Loose Nut

Loose Nut
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedMarch 1985
StudioTotal Access, Redondo Beach, California
GenreHardcore punk, heavy metal
Length34:07
LabelSST (035)
ProducerBill Stevenson, Greg Ginn, David Tarling
Black Flag chronology
Live '84
(1984)
Loose Nut
(1985)
The Process of Weeding Out
(1985)

Loose Nut is the fifth studio album by American band Black Flag, released in 1985 on SST Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Great Rock Discography5/10[3]
MusicHound Rock[4]
Punknews.org[5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Spin wrote, "Henry Rollins' manic ravings make mascaraed posturers seem pale. This band goes off, takes a lot of chances, and when you hear this, you have a lot of fun. Who knows when radio programmers will catch up to them? Black Flag really deserves to be, like, bigger than Thriller."[7]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Loose Nut"Greg Ginn4:35
2."Bastard in Love"Ginn3:20
3."Annihilate This Week"Ginn4:44
4."Best One Yet"Kira Roessler, Henry Rollins2:37
5."Modern Man"Ed Danky, Chuck Dukowski3:11
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."This Is Good"Ginn, Rollins3:34
7."I'm the One"Roessler, Rollins3:15
8."Sinking"Ginn, Rollins4:36
9."Now She's Black"Bill Stevenson4:51

Personnel

Black Flag

Additional performers

  • Milo Aukerman – backing vocals
  • Dez Cadena – backing vocals
  • Louie – backing vocals
  • Dave Tarling – backing vocals
  • The Adams Family – backing vocals

Production

  • Dave Tarling – production, engineering
  • Greg Ginn – production
  • Bill Stevenson – production
  • Raymond Pettibon – artwork
  • Chuck Dukowski – co–writing on "Modern Man"

References

  1. ^ Ogg, Alex. Loose Nut at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Martin C. Strong (1998). The Great Rock Discography (1st ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-86241-827-4.
  4. ^ Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
  5. ^ "Black Flag - Loose Nut". January 21, 2005.
  6. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Black Flag". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Sue Cummings (September 1985). "Spins". Spin. No. 5. p. 31.