they’re writing for different bands, and I wonder if the excessive length and bloat of this album came from that. With that said, it’s not a bad album, but it is one that showed them moving further away from their punk roots, towards a more mainstream sound and perhaps a mainstream success that eluded them. Mould’s songs sound a lot like what he’d go on to do with Sugar. It would have been better at half the length.
A surprisingly fun album and not in German
ok
sounds like the Who
It was okay. Not as bad as the reviews were prepping me for
Die sind ja gar ned so Türkisch Rock wieni ghofft han. Janu, schlecht sind ned, aber bsunders guet au ned. 3 mal Köfte bitte
A good album that sounded like a heavier version of 80s REM, but without the catchy hooks. I enjoyed the album, but it's not one I'm overly bothered about listening to again. 3 stars from me because I appreciate the impact they had on 90s music and they can clearly play and create good music. It just didn't blow me away.
3.4
Good songs but too long
Jeder zweite Song ist ok.
Meh - aber medium meh!
Overall: 5/10 This album has a few highlights, but it's pretty forgettable. Not only is it way too long, but it's the biggest R.E.M. ripoff I've heard in my life. It made me wish I was listening to Document instead. After doing some reading, it seems like critics and fans of the band consider this a terrible introduction to the band and one of their weaker albums so.....thanks for making me listen to this I guess? Fav Song: Ice Cold Ice
Not my fave by them
6/10 Very samey. Felt like it was sort of one extended song in parts. Cool name. Feel like a more varied experimental album of there's would be more my thing p
People talk about them and REM together, like they have similar sounds and both paved the way. This album does totally sound like 90's alt rock, but it doesn't sound that much like REM to me (maybe slightly similar to the guitar-heavy albums like Monster). Some tracks are decent, like Ice Cold Ice.
Double album? Sure.
I see now where early REM got their sound from.
3.5
Production value is a 2. Song writing a 4.
Enjoyable, but it’s hard to get over the big question: why on earth was this picked over Zen Arcade???
There's some good stuff in here. I think it could have been gussied up into a four but it is very bloated. That being said, I am more interested in Husker Du than I was before so I'll be keeping an eye out.
You could probably make this a 20 minute album and nobody would notice. The songs all blend in to each other and there are really only minor instrument changes. I actually like the style; it’s like proto pop-punk, but it just goes on forever. Good enough but the decision to put this out like this was dumb.
Solid, just a bit long
Hüsker Dü walked so Sugar could run
Aye it was decent, all a bit samey though
I read a little bit of back story on this one. I had never heard of Hüsker Dü before, so I looked into them before listening. This album is the end of bands time together, in what was described as an incredibly messy and fucked break up. I can't say that this hype I read beforehand about how messy the album that came from this event really shined through. Like lowk just a normal rock album, I enjoyed it; however, I can't say it way anything special. Rating: 6.6/10 Fav track: Bed of nails (however I will say a lot of them sounded pretty similar, no offense)
good punk album i like it
Перетянули ребята, под конец уже дышать сложно
Sounds ok, still no bangers
There's a lot of this. They're another band that bands I like were influenced by, but all I hear is a really good noise (especially on the Bob Mould ones), but without the great tunes. Sometimes it's like Teenage Fanclub without the tunes, sometimes it's like Monster era REM without the tunes. I quite liked having it on, and I'm convinced if I was 2 years older and American, I would love this band. I'll try another album of theirs.
Never listed to Husker Du in my life . This was fine and I get the comparisons to REM. Husker Du is just so much more forgettable. There was nothing really interesting here.
Good, but probably longer than it needed to be
No. 337/1001 Those Important Years 4/5 Charity, Chastity, Prudence 3/5 Standing In The Rain 3/5 Back From Somewhere 4/5 Ice Cold Ice 3/5 You're A Soldier 3/5 Could You Be The One? 3/5 Too Much Spice 4/5 Friend, You've Got to Fall 4/5 Visionary 3/5 She Floated Away 4/5 Bed of Nails 3/5 Tell You Why Tomorrow 3/5 It‘s Not Peculiar 4/5 Actual Condition 3/5 No Reservations 4/5 Turn It Around 3/5 She's a Women 3/5 Up in the Air 4/5 You Can Live at Home 3/5 Average: 3,4 Nice to listen to. Definitely too long for the lacking diversity in the songs.
