| 2541 | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Grant Hart |
| Cover: | Grant Hart - 2541.jpg |
| Alt: | Text and numbers |
| Released: | October 1988 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Label: | SST (219) |
| Producer: | Grant Hart |
| Next Title: | Intolerance |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
2541 is the first solo EP by Grant Hart, formerly of the band Hüsker Dü.[1] [2] It was his first solo release after the break-up of Hüsker Dü in January 1988 and was released as a 3-inch mini CD single and as a 12-inch, 45 rpm vinyl single.[3]
"2541" and "Come, Come" were re-recorded for the album Intolerance (1989).
The name was inspired by 2541 Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, the headquarters of influential independent record label Twin/Tone Records. For a time, Hüsker Dü had an office space next door to Twin/Tone at 2539.[4] Marshall Crenshaw, who later covered "2541" for his 1996 album Miracle of Science, said of the song, "I know that it was real personal to [Hart] when he wrote it, but there's something universal about it."[5]
Ira Robbins, in Trouser Press, called the title track "a touchingly sad acoustic folk-rock number with a typically catchy melody."[6] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that Grant's "anger at the ending of Hüsker Dü ... was eloquently mounted on the back of a downbeat, acoustic number."[1]
All songs written by Grant Hart.