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Amusement (song)

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"Amusement"
Single by Hüsker Dü
A-side"Statues"
ReleasedJanuary 1981
RecordedOctober 1980
VenueDuffy's, Minneapolis, Minnesota
GenrePunk rock, post-punk
Length4:19
LabelReflex Records
Songwriter(s)Bob Mould
Producer(s)Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü singles chronology
"Amusement"
(1981)
"In a Free Land"
(1982)

"Amusement" is a song by Hüsker Dü released as a single in 1981.[1] It was the band's first single, b/w the song "Statues."[2] This release finds the band in a period where its music was drifting from punk to post-punk. The single's pressing was limited to 2,000 copies upon its release. The two tracks appear on the Everything Falls Apart and More CD.

In 2013, the Numero Group reissued the single with the studio outtakes "Writer's Cramp" and "Let's Go Die" as a 7" pairing in a gatefold jacket. The studio recordings are remastered from a first-generation sub-master, while "Amusement" is from the original live board tape. The cover features drummer Grant Hart's original Fake Name Graphx artwork.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Statues"Grant Hart4:14
2."Amusement"Bob Mould4:19

2013 reissue track listing

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Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Statues"Hart4:29
2."Amusement"Mould4:19
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Writers Cramp"Mould2:39
2."Let’s Go Die"Greg Norton1:55
Notes[4]
  • "Statues", "Writers Cramp" and "Let’s Go Die" were recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, August 1980
  • "Amusement" was recorded live at Duffy's, Minneapolis, October 1980

Personnel

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

Hüsker Dü
Technical
  • Hüsker Dü – producer (all tracks)
  • Colin Mansfield – producer ("Statues", "Writers Cramp", "Let’s Go Die"), engineer ("Amusement")
  • Steve Fjelstad – engineer (all tracks)
  • Terry Katzman – recorded by ("Amusement")
  • Fake Name Graphx – artwork

References

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  1. ^ "Husker Du Discography > Husker Du - Discography".
  2. ^ "Husker Du Statues Amusement > Husker Du - Statues Amusement".
  3. ^ "Amusement +3". The Numero Group. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Everything Falls Apart and More (CD). Hüsker Dü. Rhino. 1993. R2 71163.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)