Warehouse: Songs and Stories

Warehouse: Songs and Stories
Studio album by Hüsker Dü
Released January 19, 1987[1]
Recorded August–November 1986 at Nicollet Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre Alternative rock, punk rock
Length 68:35
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü chronology

Candy Apple Grey
(1986)		 Warehouse: Songs and Stories
(1987)		 The Living End (1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Q [4]
Spin [5]
Robert Christgau A−[6]

Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987) is the sixth and final studio album by alternative rock band 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. This album is also known for its battle between the two songwriters, with Mould famously telling Hart that he would never have more than half of the songs on a Hüsker Dü album.

Mould later said that this time period was a "rough stretch", but that Warehouse was still a "good record." "Had it been pared back to a single record it might have had more impact, but we were already loggerheads at that point."[7]

The album's title comes from the fact that the group had 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.[7]

"Could You Be the One?", was released as a single and video. Other singles released from the album were "She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)" and "Ice Cold Ice". Warehouse: Songs and Stories peaked at #117 on the Billboard Top 200 and also charted for a week on the UK Albums Chart at #72. Hüsker Dü also performed 'Could You Be the One?' and 'She's a Woman (And Now He is a Man)' live on the Late Show with Joan Rivers on April 27, 1987. The band were also interviewed by Joan.

A cover version of "Up in the Air" was included on Heidi Berry's album Love.[8]

Track listing

CD releases of Warehouse: Songs and Stories combine all the songs onto a single disc.

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "These Important Years"  Mould 3:49
2. "Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope"  Hart 3:11
3. "Standing in the Rain"  Mould 3:41
4. "Back from Somewhere"  Hart 2:16
5. "Ice Cold Ice"  Mould 4:23
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "You're a Soldier"  Hart 3:03
7. "Could You Be the One?"  Mould 2:32
8. "Too Much Spice"  Hart 2:57
9. "Friend, You've Got to Fall"  Mould 3:20
10. "Visionary"  Mould 2:30
11. "She Floated Away"  Hart 3:32
Side three
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
12. "Bed of Nails"  Mould 4:44
13. "Tell You Why Tomorrow"  Hart 2:42
14. "It's Not Peculiar"  Mould 4:06
15. "Actual Condition"  Hart 1:50
16. "No Reservations"  Mould 3:40
Side four
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
17. "Turn It Around"  Mould 4:32
18. "She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)"  Hart 3:19
19. "Up in the Air"  Mould 3:03
20. "You Can Live at Home"  Hart 5:25

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Bream, Jon (January 16, 1987). "Simon says he honored South Africa ban". Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Warehouse: Songs and Stories > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Hüsker Dü". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 398, cited March 18, 2010
  4. ↑ Columnist. "Warehouse: Songs and Stories". Q. November 1992. pg. 133, cited March 18, 2010
  5. ↑ Weisbard, Eric. "Hüsker Dü". Spin Alternative Record Guide. October 1995. p.187
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Hüsker Dü". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bob Mould interview with No Age, LArecord.com
  8. ↑ Morse, Steve (12 December 1991). "HEIDI BERRY LOVE 4AD". Boston Globe. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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