Warehouse: Songs and Stories
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| Double album by Hüsker Dü | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Recorded | August-November 1986 at Nicollet Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Genre | Alternative | |
| Length | 68:35 | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Producer(s) | Hüsker Dü | |
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| Hüsker Dü chronology | ||
| Candy Apple Grey (1986) |
Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) |
The Living End (1994)
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Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) is the last studio album by Hüsker Dü, originally released by Warner Bros. Records as a double album on two vinyl LPs. The band dissolved following the tour in support of its release, in part due to disagreements between song-writers Bob Mould and Grant Hart over the latter's drug use. This album, along with Candy Apple Grey, showcases the increasing maturity of Mould and Hart's writing -- a change which alienated some long-time fans.
The album's title comes from the fact that the group had actually rented some warehouse space in which to write and rehearse, a change from their former practice of writing new material and testing it out on live audiences.
"Could You Be The One?", was released as a single and video; it received some MTV airplay, but little radio support from the college stations that had long been supporters of the band. Other singles released from the album were "She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)" and "Ice Cold Ice".
[edit] Track listing
- "These Important Years" (Mould) – 3:49
- "Charity, Chastity, Prudence, And Hope" (Hart) – 3:11
- "Standing In The Rain" (Mould) – 3:41
- "Back From Somewhere" (Hart) – 2:16
- "Ice Cold Ice" (Mould) – 4:23
- "You're A Soldier" (Hart) – 3:03
- "Could You Be The One?" (Mould) – 2:32
- "Too Much Spice" (Hart) – 2:57
- "Friend, You've Got To Fall" (Mould) – 3:20
- "Visionary" (Mould) – 2:30
- "She Floated Away" (Hart) – 3:32
- "Bed Of Nails" (Mould) – 4:44
- "Tell You Why Tomorrow" (Hart) – 2:42
- "It's Not Peculiar" (Mould) – 4:06
- "Actual Condition" (Hart) – 1:50
- "No Reservations" (Mould) – 3:40
- "Turn It Around" (Mould) – 4:32
- "She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)" (Hart) – 3:19
- "Up In The Air" (Mould) – 3:03
- "You Can Live At Home" (Hart) – 5:25
[edit] Album Jacket Pg.11 Transcription
Sometimes you feel real old, older than you are. Check the aches and pains, the hairline, the demands of life. Responsibilities, responsibilities. Worse things have happened to all of us; the circus wasn’t as good as you thought it would be, the movie stunk, etc., etc….
Punching the clock, punching the wall, hating your boss. You can’t go if you don’t know, and you can’t know if you don’t go. And everybody in the world has their own song in their heads. The best songs ever. Problem is figuring a way to get them out and present them to others.
You’ve got to know where the brakes are. Enjoy life at a realistic pace. You crazy youngsters, what with your nightlife and everything. And it’s important to trust other people while putting stock in yourself as well. Reevaluating your priorities, checking yourself daily.
Not everybody is a victim of circumstance; conversely, nobody should feel like a martyr all the time. Problem? It’s hard enough to communicate these days; some of us don’t even get the chance. Some others don’t know they have a chance.
When you travel frequently, you find a lot of images. And sometimes, you have to try and make the best of a bad situation: more often than not, we grin and bear it. Other times, you learn to enjoy some small facet of your predicament. Nothing too elaborate, just an attempt to adjust priorities. Revolution starts at home, preferably in the bathroom mirror.
Example? Winter always comes too soon. This year was the worst I can remember, except when I was five years old. Pushed open the front door, got lost in the snow.
| 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 |