Not the best Husker Du album but still good
I would listen again
blast of sound. sounds 90s. alt rock.
Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely is really good but then there's too many ballads in a row and it looses it's momentum. BUT hat song good tho This is no Zen Arcade but it's alright
I sort of enjoyed that but nothing stood out to me. I suppose it's influenced a lot of new stuff and sometimes that makes listening to the "original" inspiration feel a bit done. I can't see myself listening to this again though even if it wasn't terrible. I think I prefer Bad Religion? Husker's sound is maybe less cohesive, more busy, less focused? I recognise the drums mostly from similar bands but still can't get into it.
I’m about as Gen X as they come, but I just never connected with Hüsker Dü. Beyond that, is this even one of the, erm, Top 5 Hüsker Dü albums? Barely? There’s nothing spectacular here, anyway, and the album (a double, as it’s really a Bob Mould album and a Grant Hart album all spun together) is far too long. The Mould songs are, inevitably, the better ones. My favorite is probably “Ice Cold Ice” (or “No Reservations”). But, at the end of the day, there’s nothing essential here.
Not as "hard" as I was expecting, and that was perhaps the only interesting thing about this, the discovery--to me-that bands I think of as early punk aren't as "hard" as I'd assumed. In any case, not bad but also kinda forgettable.
One memorable song
Ok. Started good then got repetitive. Sounded like a punk REM. Also not a wide range sonically. Actually had to turn down the treble.
I always think Husker Du is metal and then I listen to them and I'm like oh, this is like....Foo Fighters but a little more 80's pop and it's very confusing. This was fine. I'm glad they were formative or whatever but mostly I got "Learn to Fly" stuck in my head. Possibly most enjoyable double album on this list at least.
Cool vibe actually. Didn’t make it all the way through for unrelated reasons
Really like the guitar; kind of uneven and disjointed. You can hear the brilliance of Mould even this early
I like this album but I can't say it is a great one, and it is strange to have this listed when Zen Arcade is both more exciting and more influential. This is fine, and 'No Reservations' is beautiful, but other Hüsker Dü albums deserve to be here instead
Why this Husker Du album? They have better work and Warehouse is just too bloody long for this type of music... A generous 3.
Вроде неплохо, но не впечатляет
This album is just too long. If this were only the first 12 tracks this would be in contention to be a 4 for me. Unfortunately this really meanders and the lesser songs take away from the first two sides of the LP.
According to their Spotify artist description, this band was as influential to post-punk rock and roll as R.E.M. and that must be the biggest exaggeration I've heard all year. How is this even a fair comparison when their top song has literally 1000x more listeners than this album's top song. I guess there is a point to be made that Hüsker Dü walked so that Green Day or Nirvana could run but their music is so simple that one could even claim that Taylor Swift was inspired by it. Maybe it's because I'm not a fan of punk-pop but the 20(!) songs on this album sounded to similar that it felt like multiple hours of mediocrity and a drag to sit through. 2.5/5 stars for being exactly mid
This grew on me quite a bit but I definitely think they could have cut about half the songs and this would have been a classic album. I have a definite preference for the Mould songs and plan on listening to the earlier stuff and his later work as part of Sugar.
Like REM at 1.5x speed. And 0.75x quality. And 10 tracks too many.
V/rv
It’s weird that when I hear Bob Mould I immediately think of Michael Stipe and when I hear Michael Stipe I immediately think of Gord Downie, but I don’t think of Gord Downie when I hear Bob Mould. Anyways, I mostly enjoyed Sugar’s Copper Blue when I had it generated a couple weeks ago, but I came away thinking I enjoy Husker Du more even though it’s been awhile since I listened to them. Now listening to Warehouse: Songs and Stories, I’m questioning how much I even enjoy Husker Du. This isn’t a bad album, I did enjoy it, but it’s long, the songs are all quite similar, and nothing really stood out to me. For my sanity, I threw on Zen Arcade. Now that’s the Husker Du I remember! There’s much more of an edge on Zen Arcade, the songs are all so much more ferocious and they’re really experimenting and pushing boundaries on several tracks. Warehouse honestly sounds almost bland in comparison. Again, I did still enjoy Warehouse: Songs and Stories, I just don’t understand why it’s included in the list over Zen Arcade. Warehouse: Songs and Stories - 3/5 Zen Arcade - 5/5
ok, but all the same.Too much
Despite being 20 songs long that all sounded quite similar, it only really got old towards the very end where I thought the songs dropped off in overall quality. Not everything was a hit, but there were many tracks that I definitely enjoyed, such as the opening song, Too Much Spice, and She Floated Away. High 3
There’s a pretty good album hidden in here somewhere, but finding it would be like combing through your old baseball cards trying to find the ones that survived water damage and neglect.
