New Day Rising
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| Studio album by Hüsker Dü | ||
| Released | February 1985 | |
| Recorded | July 1984, Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 40:49 | |
| Label | SST Records | |
| Producer(s) | Hüsker Dü, Spot | |
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| Hüsker Dü chronology | ||
| Zen Arcade (1984) |
New Day Rising (1985) |
Flip Your Wig (1985) |
New Day Rising is a 1985 album by the Minnesota band Hüsker Dü, released on SST Records. Though less sprawlingly ambitious than prior album Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, in some ways, abandoned hardcore punk entirely, and helped set the template for alternative rock for the next decade. While retaining the speed and aggression of earlier efforts, virtually all of the songs on New Day Rising exhibit a strong pop sensibility. Guitarist/main singer Bob Mould's trademark miasma of fuzz distortion is still present, but with much of the harsh rawness of previous efforts abandoned in favor of more a more melodic sound.
The album is praised by many critics as the band's best album, though most give that title to Zen Arcade. New Day Rising was ranked thirteenth in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005"In 2003, the album was ranked number 495 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was the only Hüsker Dü album included.
The title track opens the album with mantra-like repetition of "new day rising," delivered with slowly-increasing levels of intensity/despair. Also present are a few of the group's most famous songs, such as "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" and "Celebrated Summer". At the very end of "Plans I Make," there is a short in-studio conversation, most likely between Spot, Hart and Mould, which appears to have taken place immediately after the recording for the song finished. It is almost inaudible.
Possibly Grant Hart: "What do you think, Spot?"
Possibly Spot: "I think he's going to be mad because we opened up the trashcan."
Bob Mould: "[In a mocking tone] Now the bleed came in. Who cares? Cause that's the last song on the album, it doesn't matter [inaudible]... [guitar noise]"
A humorous video was released for the sound-collage song, "How To Skin A Cat." [1]
A 1990s Swedish punk band named itself after the song "59 Times The Pain." This song was later cited by All Music Guide as a precursor of the modern emo genre.
New Day Rising, like Hüsker Dü's other SST releases, has never been remastered for improved sound on compact disc.
[edit] Track listing
- "New Day Rising" (B. Mould, Hüsker Dü) – 2:31
- "The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill" (G. Hart) – 3:03
- "I Apologize" (B. Mould) – 3:40
- "Folk Lore" (B. Mould) – 1:34
- "If I Told You" (G. Hart, B. Mould) – 2:05
- "Celebrated Summer" (B. Mould) – 3:59
- "Perfect Example" (B. Mould) – 3:16
- "Terms Of Psychic Warfare" (G. Hart) – 2:17
- "59 Times The Pain" (B. Mould) – 3:18
- "Powerline" (B. Mould) – 2:22
- "Books About UFOs" (G. Hart) – 2:40
- "I Don't Know What You're Talking About" (B. Mould) – 2:20
- "How To Skin A Cat" (B. Mould, Hüsker Dü) – 1:52
- "Whatcha Drinkin'" (B. Mould) – 1:30
- "Plans I Make" (B. Mould, Hüsker Dü) – 4:16
| Hüsker Dü |
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| Discography |
| Albums: Land Speed Record | Everything Falls Apart | Zen Arcade | New Day Rising | Flip Your Wig | Candy Apple Grey | Warehouse: Songs and Stories | The Living End |
| EPs and Singles: Statues | In A Free Land | Metal Circus | Eight Miles High | Celebrated Summer | Makes No Sense At All | Sorry Somehow | Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely | Could You Be The One? | She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man) | Ice Cold Ice | Eight Miles High/Makes No Sense At All |
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