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New Day Rising
New Day Rising is the third studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in 1985 on SST Records. The album continued the move away from the fast hardcore punk of the band's earliest releases toward slower, more melodic material.
Production and release.
The band released the album "Zen Arcade" through SST Records in July 1984, and the label's co-owner Joe Carducci immediately requested another album. The band wanted to self-produce, but SST insisted on Spot
The album remained out of stock for months afterward, which affected sales and frustrated the band.
Hüsker Dü started recording "Zen Arcade"s follow-up album, "New Day Rising", just as "Zen Arcade" was released. The band's next album, "Flip Your Wig", was released nine months after "New Day Rising". "Flip Your Wig" became the first album released on an independent record label to top the "CMJ" album chart. 
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