OK
This is ok in places, but it's too long and the vocals get a bit annoying
Kind of expected it to be better. Bit pedestrian in places.
Apparently these guys were contemporaries of REM. I never heard of them before 1001 albums.
Just didn’t find anything too special with this one. Alright listen, but went on for too long.
Never heard of them before. Strong resemblance to REM, but then a bit more refreshing since everything is new to me. Unfortunately none of the songs really stood out for me, maybe except the last one. 3.3 stars
There is no reason it had to be this long. I enjoyed the vibe, bit it would have been better as a tight 35 minute album.
I like Bob Mould after Husker Du better, but this is solid. Again, like most double albums it might be too much of a good thing which knock it down to a 3.5 for me. Dropping for repetitive feel.
Quite a pleasing listen. Knew little about the band before this but they do remind me a little of REM. Enjoyable power pop / rock
I'd rather another R.E.M. album over this pick. Anything that these guys did in this album is completely overshadowed by them. The album was so samey the whole way through, but honestly, the music is not bad. There's something about this album that somewhat resonated with me, even if I think I wouldn't be losing anything by listening to it again. I'll get back to listening to R.E.M.
Nothing special. Average 80s rock.
20 songs over an hour and 9 minutes and I didn't hate a single one! 20 songs over an hour and 9 minutes and I didn't love a single one! A true shrine to all that is mid.
It's not bad, but I doubt I'll come back to this.
It's REM, but it's not. Not bad, but nothing really stands out
Not bad. Would have thought it was a 90s album but nothing about it stuck out to me.
Fed nok musik men sangeren lyder som Michael Stipe så det trækker ned
God brug af dobbeltalbum, kvaliteten var virkelig stabil!
I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump down to a 3, though if Grant Hart had chosen to end “You Can Live at Home” after 2:30 or so, I’d probably be willing to barely bump this album up to a 4. This is a strange, strange project. It’s bloated like a motherfucker, for one. The first half of this album all feel like leftovers, which is weird to not exactly start on your best stuff. Out of the first 11 tracks, I only liked about 6 of them, and even of the 6 I liked, there are criticisms noted as a “little repetitive” (These Important Years), “the outro needed some more work” (Standing in the Rain), “vocals very nasally” (Back from Somewhere), “not a fan of the one-chord fakeout ending” (Ice Cold Ice), & “outro VERY repetitive” (Too Much Spice). No notes on “Friend, You’ve Got to Fall” though. This album really, really does not find an identity through its first 11 tracks, and while they’re all decent to listen to with a good energy to the instrumental every time, the lack of a more focused / thought-out structure (the lack of bridges on most of these tracks is astounding, as is the repetitive / long / overplayed outros & every track starting with guitar/drums) really makes the album feel like it’s going absolutely nowhere for the first half, in what I would categorize as a competent, yet unsatisfying 3. For whatever reason though, the back half of the album (the last 9 tracks) suddenly find most of that; the structure to the tracks feels more thought out, the lyricism feels like it has more of a point, and the instrumentals kicks up in a way that just feels way more satisfying, turning the repetition into a positive as opposed to a sort of dry negative. Genuinely, if this album were just the last 9 tracks by themselves, I’d be at a 3.5 that I might be persuaded to bump up to a 4. I genuinely think either “Turn It Around” or “Up in the Air” would’ve made for great closing tracks, and if the album had ended there, I’d feel pretty satisfied with them. “You Can Live at Home” is one of the worst closing tracks I’ve ever heard for any album in my life. It is the culmination of an album-long frustration that I had with one Grant Hart. His penmanship is fine, and his instrumental work on the tracks he’s not singing on is generally good. However, I fully believe he cannot sing worth a damn, even though his vocals occasionally work at points on this album under really specific soundscapes. Bob Mould might be a diet Michael Stipe, yes, but at least he sounds close enough at points that it’s easy to just vibe along with it, as if this really were an R.E.M. album, and I think his tracks are generally better structured throughout the album. Grant Hart is the opposite. Grant Hart sounds like a bad Elvis Costello impersonator with an even more nasally voice, like a Muppet parody, and even then, I think a Muppet parody could do a better job. My issue with “You Can Live at Home”, however, is not from his vocals; it’s the fact that the entire last 2:30 of the track goes absolutely fucking nowhere, and with the