Candy Apple Grey

Candy Apple Grey

Infobox Album | Name = Candy Apple Grey
Type = Album
Artist = Hüsker Dü


Released = March 1986
Recorded = October 1985 to January 1986
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 37:04
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Bob Mould and Grant Hart
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9n8b5z4tsqe link]
* "Q" Rating|4|5 [http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60266270&loc=109&PageFormat=7 November 1992]
* Robert Christgau (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=husker link]
* "Spin" Rating|8|10Weisbard & Marks, 1995. p.187]

* Trouser Press (Favorable) [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=husker_du link]
Last album = "Flip Your Wig"
(1985)
This album = "Candy Apple Grey"
(1986)
Next album = ""
(1987)

Candy Apple Grey is the penultimate album by Hüsker Dü, released in 1986. It was their first major label album, though Warner Bros. had initially lobbied to release "Flip Your Wig" until the band decided to let SST have it. "Candy Apple Grey" also marks the completion of the band's transition from hardcore punk to a more well-rounded sonic style which would later come to be known as alternative rock/ college rock. As usual, Bob Mould and Grant Hart both contributed several tracks to the album. While the band's earlier, more frenetic style is still evident, "Candy Apple Grey" also features more introverted, toned-down material, including a relatively large amount of acoustic guitar.

The clarity of the production is improved over previous releases, but is still somewhat thin and top-heavy, and is frequently cited for its use of gated reverb, a mid-'80s drum production fad.Fact|date=February 2007 The singles released from this album were "Sorry Somehow" and "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely," both written and sung by Hart. The latter was accompanied by a promotional video which earned airtime on MTV. "Candy Apple Grey" was the first Hüsker Dü album to chart on the "Billboard Top 200", but despite receiving exposure on radio as well as MTV, it could get no higher than #140.

Track listing

# "Crystal" (Mould) – 3:28
# "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (Hart) – 3:29
# "I Don't Know for Sure" (Mould) – 2:27
# "Sorry Somehow" (Hart) – 4:25
# "Too Far Down" (Mould) – 4:37
# "Hardly Getting Over It" (Mould) – 6:02
# "Dead Set on Destruction" (Hart) – 2:59
# "Eiffel Tower High" (Mould) – 2:49
# "No Promise Have I Made" (Hart) – 3:39
# "All This I've Done for You" (Mould) – 3:09

Personnel

*Bob Mouldguitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion
*Grant Hartdrums, vocals, percussion, keyboards
*Greg Nortonbass guitar

Notes

References

*cite book
last= Weisbard
first= Eric
coauthors= Craig Marks
title= Spin Alternative Record Guide
publisher= Vintage Books
year= 1995
isbn= 0679755748


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