warehouse: songs and stories

Hüsker Dü rented out a warehouse to rehearse for this powerpop punk swansong in the midst of internal strife. The rivalry between songwriters Bob Mould and Grant Hart were at odds over how much of their songs would be on the album. Guitarist Mould told drummer Hart he would never have more than half of an album. In the end the songs go back and forth with Mould writing eleven and Hart nine out of the twenty tracks on this double album. The band produced 'Warehouse: Songs and Stories' for Warner Brothers Records at Nicollet Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was engineered by Steven Fjelstad and mastered by Howie Weinberg. The sound is removed from their hardcore roots with multi-tracked studio effects that create a catchy punk that prefigures alternative rock. Mould took over as manager for the band after the suicide of David Savoy, which increased tensions between him an Hart, who was trying to kick heroin during the album tour. After his supply of methadone was spilled, Mould and bassist Greg Norton didn't think Hart could finish the tour and cancelled the rest of the dates. Hart quit the band days later. 'Warehouse: Songs and Stories' made it to number one hundred and seventeen in the US and number seventy-two in the UK.

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"These Important Years"

"Expectations only mean you really think you know

What's coming next, and you don't

Yearbooks with their autographs

From friends you might have had

These are your important years

You'd better make them last

Falling in and out of love just like...

These are your important years, your life"

"Ice Cold Ice" 

"Never penetrating, always contemplating

We sit and count the blessings but we're blessed by icons

No one else could

Trust in ice cold ice cold ice cold ice"

"Could You Be the One?"

Could you be the one they talk about?

Hiding inside, behind another door?

Is it only happiness you want?

Does wanting a feeling matter any more?

It doesn't mean that much to me

Sometimes I don't mean that much to you

And I don't even know what I'm hiding for

And I don't even know what I'm crying for

"She Floated Away" 

"Well a man has two reasons for things that he does

The first one is pride and the second one is love

All understandings must come by this way

She lifted her arms and she floated away"

"She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)" 

"There's a vacancy between them everyday

And a sense of guilt that's not going away

When they get older perhaps they'll understand

She's a woman and now he is a man"

"You Can Live at Home" 

"Figured it out that I'd been wasting all my time

And time was eating at my soul

Now I find comfort only somewhere in my mind

Free to pursue another goal

Walk, walk away, keep on walking away"

Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope

Standing In The Rain

Back From Somewhere

Ice Cold Ice [fragment]

'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

'Warehouse: Songs and Stories' 
full album:




Side one
1. "These Important Years"   Bob Mould 3:49
2. "Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope"   Grant Hart 3:11
3. "Standing in the Rain"   Mould 3:41
4. "Back from Somewhere"   Hart 2:16
5. "Ice Cold Ice"   Mould 4:23
Side two
6. "You're a Soldier"   Hart 3:03
7. "Could You Be the One?"   Mould 2:32
8. "Too Much Spice"   Hart 2:57
9. "Friend, You've Got to Fall"   Mould 3:20
10. "Visionary"   Mould 2:30
11. "She Floated Away"   Hart 3:32
Side three
12. "Bed of Nails"   Mould 4:44
13. "Tell You Why Tomorrow"   Hart 2:42
14. "It's Not Peculiar"   Mould 4:06
15. "Actual Condition"   Hart 1:50
16. "No Reservations"   Mould 3:40
Side four
17. "Turn It Around"   Mould 4:32
18. "She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)"   Hart 3:19
19. "Up in the Air"   Mould 3:03
20. "You Can Live at Home"   Hart 5:25




rehersals:



01. These Important Years
02. Charity, Chastity, Prudence And Hope 3:57 
03. Standing In The Rain 7:07 
04. Tell You Why Tomorrow 10:39 
05. Ice Cold Ice 13:14 
06. You're A Soldier 17:40 
07. Could You Be The One? 20:49 
08. Actual Condition 23:21 
09. It's Not Peculiar 24:47 
10. Too Much Spice 28:57
11. Visionary 32:09 
12. She Floated Away 34:47 
13. Friend, You've Got To Fall 38:26 
14. Back From Somewhere 41:50 
15. Bed Of Nails 44:24 
16. You Can Live At Home 48:46
17. Turn It Around/Police Shut Down 56:23