Editing Zen Arcade (section)

{{Infobox album
| name       = Zen Arcade
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Hüsker Dü]]
| cover      = HuskerDuZenArcade.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 3, 1984
| recorded   = October 1983 at [[Total Access Recording]] in [[Redondo Beach, California]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Hardcore punk]]<ref name="revolver50">{{cite web |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/50-greatest-punk-albums-all-time#29-h%C3%BCsker-d%C3%BC-%E2%80%94-zen-arcade |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name="essential">{{cite web |title=10 ESSENTIAL HARDCORE PUNK ALBUMS |url=https://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-hardcore-punk-albums/ |website=treblezine.com |access-date=May 28, 2022 |date=April 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="cooper">{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Ryan |title=Punk's Most Influential Albums |url=https://www.liveabout.com/punks-most-influential-albums-2803358 |website=LiveAbout.com |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=March 26, 2019 |quote=1984’s ''Zen Arcade'', while still predominantly a hardcore record, began exploring other sounds, including jazz, psychedelia, acoustic folk and pop -– all sounds Mould still explores today.}}</ref>|[[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-psychedelic-albums/amp/ | title=Best Psychedelic Albums: 30 Mind-Expanding Records | date=19 August 2021 }}</ref>|[[indie rock]]<ref name= "Pitchfork Staff 2018">{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s |website= [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date= September 10, 2018 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/|quote= ...''Zen Arcade'' was one large step for the Minnesota trio and an even larger one for then-nascent indie rock.|accessdate= April 25, 2023}}</ref>|[[post-hardcore]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Greene|first=Doyle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCQXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|title=The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics|date=March 10, 2014|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=978-0-7864-7809-5|pages=43–44}}</ref>}}
| length     = 70:09
| label      = [[SST Records|SST]] (027)
| producer   = Hüsker Dü, [[Spot (producer)|Spot]]
| prev_title = [[Metal Circus]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[New Day Rising]]
| next_year  = 1985
}}
'''''Zen Arcade''''' is the second studio album by American [[punk rock]] band [[Hüsker Dü]], released in July 1984 on [[SST Records]]. Originally released as a [[double album]] on two vinyl LPs, ''Zen Arcade'' tells the story of a young boy who runs away from an unfulfilling home life, only to find the world outside is even worse.{{sfnp|Azerrad|2001|p=181}} ''Zen Arcade'' and subsequent Hüsker Dü albums were instrumental in the creation of the [[alternative rock]] genre,<ref>{{cite web|last=Bray|first=Ryan|title=Two Bands, Two Records, and the Beginning of Alternative Rock|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2014/07/two-bands-two-records-and-the-beginning-of-alternative-rock/|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=July 26, 2014|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mendelsohn|first1=Jason|last2=Klinger|first2=Eric|title=Counterbalance: Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade |url=https://www.popmatters.com/counterbalance-husker-du-zen-arcade-2495557517.html|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=February 27, 2015|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref> and it is considered by some to be one of [[List of 1980s albums considered the best|the greatest rock albums of all time]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=100 Best Albums of the Eighties|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-150477/husker-du-zen-arcade-70223/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 16, 1989|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=O'Hagan|first=Nathan|title=Spotlight Special: Hüsker Dü - 'Zen Arcade'|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/spotlight-special-h%C3%BCsker-d%C3%BC-zen-arcade|website=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|date=July 28, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Patrick|title=Now and Zen: The greatest album of them all, Hüsker Dü's 'Zen Arcade,' turns 30|url=https://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/07/now-and-zen-the-greatest-album-of-them-all-husker-dus-zen-arcade-turns-30/|website=[[KCMP]]|date=July 19, 2014|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref>