- Audio CD (21 Mar 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued
- Label: Rhino
- ASIN: B000003SZY
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 134,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. From The Gut |
| 2. Blah, Blah, Blah |
| 3. Punch Drunk |
| 4. Bricklayer |
| 5. Afraid Of Being Wrong |
| 6. Sunshine Superman |
| 7. Signals From Above |
| 8. Everything Falls Apart |
| 9. Wheels |
| 10. Target |
| 11. Obnoxious |
| 12. Gravity |
| 13. In A Free Land |
| 14. What Do I Want? |
| 15. M.I.C. |
| 16. Statues |
| 17. Let's Go Die |
| 18. Amusement |
| 19. Do You Remember? |
Product Description
This 1993 reissue contains Husker Du's first full-length studio recording EVERYTHING FALLS APART along with other stuff from the same era. These "In a Free Land" single, an unreleased demo of "Do You Remember" ), and a version of the "Statues" single.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Rhino offer up some of the best compilations/reissues around (see the Deluxe Loaded reissue from 1998)- Everything Falls Apart and More takes in the Du from early demos in 1980 to political-hardcore in 1983. The oldest song here is Do You Remember?, a sort of band themetune that still beats the spleen out of any punk-pop produced since. It's so basic, it's loveable!- though the band's sound had developed by the time of the Statues/Amusement single. The former is an epic/minimal track written by drummer/vocalist Grant Hart that veers close to 9-minutes in duration!; while the latter is written by guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould & fits somewhere between the early sound of Joy Division (specifically Warsaw) & early messy Nirvana. There is even a joyful outtake of Let's Go Die- written by bassist/vocalist Greg Norton (the moustache of the 80s!) which is as great as early Ramones (this would turn up on the live debut Land Speed Record in 1982). Following that debut, the Huskers sound was given another slant with noticeably more political lyrics, offerred on songs like MIC (Military Industrial Complex) & the classic single In a Free Land (which hints at melody not usually enjoyed in the 80s US hardcore scene...). The remaining/opening 12 tracks comprise early 83's Everything Falls Apart mini-album (released at 45 RPM)- where the Du are as hardcore as Black Flag or The Minutemen. Some of the songs are hardly songs (Punch Drunk for example), but that was the point- Husker Du remain the ultimate three-piece still. The opening tracks (From the Gut & Blah Blah Blah) see Mould and Norton offer up tuneful hardcore tracks, while Mould's Target begins to turn on the elitist politics of the hardcore audience. Thus the cover of Donovan's psychedelic classic Sunshine Superman makes complete sense- as well as looking towards the subsequent albums Husker Du would produce (& such brilliant covers as Eight Miles High & Ticket to Ride). Mould's Everything Falls Apart is getting closer to the jangly-melancholy of later Du, while Hart's Wheels may have a seemingly silly lyric about Sharon Tate, but is arguably the place from which the brilliant Diane would emanate.
Everything Falls Apart & More is a nice compilation of early Husker Du & one that provides the roots of the later classic work, such as Metal Circus,Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, Candy Apple Grey & Warehouse (Songs&Stories). Plus, it still knocks the **** out of any lame corporate punk being shown on TV today-
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Youve got it all here from the hardcore examples such as "brick layer", the agonised power pop of "wheels" to the gorgeous pop melody hidden behind the raw guitars of "gravity" you can begin to see the directions taken by the songwriters hart and mould. This is an excellent precursor to hint at what the huskers would come up with next
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If your getting into Husker Du for the 1st time - this isnt the one for you to start with. They sort of got lighter and more melodic, but never mainstream, as they went along. if you want a good starting point I'd go for 'Wharehouse, Song and Stories'.
In a nutshell it is for fans of early 80's noisy Punk - or Husker Du fans. The vast majority of this album, is harsh, short, shouted punk with little attention to melody or anything beyond what it was intendign to be - a noisy punk album - and were not talking Green day here - this is not to everyones taste.
What is interesting for the Husker Du fan is to see how they started off - on the actual album, the title track stands out massively as it is a typical Husker track from the laste 80's - indidcating Mould had a gift for melodic punk songwriting early on.
an unusual cover of sunshine superman lies in there somewhere too.
What is most interesting are the extra tracks after the album - Gravity - is the first display on the album of moulds guitar ability with a nice riff interspersed with melodic leads.
Amusement is a dleightfully poor live recording of this B side - a great song that differs from the hardcore punk content of the main album - it just leaves the listener frustrated that it is such a quiet recording.
and the closing track - do you remember is nice bit of fun too without ever getting too noisy.
I am a fan of the later husker stuff and find this a bit too hard core for me - its not that it is heavy - it is the lack of melody that lets it down. other punk fans may enjoy but it just is not comparable to their later stuff.
It is however interesting for the odd tracks on the end and the Donovan cover version.
In a nutshell it is for fans of early 80's noisy Punk - or Husker Du fans. The vast majority of this album, is harsh, short, shouted punk with little attention to melody or anything beyond what it was intendign to be - a noisy punk album - and were not talking Green day here - this is not to everyones taste.
What is interesting for the Husker Du fan is to see how they started off - on the actual album, the title track stands out massively as it is a typical Husker track from the laste 80's - indidcating Mould had a gift for melodic punk songwriting early on.
an unusual cover of sunshine superman lies in there somewhere too.
What is most interesting are the extra tracks after the album - Gravity - is the first display on the album of moulds guitar ability with a nice riff interspersed with melodic leads.
Amusement is a dleightfully poor live recording of this B side - a great song that differs from the hardcore punk content of the main album - it just leaves the listener frustrated that it is such a quiet recording.
and the closing track - do you remember is nice bit of fun too without ever getting too noisy.
I am a fan of the later husker stuff and find this a bit too hard core for me - its not that it is heavy - it is the lack of melody that lets it down. other punk fans may enjoy but it just is not comparable to their later stuff.
It is however interesting for the odd tracks on the end and the Donovan cover version.
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