 | Husker Du Warehouse: Songs and Stories
3.6
great
| Ranking: #75 for 1987 | |
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| 3.5 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | July 15th 20 |
Husker Du's last record. As many HD records, an ego battle between Hart and Mould, fighting to have as many song as the other songwriter on the record, led this swansong to have 20 songs. It was alt rock tinged with power pop choruses, and once again they were ahead of their time in 1987, Warner having no clue how to market this (wait for Weezer and poof they would know). Couple these pressures with Hart's heroin addiction and false HIV (yeah, he thought he had it, but in fact he didn't), as well as being on a touring band for nine years, and the band was ready to explode. They had become what they had never wanted to be: out of control. When looking back on the band's career in 1990, Mould said the band had been done by Zen Arcade: the best record they ever made, and the one they emulated for 3 years. What's interesting is that, in a way, they couldn't not emulate it: signing with Warner Bros meant that any change was a move to sell out. People wanted to hold on to the past, and in a way it made the band want to, too. This is the final emulation, the most bloated one. It's still full of good tunes. Because if you can criticize Husker Du for emulating their one legendary record, you can't criticize them for writing fucking good songs.
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| 3.5 great | TheManMachine | October 26th 14 |
A fitting final album that seemingly comes full circle from Zen Arcade - still overstuffed, maturity and accessibility replaces frenzy and LSD-inspired concept, great songwriting manages to shine through production that is shoddy and stale instead of shoddy and raw.
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| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | March 16th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Snuron | August 9th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | prana37 | October 7th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | random | May 29th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roidv | January 6th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Denis | December 3rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | gschwen | November 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | HalapenYo CONTRIBUTOR | September 29th 21 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | September 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | March 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | fog | March 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | CalinD | December 3rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | BigHans | February 27th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Krelkin | September 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | August 22nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | solrage | February 11th 19 |
| 2.5 average | bbgames | December 25th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kloo | March 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrCoffee | February 26th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | July 15th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Abraxas | December 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lodger | September 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Sithese | December 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | msm008 | March 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MKJK | February 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bug | February 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | inajar | February 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | maoam | November 29th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | COSM | November 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Playm | October 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jambred | July 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SamPJ93 | February 14th 13 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | January 2nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Doxxman | November 26th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Mac666 | November 19th 12 |
| 3.0 good | krkat | September 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | scheim | July 30th 12 |
| 3.5 great | petrrr | October 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bossie | September 11th 11 |
| 3.5 great | true | August 14th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Sowilo | August 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | August 26th 10 |
| 3.5 great | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Zoso4 | July 22nd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | blurkom | February 12th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | CFD | December 29th 07 |
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