Flip Your Wig
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| Studio album by Hüsker Dü | ||||
| Released | September 1985 | |||
| Recorded | March–June 1985 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, punk rock | |||
| Length | 40:09 | |||
| Label | SST | |||
| Producer | Bob Mould and Grant Hart | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| Spin |  [4] |
Flip Your Wig is the fourth album by the American punk rock band, Hüsker Dü. It was the band's first self-produced album, and its last release on SST Records. Bob Mould has stated that he views Flip Your Wig as "the best album Hüsker Dü ever did."[5] The band spent more time on the recording process than on their previous albums,[6] and upon release it became the best-selling record on SST up to that point.[7]
Background
By the time the album was released in 1985, Hüsker Dü had signed a record deal with the major-label Warner Music Group,[8] who were keen to release the album themselves.[9] However, out of loyalty, and because of SST's appointment of new promotions manager Ray Farrell, the album was given to SST.[10][11] The title track and "Keep Hanging On" became staples of the band's live shows, while power pop anthem "Makes No Sense at All" was featured in a music video; this song was sometimes performed by Mould in his 1990s solo career.
"Makes No Sense at All" was released as a single, with "Love Is All Around" (the theme song of the Mary Tyler Moore Show) on the b-side. The "Makes No Sense at All" video includes both songs, back-to-back.[12]
Flip Your Wig, like Hüsker Dü's other SST releases, has never been remastered for improved sound on compact disc.[citation needed]
Critical reception
Trouser Press describes the album as "Positively brilliant — fourteen unforgettable pop tunes played like armageddon were nigh",[13] while AllMusic's review says "Flip Your Wig would be a remarkable record on its own terms, but the fact that it followed New Day Rising by a matter of months and Zen Arcade by just over a year is simply astonishing."[14]
Track listing
- Side one
- "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
- Side two
- "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
Personnel
- Greg Norton – bass
- Bob Mould – guitar, vocals, piano, bass, percussion
- Grant Hart – drums, vocals, vibraphone, percussion, slide whistle
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Flip Your Wig > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Hüsker Dü". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 398, cited March 18, 2010
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Hüsker Dü". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
- ↑ Weisbard, Eric. "Hüsker Dü". Spin Alternative Record Guide. October 1995. p.187
- ↑ Mould, Bob & Azerrad, Michael. See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody. Little Brown and Company, 2011. ISBN 0-316-04508-X, p. 103
- ↑ Earles, Andrew (2010). Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock. p.166: Voyageur Press. ISBN B004NNUXYI Check
|isbn=value (help). - ↑ Earles 2010, p. 165.
- ↑ Earles 2010, p. 177.
- ↑ Mould, Bob (2011). See A Little Light The Trail Of Rage And Melody. p.109: Little, Brown and Co. ISBN 978-0-316-04508-7.
- ↑ Earles 2010, p. 178.
- ↑ Mould 2011, p. 110.
- ↑ "Makes No Sense At All". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=husker_du
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/flip-your-wig-mw0000190362
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