Candy Apple Grey
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| Studio album by Hüsker Dü | ||
| Released | March 1986 | |
| Recorded | October 1985 to January 1986 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 37:04 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Mould and Grant Hart | |
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| Hüsker Dü chronology | ||
| Flip Your Wig (1985) |
Candy Apple Grey (1986) |
Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) |
Candy Apple Grey is the penultimate album by Hüsker Dü, released in 1986. It was their first major label album, though Warner Bros. had initially lobbied to release Flip Your Wig until the band decided to let SST have it. and marks the completion of the band's transition from hardcore punk to a more well-rounded sonic style which would later come to be known as alternative rock/ college rock. As usual, Bob Mould and Grant Hart both contributed to Candy Apple Grey. While the band's earlier, more frenetic style is still in evidence, Candy Apple Grey also features more introverted, toned-down material, including a relatively large amount of acoustic guitar.
The clarity of the production is improved over previous releases, but is still somewhat thin and top-heavy, and is frequently cited for its use of gated reverb, a mid-'80s drum production fad.[citation needed] The singles released from this album were "Sorry Somehow" and "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely," both written/sung by Hart. The latter was accompanied with a promotional video which earned airtime on MTV.
[edit] Track listing
Side 1
- "Crystal" (Bob Mould) – 3:28
- "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" (Grant Hart) – 3:29
- "I Don't Know For Sure" (Mould) – 2:27
- "Sorry Somehow" (Hart) – 4:25
- "Too Far Down" (Mould) – 4:37
Side 2
- "Hardly Getting Over It" (Mould) – 6:02
- "Dead Set On Destruction" (Hart) – 2:59
- "Eiffel Tower High" (Mould) – 2:49
- "No Promise Have I Made" (Hart) – 3:39
- "All This I've Done For You" (Mould) – 3:09
[edit] Personnel
- Bob Mould – guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion
- Grant Hart – drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards
- Greg Norton – bass guitar
| 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 |
| Related articles |
| Nova Mob | Sugar | Grey Area |
