Spot -- SST's house producer who manned the boards for Zen Arcade and New Day Rising -- didn't produce Flip Your Wig, Hüsker Dü's second album of 1985, and the difference is immediately noticeable.
Everything on Flip Your Wig is cleaner and brighter than on its two immediate predecessors, which is appropriate, considering that Bob Mould and Grant Hart have only increased their debt to '60s pop.
The hooks and melodies are on the surface, right from the kick-start call-and-response of the title track.
On paper, it might sound as if Hüsker Dü have watered down their hardcore ideals, but it doesn't play that way.
Flip Your Wig is pop played as punk, as if this is the only time these songs could ever be heard.
Which means Hart's love song "Green Eyes" and Mould's pure pop single "Makes No Sense at All" are delivered with the same rage and passion as Mould's blistering "Divide and Conquer" and Hart's "Keep Hanging On," or the pair of surging, neo-psychedelic and noise-wracked instrumentals that close the album.
Flip Your Wig would be a remarkable record on its own terms, but the fact that it followed New Day Rising by a matter of months and Zen Arcade by just over a year is simply astonishing.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flip Your WigBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Every EverythingGrant Hart | Hüsker Dü | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 3 | Makes No Sense at AllBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | Hate Paper DollBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 01:53 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | Green EyesGrant Hart | Hüsker Dü | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Divide and ConquerBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | GamesBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | Find MeBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | The Baby SongGrant Hart | Hüsker Dü | Play | 00:46 | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| 10 | Flexible FlyerGrant Hart | Hüsker Dü | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 11 | Private PlaneBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Keep Hanging OnGrant Hart | Hüsker Dü | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 13 | The Wit and the WisdomBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 14 | Don't Know YetBob Mould | Hüsker Dü | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 40 mins | 93 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 274 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Fjelstad | Engineer |
| 2 | Grant Hart | Composer, Drums, Member of Attributed Artist, Percussion, Producer, Slide Whistle, Vibraphone, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Whistle (Instrument) |
| 3 | Hüsker Dü | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Bob Mould | Bass, Bass Instrument, Composer, Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Greg Norton | Bass, Bass Instrument, Member of Attributed Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |