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Zen Arcade

Minneapolis' Hüsker Dü's third (fourth if you count the live album, Land Speed Record) full length album released in 1984. Zen Arcade is a concept album on 2 LPs about a kid who runs away from home because his home life is unfufilling (Most obvious with songs like Broken Home, Broken Heart and Never Talking To You Again). After running away, he discovers that the whole world is a huge let down (most obvious with songs like Masochism World, and Turn On The News).

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This is considered one of the most important indie punk albums of the 1980's.