"Amusement" is a song by Hüsker Dü released as a single in 1981. It was the band's first single, b/w the song "Statues." 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.
Contents
Track listing
2013 reissue track listing
Notes
"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
Adapted from the liner notes of Everything Falls Apart and More.
Hüsker Dü
Bob Mould – guitar, vocals,
Grant Hart – drums, vocals
Greg Norton – bass, vocals
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