inaudible lyrics (seriously horrible mixing) themselves already seemingly acting as a subliminal diss to Mould, given their internal issues and the break-up of the band afterward, I find it to be nothing more than a fully petty 5:24 of boring inaudible nothingness, capping off an album that should’ve ended on his partner’s tracks. It is singlehandedly dragging this album down to a 3, but make no mistake; this album isn’t that bad. The 20 tracks here all generally sound fine (save for the last one), and I’d say the very best ones are probably worthy of being a 4, if they had been able to pick them out and really flesh them out. The mediocre ones are what pull this down, especially that last one. Past that, the length of this album & the repetition of the intros / outros is too much to ignore. This was probably always going to get a 3 once the sort of “diet R.E.M. with a Green Day lean” thing came into my head, but at least it fought back during that second half to be a respectably good 3.5 that almost became a 4. Hell, it'd probably be a 4 if you cut out like, 80% of Grant Hart’s tracks. Ultimately, it’s just a 3 though, and it definitely didn’t need to be a double album.
Some good stuff on here, but does it need to be this long? Not very dynamic for a double album.
Hüsker Dü:n tiesin lähinnä ”Diane”-biisistä ja sen mainiosta Therapy?:n coverista. Tää oli ihan jeespoks albumi. Hieman liian tasapaksu kuitenkin.
This is good stuff. Pretty sure I listened once before.
Seventy minutes of average rock music. 3 stars or C-.
upbeat punk inspired rock. nothing wrong with this one.
Kinda bored. Heard of this band many times over the years and it sounds pretty much like I thought it would. Meh,
It runs way too long, but some of the songs are quite good.
some good riffing/rock n rolling. Gotta rep MN. Just not my fav band.
okay but a bit rowdy for me
Not my genre; nevertheless, decent.
Way to long !!!
>the Beatles
Definitely not the first Husker Du record I'd reach for, or the second or third, odd choice, it's fine but they have better records
Very upbeat and energetic. Felt the vibes pick me up, but I could not make out most of the lyrics. Fav songs: Too Much Spice & Bed of Nails
Solid, crisp punk with some punchy lyrics, for sure. Despite being into punk in high school, I'm not sure if I ever heard Hüsker Dü before today.
It’s really not that good, but a little better than others that I rated as 2. I got tired of listening to 20 songs that all sounded alike.
Fand ich ganz gut..Nicht super aufmerksam gehört.
Thought this was fine. Def did not need to be a double album. Guess that's what you get when two songwriters can't get along and edit themselves. Prefer the earlier stuff that has a bit more punch. I put these guys in the bucket of bands I don't really love but acknowledge a lot of the music I do like probably doesn't happen without their influence (Pixies, Sonic Youth, etc). 2.5/5
I'm sure it's full of great songs but the production is dreadful (all mid guitar wash and splashy echoed drums/cymbals), which thankfully improved with Bob Moulds next band Sugar and solo albums.
Pretty decent ngl, just an overall bloated album.
Not as good as I remembered. 3
Dad Alt Rock
Heard of the artist. Never listened. I enjoy the style and genre. Will push through more of their catalog. This album is a bit too long for me and probably could been significantly tightened up to a damn great single offering. Is this really their best release?
I was expecting this to be much heavier? also: did you know she floated away? well, she floated away. she sure did float away. aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
3.5 good but too long
Low 3 This band have something special. They've worked out how to infinatly generate average songs that sound vaugly like REM
Just ok
UK rock, mais pas mauvais
So you're gonna tell me that you don't have no black cats, no Roman Candles, or screaming mimis? You got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers? You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker dus, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser? Thanks to album generator I've found my way to appreciate each album more, research why the album is important. When I got up and saw the third punk album in a row, at first I was disappointed. But then I researched why the name sounded familiar and found the quote above, followed by several other sites calling this album pivotal for the hardcore scene. I also learned that 2/3rds of this band were gay at a time where people were hostile towards them. Very cool. Very punk. Album wise, shitty guitar tone. I'm pretty sure this is the BOSS distortion plugged right into amp, as it was my first bands tone as well. I appreciated the presence of melody here compared to the previous albums. Not an album I'll be coming back to, but I can really salute their part in rock history, and the risky decision to get a record producer on clearance.
