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Warehouse: Songs and Stories

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Released
  
January 19, 1987

Producer
  
Hüsker Dü

Artist
  
Hüsker Dü

Genre
  
Punk

Recorded
  
August–November 1986

Length
  
68:35

Warehouse Songs and Stories (1987)
  
The Living End (1994)

Release date
  
19 January 1987

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Studio
  
Nicollet Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Similar
  
Candy Apple Grey, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, Zen Arcade, Everything Falls Apart

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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 songwriters 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.

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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."

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.

During the recording sessions, Hart and Mould replaced a few of Greg Norton's bass tracks for their respective songs when Norton's own contributions were not to their liking. In his autobiography, Mould identified Hart's "Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope" as one of the songs whose bass lines were rerecorded, uncredited, by their composers.

"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.

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Track listing

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

Personnel

  • Bob Mould – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Grant Hart – drums, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
  • Greg Norton – bass guitar, vocals
  • Production

  • Producers: Bob Mould, Grant Hart
  • Engineer: Steven Fjelstad
  • Mastering: Howie Weinberg
  • Photography: Daniel Corrigan, Hüsker Dü
  • Songs

    1These Important Years3:51
    2Charity - Chastity - Prudence - and Hope3:15
    3Standing in the Rain3:48

    References

    Warehouse: Songs and Stories Wikipedia