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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Unhinged and unimpressed Oct 02, 2009
2 1/2
Huge (had no idea Pearl Jam alone ripped so much) influence and occasional gnashing success aside, this early alt-rock sounds tired, whose songwriting absolutely falls into the overrated category even if offering a prototype for more adept angsty audio thieves to plunder.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
their white album!!!!!!!!! May 24, 2009
the post punk white album.a bold statement.i cant put into words how glorious this album is.just buy it!!!! find out for yourself how awesome the huskers were!!!!!!!!!!!!mould/lennon,heart/mccartney and ringo,greg norton/harrison.the post punk white album!!!!!!!dont miss it.
Their Second Full Length Studio Album Aug 01, 2008
Hüsker Dü was formed in 1979 by guitarist Bob Mould, drummer Grant Hart, and bassist Greg Norton. In their early records, the band played hard core exclusively but gradually their sound changed towards alternative rock for the last albums.
In 1984 they released "Zen Arcade" and is a great album from start to finish. Nice balance of hard core, experimentation, and while this is only their second album, a few alternative rock style songs are featured and foreshadow the style of their later albums. Mould and Hart show great songwriting throughout. It's the type of record that gets better and better the more you listen to it.
The only thing that might put off some people is the 14 minute feedback jam "Reocurring Dreams" but it's not something typical from this band as this is the only time the band recorded a jam like this one. "Dreams Reocurring" is basically a portion of the full jam just played backwards, hence the reversed title.
You might disagree with this but here I go. I thought this might help you out if you are thinking about getting this album.
The experimentals:
"Dreams Reocurring"
"Hare Krsna"
"One Step At A Time"
"Monday Will Never Be The Same"
"The Tooth Fairy and the Princess"
"Reocurring Dreams"
The hard core songs (most intense):
"Indecision Time"
"Beyond the Threshold"
"Pride"
"I'll Never Forget You"
The hard core songs (more melodic):
"Something I Learned Today"
"Broken Home, Broken Heart"
"The Biggest Lie"
"Masochism World"
"Somewhere"
"Whatever"
Alternative Rock:
"Never Talking To You Again"
"Chartered Trips"
"Standing By The Sea"
"Pink Turns To Blue"
"Newest Industry"
So that leaves us with two more songs: "What's Going On" is a great raw straightforward rocker in the vein of New York Dolls and "Turn On The News" which sounds more like a hybrid of punk and hard rock, ends up being one of my favorites from the album.
So there you go, I hope this review helps you so that if you buy this album you get an idea on what to expect.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Later...
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Might be Heresy , But I Just Never Got Zen Arcade Feb 09, 2008
I'm a big fan of the Huskers and Bob Moulds solo work. That said, I've never understood the acclaim heaped on Zen Arcade. There are many good songs on this release. "Turn On the News", "Something I Learned Today","Never Talking to You Again", "Beyond the Threshold" "Pink Turns to Blue" and others are outstanding.
But there is way too much of what seems to be to just pointless filler thrash music (Hare Krishna, Pride, Reoccurring Dreams) and bizarre doodlings (The Tooth and the Fairy Princess, Dreams Reoccurring, One Step at a Time) that are either boring or just plain annoying. To me they spoil the flow of what might have been an outstanding single album.
New Day Rising and Candy Apple Grey are much more consistent and satisfying to me than Zen Arcade.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
"I've made my world of happiness to combat your neglect." Jun 12, 2007
1984 was a great year for punk, boasting such seminal releases as The Replacements' Let It Be, Black Flag's My War, the Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime and the Meat Puppet's Meat Puppets II. Yet the finest exponent of the year's riches, Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade, was also its most contradistinctive.
The double L.P. format, the concept, the piano interludes, the dreamy fourteen-minute closer, all stood as the very antithesis of hardcore simplicity. The Minneapolis trio's refusal to adhere to rock/punk/hardcore ground rules is what made them so influential.
Recorded and mixed in one 85-hour stretch, all but two of Zen Arcade's twenty-three tracks ('Something I Learned Today' & 'Newest Industry') were first-take recordings. Whilst many tracks feature the Hüsker's signature whirlwind pace, they avoid hardcore cliché, leaning more toward local rivals The Replacements' LSD-infused rockist sound than Minor Threat's straight-edge punk.
The album's concept deals with its protagonist running away from home to escape his rowing parents ('Broken Home, Broken Heart') and deadbeat friends ('Never Talking to You Again'), only to be overwhelmed by the horrors of the outside world. Although something of an allegory for the lives of many hardcore kids, the most profound statement Zen Arcade makes is in its conclusion: there is none. The fact that it was all a nightmare offers the listener no resolution.
The album is often credited with ushering in a new era of 'post-punk' in American music, and due to its sheer scope, signalling the demise of the hardcore genre.
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