I don’t remember where I read it, but around the time this album came out, there was an article in some music magazine where Goo Goo Guitarist Johnny Rzeznik listed his favorite albums, and they were all albums by The Replacements, Hüsker Dü and The Clash.
I remember reading it and thinking, “OK, I need to check these guys out,” and immediately bought Hold Me Up,, which turned out to be one of my favorite punk (or punk-influenced, you snobs) records of the post-Hüskers pre-Nevermind era.
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