New Day Rising
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| Studio album by Hüsker Dü | ||||
| Released | January 1985 | |||
| Recorded | July 1984 | |||
| Studio | Nicollet Studios in Minneapolis | |||
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| Length | 40:49 | |||
| Label | SST | |||
| Producer | Hüsker Dü, Spot | |||
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| AllMusic |  |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 10/10 |
| The Village Voice | A |
New Day Rising is the third studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in 1985 on SST Records. The album continued the move away from the fast hardcore punk of the band's earliest releases toward slower, more melodic material.
The band released the album Zen Arcade through SST Records in July 1984, and the label's co-owner Joe Carducci immediately requested another album. The band wanted to self-produce, but SST insisted on Spot, who produced many of the label's albums, including all of Hüsker Dü's. The recording atmosphere was thus tense. New Day Rising appeared in January 1985 and featured slower, more melodic material, continuing the trend away from the fast hardcore punk of the band's earliest releases. This coupled with the higher-quality musicianship and production led fans to perceive the band as more commercial, and the band defended themselves against accusations of selling out.
New Day Rising was released in January 1985 by SST Records. The album charted on the UK Independent Album Charts, peaking at 10th place.
From contemporary reviews, Spin compared the album favourably to the group's previous album Zen Arcade which was referred to as "ambitious but overreaching" and praised the songwriting, noting that "these new songs could go up against anything on the radio and blow it away" and that the group has "developed into brilliant pop songwriters." The review concluded that despite producer Spot's "characteristically cheap production", the album "doesn't just fulfill the enormous promise of the Minneapolis trio. It fulfills the even greater promise of punk rock" and that the album "affirms everything that was good about punk in the first place"Robert Christgau gave the album an A rating, opining that it was "clearly their finest record" and that audiences should "Play loud--this is one band that deserves it."
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