New Day Rising
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| Studio album by Hüsker Dü | |||||
| Released | January 1985 | ||||
| Recorded | July 1984, Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis, MN | ||||
| Genre | Hardcore punk Alternative rock |
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| Length | 40:49 | ||||
| Label | SST Records | ||||
| Producer | Hüsker Dü, Spot | ||||
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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 a more melodic sound.
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[edit] Music
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]"
[edit] Critical reaction
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.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "New Day Rising" (Bob Mould/Hüsker Dü) – 2:31
- "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill" (Grant Hart) – 3:03
- "I Apologize" (Mould) – 3:40
- "Folk Lore" (Mould) – 1:34
- "If I Told You" (Hart/Mould) – 2:05
- "Celebrated Summer" (Mould) – 3:59
- "Perfect Example" (Mould) – 3:16
[edit] Side two
- "Terms of Psychic Warfare" (Hart) – 2:17
- "59 Times the Pain" (Mould) – 3:18
- "Powerline" (Mould) – 2:22
- "Books About UFOs" (Hart) – 2:40
- "I Don't Know What You're Talking About" (Mould) – 2:20
- "How to Skin a Cat" (Mould/Hüsker Dü) – 1:52
- "Whatcha Drinkin'" (Mould) – 1:30
- "Plans I Make" (Mould/Hüsker Dü) – 4:16
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