There are hints of some decent songs in here (I’m hearing REM) but the production choices do this no favours. The guitar sound is far too prominent leaving the songs no room to breathe. And of course it’s far too long. 2.5
Better than the reviews, but could have really used an edit to drop the lesser songs
Interesting. Will listen to the rest of their discography.
Mixed bag
Generic post-punk alternative. 2.5/5
Not super memorable
Phew! Made it to the end! Another average rating from me. Can see the influence on later bands like Green Day and Foo Fighters. They have an eye for a good hook and harmony but all a little samey and too long. By the time Mould got to Sugar he'd perfected his sound. I would choose to listen to them rather than this, but will still add few tracks to my library
this is ok but it's too long.
More enjoyable than I expected.
Very boring rock.
I have never listened to husker du but I can see this being an influence on a number of bands like R.E.M., goo goo dolls, gin blossoms and others. Cool songs but I would've liked better mixes. Probably like a 3.5
Pretty good
fine but it is just incredibly much longer than it has any right to be
3/5 más brit de lo mismo
3/5
An okay album, though a lot of it sounded the same to me. I liked Standing In The Rain the most.
This kind of reminded me of 90s Farrelly Bros. movie soundtracks. I kinda liked it, but I've gotta, say: after a while it all started to sound the same. 7/10
My Husker tapes that got worn to the point of demagnetization were New Day Rising and the early comp, Things Fall Apart. The Warehouse era to me was a ‘Bob Songs Vs Grant Songs dump’. You can feel the division through the entire album and it throws a weird vibe over an otherwise enjoyable set of early pop punk tracks. I love Ice Cold Ice, You Could Be The One, and Friend You’ve Got to Fall. (All Bob songs.) I do like a few of Grant’s, including You’re a Soldier, which has always felt like a sad jab at Bob and the punk rock touring life that was killing Grant. Grant may, as some argue, be the better or more evolved lyricist. But Bob still and always knows hooks. Not a bad record, a fine batch of rockers, including a lot of what could be considered pre-emo. A solid 3/5. Blasphemously, perhaps, I prefer Sugar.
Not my genre, but it was ok otherwise.
decent songs, but the sound quality for the album on spotify was not very good
Interesting stuff…
Dad- 6 Mom- 5.5 Mike- 6 Lori- 7.5 Michael- 6 Miles- NA Cole- 5.5 Avg- 6.08
3/5 decent rock
kinda REM-y? i don’t love the singer, he feels a little too barenaked ladies-esque to me!
I like Hoosker Doo (don’t have time to write the umlauts) but I’d never heard this one before! Why does it sound so much like REM? Pretty good
Standard indie rock, but I feel it's too long.
It's not bad, it's too long, it's got some good bops.
All songs sound pretty much the same. Not bad per se, but it's getting a bit boring after a while
There is a great album hidden here, but instead they had to fill the album with every song they wrote. A double album is not a good idea when most of the songs follow pretty much the same formula, even if it's a good one.
Those was fine, in parts I thought it was going to break into greatness, but never quite made it
An album that had it been pared back from being a double album could have been perfect, but theres too much filler in my opinion.
A couple of good songs, but not quite enough to get a 4
I have Copper Blue by Sugar, great 90s album. Only knew one song by Hüsker Dü, so was pleased to have this one pop up on the 1001. It's got a classic American punk/indie feel. Guitar is crunchy, bass sadly mixed down (production isn't great on this). Bob Mould is a good frontman, and these are good catchy songs. Probably a bit long.
3.5
I like husker du and this is a good album but not remarkable compared to their other works
I think it's time I ordered this book just so I can read the authors explanations as to why certain albums are on the list. This entry offers nothing groundbreaking or unique. And it seems like the majority of people think other works of the band are better. This album didn't even crack the billboard top 100, so what are we doing here? That said, it's not terrible music. It's just boring generic pop-punk and others do that thing much better.. And I did take a peek at New Day Rising and Zen Arcade, and both of those albums are much better offerings from the small sample I listened to.
