Flip Your Wig
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| Studio album by Hüsker Dü | ||
| Released | September 1985 | |
| Recorded | March-June 1985 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 40:09 | |
| Label | SST Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Mould and Grant Hart | |
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| Hüsker Dü chronology | ||
| New Day Rising (1985) |
Flip Your Wig (1985) |
Candy Apple Grey (1986) |
Flip Your Wig is a 1985 album by the Minneapolis band Hüsker Dü, their last release on SST Records. With each album, Hüsker Dü's sound grew more sophisticated, and by the time of this release, they had signed a major-label record deal. However, the band felt they owed one more album to SST and produced Flip Your Wig. Perhaps owing to the expedient circumstances of its recording, Flip Your Wig is overall lighter in tone than most of Hüsker Dü's other albums, with obvious filler such as "The Baby Song." In this respect it might seem less essential than New Day Rising or Candy Apple Grey, but individual songs are outstanding, and critical opinion of the album runs very high. The title track and "Keep Hanging On" became staples of the band's live shows, while "Makes No Sense at All" was featured in a music video and was sometimes performed by Mould in his solo career, where he otherwise largely distanced himself from his years in Hüsker Dü.
The song "Makes No Sense At All" was released as a single, with "Love Is All Around", the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore Show, on the b-side. The "Makes No Sense At All" video includes both songs, back-to-back.
As of July 2006, Flip Your Wig, like Hüsker Dü's other SST releases, has not been remastered for improved sound on compact disc, and the original CDs for this band are particularly weak-sounding, so interested listeners will find the best representation of the album on vinyl record.
[edit] Track listing
- "Flip Your Wig" (Bob Mould) – 2:33
- "Every Everything" (Grant Hart) – 1:56
- "Makes No Sense At All" (Mould) – 2:43
- "Hate Paper Doll" (Mould) – 1:52
- "Green Eyes" (Hart) – 2:58
- "Divide And Conquer" (Mould) – 3:42
- "Games" (Mould) – 4:06
- "Find Me" (Mould) – 4:05
- "The Baby Song" (Hart) – 0:46
- "Flexible Flyer" (Hart) – 3:01
- "Private Plane" (Mould) – 3:17
- "Keep Hanging On" (Hart) – 3:15
- "The Wit And The Wisdom" (Mould) – 3:41
- "Don't Know Yet" (Mould) – 2:14
[edit] Personnel
- Bob Mould – guitar, bass, piano, vocals, percussion
- Greg Norton – bass
- Grant Hart – drums, vocals, vibraphone, slide whistle, percussion
| 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 |
| Extended plays: Metal Circus | Sorry Somehow | Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely |
| Related articles |
| Nova Mob | Sugar | Grey Area |
