Metal Circus

01/01/1983 | Sst Records 

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All Music Guide Review

A five-song EP bristling with energy and pummeling guitars, Metal Circus is the first indication of Hüsker Dü's greatness. With these five songs, the band shows more invention, skill, and melody than it did over the course of a full album with Everything Falls Apart, and both Bob Mould and Grant Hart emerge as significant songwriters. While they both stay within hardcore conventions on Metal Circus, their songs illustrate that they would break free of its constrictions on their subsequent, masterful double album, Zen Arcade. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Real World
  • 2:27

  • 2
  • Deadly Skies
  • 1:50

  • 3
  • It's Not Funny Anymore
  • 2:12

  • 4
  • First of the Last Calls
  • 2:48

  • 5
  • Lifeline
  • 2:19

  • 6
  • Diane
  • 4:42

  • 7
  • Out on a Limb
  • 2:39

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