Я не слушал этот альбом раньше, но это было, эмм, неожиданно на фоне Зен Аркейд. Мне, наверное, больше нравится все-таки их ранняя, резкая музыка, но здесь тоже хорошо. Лучшая песня - Ice Cold Ice.
Great classic rock album. Not a band I have heard of before but definitely one to look more into. Very upbeat album, makes you want to take on the world.
There is some good stuff in here, but it is totally bogged down by terrible mixing and homogeneity between nearly every song. At least the cover art is nice? I've never explored early R.E.M. but at moments it does feel like I'm hearing an earlier, even less polished R.E.M. Which I do not mind.
Started strongly. You can hear their clear influence on 1990s pop punk. Around song five (Ice Cold Ice) you could also hear similarities with REM. Was going to be four stars initially but it's far too long an album. Over an hour. The album lost any sense of coherency as it went on and the energy dwindled.
oh yeah this was better than i thought it would be. i’ve heard of most of these albums/artists but not this one. probably a 3/5.
Sometimes you hear an album that, despite not having a lot to say about it on first listen, just strikes you with how consistent it is (especially for a double!) Anyway, I liked this one. Not one of my absolute favourites, but it doesn't overstay its welcome at all.
grew on me the longer i let it play
Punk wasnot dead
Pretty solid album overall, a bit long for my taste. I know it was released as a double album, but I did find myself getting somewhat tired of the material towards the end. I could see this being a predecessor to some of the 90s punk bands, especially early Green Day, which I appreciated. I want to do a further deep dive into this band when I get more time, Hear more of where their sound comes from. But I think this album is a three out of five, the tracks, I think would be more enjoyable on their own rather than for an hour back to back.
I think this requires more listening. Sounds like early REM to me. I think I prefer the sound of stuff from Zen Arcade, but I think I’ll come back to this/them.
This is alright. Sounds a bit like an amped up REM. Not really something I'd listen to all the time. Good guitar work at parts. Friend, You've Got to Fall was a favorite. 3 overall.
A bit R.e.m.ish in some ways. Quite liked some of the tracks but not enough for more than a three.
pretty good. based off the album art and the artist name i thought it was gonna be a cool techno album but this was alright too. if i listened to this before knowing what year it came out i would have guessed early 2000s. some of the melodies here just scream that 2000s alternate rock. also the singer sounds like the guy from Blues Traveler
Ok but not special
Generally sounded ok, felt repetitive though.
Pretty solid overall.
Ta płyta jest tak nijaka, że mogłaby powstać w latach 80/90/00. Przeciętny rock, który ani nie zmusza nóżki do tupania, ani nie gwałci uszu. Po prostu sobie jest, monotonnie płynie przez serię podobnych piosenek, a potem się kończy, a ja od razu wyrzucam ją za pamięci. 4.5/10
Not a bad album, but a lot of it sounds the same with nothing standing out. Reminds me of R.E.M. quite a bit. 3/5
Sounds like a mix of REM, green day, and the offspring. Interesting album, but wouldn’t listen to it agy
You hear their influence in so many bands from the 90s-today.
Ok but too long.
A double album from a band mid-divorce. Some great moments, sure, but mostly the sound of two guys refusing to edit each other out of fear or pride. Bloated, brittle, weirdly tidy for a band built on raw nerves. I love Hüsker Dü. But this? Their final and weakest album? On the list? Not Zen Arcade? Not New Day Rising? This was the moment it clicked: the people behind this list have no idea what they’re doing. Not a clue.
Punk zegt wiki. Dus ik maak mijn borst weer nat. Gaan we weer. Maar...dit valt wel mee. Zou dit geen punk noemen. Het is vrij radiovriendelijk. Dit schrijf ik wel in 2025. En de schijf komt uit 1987. En eerlijk is eerlijk: nummers als Could you be the one, hoorde ik toen nog niet op de radio. Dat kwam pas in de jaren '90. Een voorloper wellicht. Mijn smaak is het niet. En dan wordt een dubbel-lp toch snel te lang. Ben het wel zat halverwege, het wordt me te eentonig. Toch wil ik het geen onvoldoende geven. Kan me wel voorstellen dat dit andere vrolijker maakt.
