This was indeed
Husker Du's
masterpiece. They dropped the
ultracore ethic of fast
melodies and
screamed vocals and added
instruments which were rather experimental for
punk rock. There were
pianos (not
synths),
chimes, and
acoustic guitars.
It's a concept album about a young man leaving home for the first time and experiencing the world. Hence, all the lyrical references to going home, writing home, and being lost and confused.
The tracks are:
- Something I Learned Today
- Broken Home, Broken Heart
- Never Talking to You Again
- Chartered Trips
- Dreams Reoccuring (instrumental)
- Indecision Time
- Hare Krsna
- Beyond The Threshold
- Pride
- I'll Never Forget You
- The Biggest Lie
- What's Going On
- Masochism World
- Standing By The Sea
- Somewhere
- One Step At a Time (instrumental)
- Pink Turns to Blue
- Newest Industry
- Monday Will Never Be the Same (instrumental)
- Whatever
- The Tooth Fairy and the Princess
- Turn on the News
- Reoccurring Dreams (instrumental)
Reoccurring Dreams blows my mind. It's 14 or so
minutes of
distorted fuzz guitar, a harsh
bass line, and
jazzy percussion, compliments of
Greg Norton.
The entire album was recorded and mixed in the span of 85 hours. The last 40 hours alone were spent mixing. As Bob Mould was still a speed freak, this was no problem.
The only two out-takes from the session were "Dozen Beats Eleven" and "Some Kind of Fun."
This is good to listen to after you've watched a relationship crumble.
Information was taken from the liner notes of the CD, as well as my own head.