Everything Falls Apart & More [Original recording reissued]

Hüsker Dü | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Rhino / Ada
• ASIN: B000003SZY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From The Gut, July 23, 2002

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Patrick T. Grady (Palatine, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Falls Apart & More (Audio CD)

I've noticed that when it comes to talking about Husker Du's records, critics tend to label the "Everything Falls Apart" EP as dispensable and if you were gonna look to this for another "Makes No Sense At All" or "Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill", then just forget about it. But if you're looking for a dose of decent to great midwestern hardcore punk, you've come to the right place. The members of Husker Du may try to down play their origins now, but when they started they were a pretty good hardcore punk act and that's how they caught the attention of SST Records and if they weren't on SST they quite possibly would have faded into obscurity in Minnesota. This disc is actually a combination of the "Everything Falls Apart" EP (originally released on the band's Reflex label), the "In A Free Land" EP (originally on the Minutemen's New Alliance imprint) and the group's debut 7" (again, on Reflex), along with a couple unreleased songs from their early days. The only song on here that might give an indication of where the band was heading is "Everything Falls Apart". The two unreleased tracks, Greg Norton's "Let's Go Die" and Bob Mould's "Do You Remember?" are great. Beyond that, you got some great songs, like "In A Free Land" and "Everything Falls Apart", and handful of decent to good ones, and some you might end up skipping over, particularly the songs from the first single. "Statues" starts out ok, but then goes on forever and "Amusement" just didn't leave much of an impression with me.
The packaging is also very nice. Besides recording and discography details for music on the disc, it also features liner notes from Terry Katzman, the group's early soundman and partner in Reflex Records.
Perhaps not an essential disc, it'll still make an excellent addition to any punk rock CD collection.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars since when did indie and punk become so differrent?, September 7, 2006

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C. Chambers (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Falls Apart & More (Audio CD)

i find it very funny that so many husker du fans call the early stuff unlistenable, sloppy, or amateur. first off, as with all young freshly started punk/hardcore bands in the beginning of the 80's, they were sloppy and intense. when you're new to your instrument and you play that fast you will be sloppy...and that's the beauty of it.
but what separates this from the other 80's american hardcore is that the music and especially the lyrics have far more heart and brains behind them than just angry young men barking out mindless violence. and here they are flirting with the melodies that would build them such a loyal following, and remember that melody was a big no-no in hardcore. they did it their own way and no one was going to tell them any different.
i love all of husker du's indie label stuff (i don't mean to sound like an indie snob here, but it sounds to me like warner de-clawed them before letting them record) and the early years are probably my favorite. not every song on this is great, but there are many amazing ones, but all are played with such conviction, heart, and thought that i can't help but still love it all.
this is indie rock and it's hardcore. the bands that are called indie now are anything but. none are DIY, yet call themselves indie. if you are fed up by today's "indie" i highly recommmend this. it's like a breath of fresh air.
if you want to learn more, get the book, "our band could be your life," immediately.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than Land Speed Record, April 7, 2004

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Patrick W. Schubert (Santa Ana, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Falls Apart & More (Audio CD)

If you are curious about Husker Du, I would recommend buying "Metal Circus" or anything recorded after that. However, if you are interested in the band's formative years, this collection should satisfy. It basically consists of better-than-average ("From The Gut", "Blah, Blah, Blah", "In A Free Land", "Everything Falls Apart"), average ("Wheels", "Target", "Let's Go Die"), and totally forgetable ("Punch Drunk", "Bricklayer", "Statues") early-eighties hardcore. By the time "Zen Arcade" was recorded, Bob and Grant had matured considerably as songwriters. However, even if Husker Du's later material far outdistances the music on this collection, it's still worth adding to your collection, in my opinion.