Listened to Zen Arcade a 100 times, don’t know this one. Recording and mix sound kinda off? Maybe it’s me? Feel like I should like it more than I do.
2.5 or something like that. meh!
Very 80s REM sound
I had pretty low expectations because of the name of the band, for some reason, but it actually wasn't too bad. Given that this came out quite a long time ago, I can imagine that this kind of music was quite cool back in the day. It gives off The Pick of Destiny epic-sing-off-battle-with-Satan vibes, especially Ice Cold Ice, but overall not too awful even nowadays.
Kansitaide summaa viehätyksen hyvin: rajua poprockia, jonka tahti on välillä niin reipas, että tulee j-pop mieleen. Alan ymmärtää! Olen mukana! Levy on ainoastaan liian pitkä, liikaa täytettä.
I have lots of Husker Du, but not this one - the sound seemed closer to Wig than the others, which I like! 3/5 #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge
I guess this was a little ahead of its time since it came out in 1987 and sounds like standard 90's pop-rock. It's fine. 2.9
at first i was like hü the heck are these guys? i like em tho it was 1 hour and 9 minutes of solid background music but perhaps nothing more than that
3.5/5 Long but overall enjoyable
No reason to come back, but it was alright in the background. I can confidently say I will never hear these songs again
I liked this more than I expected (which was a double whammy of loud and boring). Some good melodic songs and worth revisiting.
This went faster than I expected (after I saw the at 1+ hour runtime), so that's good. Overall, it had some strong songs, but not a "warehouse full." Still, I definitely see the influence on some of my favorite bands, and Apple immediately queued up Pixies after this.
Great pulse and energy.
Enjoyable if largely quite forgettable
Kind of a Pavement meets REM sound. Not bad overall, but album is too long with too much of the same.
Ooookaaay
6/10 - maybe I just think everything sounds like rem now but this is sounds like rem but a little different. Didn’t love it but it was decently enjoyable
Decent alt rock from post-hardcore pioneers "Hüsker Dü". Havent really listened to much of their other stuff but i can tell i would probably enjoy it from this album. 7/10 Favourite: Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope Least Favourite: She Floated Away
A Minneapolis band!!
Green day energy. Or do Green day have theirs?
I thought Husker Du was going to be a lot like Pavement. Sort of that bad singing, angry sounding music. This is like prime 80s punk popish…?? I’m at a loss for words with this album. Not that it’s so good that it blows me away or that it’s so bad I’m dumbfounded. No, it just plods along from song to song with nothing but middle of the road songs. That’s not terrible but it leaves me with nothing else to say. Good day to you
Pretty solid punk rock album I thought. Didn't love the lead singer's voice, but it was a decent enough album.
I would have enjoyed this much more in my teens. Listening now its perfectly decent - although too long - and lacking in stand out tracks. Reading the wikipedia its kinda sad/indulgent that they each had 10 songs as they could not get along. Should have picked the 10 strongest - although I guess the majority would be the Bob Mould songs which was probably one of the issues that Bob's songs are stronger. Its unfortunate also that Grant Hart sounds retarded on his vocals and now I cannot shift that from my head.
Warehouse: Songs & Stories I’m quite partial to a bit of Hüsker Dü, but I’m not quite sure why. They don’t do anything particularly differently to bands in this style I don’t particularly like, and they do only have a few furrows they plough. Maybe it’s something to do with Bob Mould's particular melodic style or their uncomplicated musical template. I found this a very decent listen, but there’s no way it needs to be a double album, even if they weren’t getting on and had 10 songs each. There’s nothing that’s particularly filler, it’s more that it’s 2 or 3 types of song done 20 times. Pick the 10 best tracks and this would be an easy 4 and something I’d thrown on when I want a nice quick hit of REM adjacent punk-power-pop, but as it is I’m only likely to come back infrequently, meaning a 3. 🟣🟡🔴 Playlist submission: Ice Cold Ice
Listen and listen and listen as I might, it's mainly a nebulous stream of similar sounding songs; often of an average standard, with a few standouts. Much of this could pass for a good demo tape. Having just fallen off the Bandwagonesque, this sounds extremely unsophisticated by comparison. At well over an hour, all because they had fallen out and couldn't kiss and make up, the issue is compounded. There feels a very decent album that could have been constructed here among the sprawl. As it stands, I think it lands a three by a hair's breadth.