Everything Falls Apart Explained

Everything Falls Apart
Type:	studio
Artist:	Hüsker Dü
Cover:	Huskerdu everythingfalls.jpg
Released:	January 1983
Recorded:	June–July 1982
Studio:	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre:	Hardcore punk
Length:	19:22 (original) 42:07 (reissue)
Label:	Reflex
Prev Title:	Land Speed Record
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Metal Circus
Next Year:	1983

Everything Falls Apart is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in January 1983 by Reflex Records.^[1]

Critical reception

In a 1983 Trouser Press review, Jon Young said, "Yeah! Hyperspeed agression!...Buzzsaw guitars! Shouting! A disrespectful version of "Sunshine Superman"!...Not Bad!"^[2]

Reissue

The album was released on compact disc in 1993 as Everything Falls Apart and More, with bonus tracks including the band's first two singles, the full version of "Statues" lasting over eight minutes, and an unreleased track recorded in a St. Paul, Minnesota, basement called "Do You Remember?" (the English translation of "husker du" from both Danish and Norwegian). The reissue also includes extensive liner notes by Terry Katzman, co-founder of Reflex Records and soundman for the band from 1980 to 1983, as well as lyrics to a few of the songs. On June 18, 2017, a remastered version of the original album was released digitally by the Chicago reissues label The Numero Group and also included in the Savage Young Dü box set.^[3]

Track listing

NotesAdapted from the liner notes of Everything Falls Apart and More.^[4]

• "In a Free Land", "What Do I Want?" and "M.I.C." – single, May 1982; recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, February 1982; remixed at Creation Studio, Minneapolis, June 1992
• "Statues" – previously unreleased extended version; edit issued as a single, January 1981; recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, August 1980;^[5] remixed at Absolute Music, Minneapolis, August 1992
• "Let's Go Die" – previously unreleased outtake from the "Statues" session; recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, August 1980
• "Amusement" – B-side of "Statues", January 1981; recorded live at Duffy's, Minneapolis, October 1980
• "Do You Remember?" – previously unreleased demo; recorded live in a St. Paul basement, 1980

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of Everything Falls Apart and More.^[4]

Hüsker Dü

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

Hümper Dü Boys Choir

• Robin Henley – backing vocals
• Steve "Mugger" Corbin – backing vocals
• Merrill Ward – backing vocals

Technical

• Spot − producer, engineer
• Hüsker Dü − producer
• Fake Name Graphx^[6] − sleeve

Everything Falls Apart and More

• Hüsker Dü – producer (13–19), compilation producer
• Colin Mansfield – producer (16, 17), engineer (18)
• Steve Fjelstad – engineer (13–18)
• Terry Katzman – recorded by (18), liner notes
• Bill Bruce – recorded by (19)
• Brian Paulson – remix, remix engineer (13–15)
• Grant Hart – remix (16)
• Matt Zimmerman – remix engineer (16)
• Bill Inglot – remastering
• Dan Hersch – remastering
• Doug Myren − compilation producer
• Rachel Gutek – design

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hüsker Dü - Artist Biography . AllMusic . February 3, 2021 . Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
2. Hit and Run . . New York . 10 . 4 . June 1983 . December 31, 2021 . Young . Jon . 40.
3. Web site: Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü . . February 3, 2021.
4. Everything Falls Apart and More . . 1993 . CD . Rhino. R2 71163.
5. Web site: Annotated discography . Hüsker Dü Database . February 3, 2021.
6. Web site: Fake Name Communications . . February 3, 2021.