Hüsker Dü - 1985: The Miracle Year (2025)

Hüsker Dü's archival live album, titled The Miracle Year, captures the band at the peak of their creative activity and intensity in 1985, a year marked by the release of two significant studio albums: New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig. The collection demonstrates the trio's maturity, having moved on from hardcore punk but retaining its intensity. The first section of the album documents a powerful January 30, 1985, show at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis, where the band performed fresh tracks from New Day Rising ("I Apologize", "Books About UFOs"), as well as songs that had not yet been recorded ("Divide and Conquer", "Green Eyes"). The second part includes 20 more live recordings from 1985 gigs worldwide, showcasing future anthems like "Celebrated Summer." The Miracle Year also highlights Hüsker Dü's unique approach to cover songs, in which they reinterpreted psychedelic compositions, such as The Byrds' "Eight Miles High," transforming them into their own distinct style. This collection is considered a key document of the American indie rock revolution.

Tracklist:
1-1 Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising [2:25]
1-2 Hüsker Dü - It’s Not Funny Anymore [1:55]
1-3 Hüsker Dü - Everything Falls Apart [1:52]
1-4 Hüsker Dü - The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill [2:47]
1-5 Hüsker Dü - I Apologize [3:30]
1-6 Hüsker Dü - If I Told You [1:53]
1-7 Hüsker Dü - Folklore [1:35]
1-8 Hüsker Dü - Every Everything [1:48]
1-9 Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All [2:40]
1-10 Hüsker Dü - Terms Of Psychic Warfare [1:51]
1-11 Hüsker Dü - Powerline [2:17]
1-12 Hüsker Dü - Books About UFOs [2:22]
1-13 Hüsker Dü - Broken Home, Broken Heart [1:50]
1-14 Hüsker Dü - Diane [4:03]
1-15 Hüsker Dü - Hate Paper Doll [1:52]
1-16 Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes [2:46]
1-17 Hüsker Dü - Divide And Conquer [3:52]
1-18 Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue [2:17]
1-19 Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High [4:36]
1-20 Hüsker Dü - Out On A Limb [1:57]
1-21 Hüsker Dü - Helter Skelter [4:55]
1-22 Hüsker Dü - Ticket To Ride [2:14]
1-23 Hüsker Dü - Love Is All Around [2:52]
2-24 Hüsker Dü - Don't Want To Know If You're Lonely [3:18]
2-25 Hüsker Dü - I Don't Know For Sure [2:17]
2-26 Hüsker Dü - Hardly Getting Over It [5:13]
2-27 Hüsker Dü - Sorry Somehow [4:02]
2-28 Hüsker Dü - Eiffel Tower High [2:56]
2-29 Hüsker Dü - What's Going On [3:53]
2-30 Hüsker Dü - Private Plane [3:16]
2-31 Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer [4:36]
2-32 Hüsker Dü - All Work And No Play [7:21]
2-33 Hüsker Dü - Keep Hanging On [3:28]
2-34 Hüsker Dü - Find Me [4:10]
2-35 Hüsker Dü - Flexible Flyer [2:52]
2-36 Hüsker Dü - Sunshine Superman [1:57]
2-37 Hüsker Dü - In A Free Land [2:55]
2-38 Hüsker Dü - Somewhere [2:25]
2-39 Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig [3:08]
2-40 Hüsker Dü - Never Talking To You Again [1:23]
2-41 Hüsker Dü - Chartered Trips [3:43]
2-42 Hüsker Dü - The Wit And The Wisdom [3:42]
2-43 Hüsker Dü - Misty Modern Days [4:22]