New Day Rising

New Day Rising
Studio album by Hüsker Dü
Released January 31, 1985
Recorded July 1984 at Nicollet Studios (Minneapolis, MN)
Genre Alternative rock, post-hardcore, hardcore punk[1]
Length 40:49
Label SST
Producer Hüsker Dü, Spot
Hüsker Dü chronology

Zen Arcade
(1984)		 New Day Rising
(1985)		 Flip Your Wig
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Robert Christgau A[3]
Spin [4]

New Day Rising is the third studio album by the American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in 1985 on SST Records.

Legacy

New Day Rising was ranked thirteenth in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005." In 2003, the album was ranked 495 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and in 2012, it was pushed up to rank 488. The magazine also included the title track in its "100 Greatest Guitar Songs" list, ranking it at 96.[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bob Mould, except where noted. 

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "New Day Rising"  Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü 2:31
2. "Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill"  Grant Hart 3:03
3. "I Apologize"    3:40
4. "Folk Lore"    1:34
5. "If I Told You"  Grant Hart, Bob Mould 2:05
6. "Celebrated Summer"    3:59
7. "Perfect Example"    3:16
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
8. "Terms of Psychic Warfare"  Grant Hart 2:17
9. "59 Times the Pain"    3:18
10. "Powerline"    2:22
11. "Books About UFOs"  Grant Hart 2:40
12. "I Don't Know What You're Talking About"    2:20
13. "How to Skin a Cat"  Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü 1:52
14. "Whatcha Drinkin'"    1:30
15. "Plans I Make"  Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü 4:16

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[6] 10

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( New Day Rising > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Hüsker Dü". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 398, cited March 18, 2010
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Hüsker Dü". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ Weisbard, Eric. "Hüsker Dü". Spin Alternative Record Guide. October 1995. p.187
  5. ↑ Rolling Stone - The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. Retrieved 2011-01-24. "Eighties hardcore punk was never more simple or stubbornly hopeful: three chords, a three-word chorus and magnificent speed-of-light hammering that never seems to quit but is over way too soon. Bob Mould beats his strings like a homicidal Johnny Ramone, but there's no mistaking the battered-church-bell ring in his stacks of chords and his stressed-amp roar. What a great album."
  6. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.