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• Hsker D. Live. 1985. Need we say more? Witness the transcendent Minneapolis punk trio tearing into the most incendiary year of its existence, captured live on stage at First Avenue in perhaps the highest fidelity recordings of the bands lauded SST era. This 4-LP/2-CD edition includes Beau Sorensons restoration of an entire January 30 1985 set, 20 extra live tracks from the years touring schedule, and a deluxe booklet detailing twelve months of history-making Hsker D. What is the sound of a legend being written?

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  Minnesota Miracle is your time-machine ticket to experience the band at peak ferocity; from the moment Hart unloads the carpet-bombing backbeat of New Day Risings mantric opening track, the legend of Hsker D starts to feel a lot more real The piecemeal nature of More Miracles makes it less an all-consuming, sensory-obliterating experience than the Minnesota Miracle disc, with some selections bearing the hiss of a bootleg cassette. But we do get to hear a lot more audience reaction and interaction. Pitchfork

  A number of the records best songs sizzle and churn on Miracle Year. The atmospherics of the live setting suit the combination of incisive melody and the chaotic fuzz-and-feedback issuing from Bob Molds guitar; check out If I Told You, Powerline and especially New Day Risings title track 1985: The Miracle Year includes another four LP sides of live Hsker D, from various gigs in 85, and you can hear some serious hard psych: Chartered Trips from a show in Switzerland, Eiffel Tower High from Salt Lake City, Sunshine Superman from Hoboken. Dusted Magazine

  The Miracle Year pairs this [First Avenue club] show with other assorted tracks, most of which sound like a glorious, scratchy cassette bootleg, led by the galvanizing Celebrated Summer and Chartered Trips. Record Collector

  Punk never sounded more soulful. Classic Rock Magazine

• Artist: Hsker D Label: Numero Group Format: LP Units: 3 Country: US Genre: Punk & Alternative Style: Alternative Rock, Hardcore, Punk

• Minnesota Miracle
  A1 New Day Rising
  A2 It’S Not Funny Anymore
  A3 Everything Falls Apart
  A4 The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
  A5 I Apologize
  A6 If I Told You
  A7 Folklore
  B1 Every Everything
  B2 Makes No Sense At All
  B3 Terms Of Psychic Warfare
  B4 Powerline
  B5 Books About Ufos
  B6 Broken Home, Broken Heart
  B7 Diane
  C1 Hate Paper Doll
  C2 Green Eyes
  C3 Divide And Conquer
  C4 Pink Turns To Blue
  C5 Eight Miles High
  D1 Out On A Limb
  D2 Helter Skelter
  D3 Ticket To Ride
  D4 Love Is All Around
  More Miracles
  E1 Don’T Want To Know If You’Re Lonely
  E2 I Don’T Know For Sure
  E3 Hardly Getting Over It
  E4 Sorry Somehow
  E5 Eiffel Tower High
  F1 What’S Going On
  F2 Private Plane
  F3 Celebrated Summer
  F4 All Work And No Play
  G1 Keep Hanging On
  G2 Find Me
  G3 Flexible Flyer
  G4 Sunshine Superman
  G5 In A Free Land
  G6 Somewhere
  H1 Flip Your Wig
  H2 Never Talking To You Again
  H3 Chartered Trips
  H4 The Wit And The Wisdom
  H5 Misty Modern Days