Intolerance (album)

Intolerance
Studio album by
Grant Hart
ReleasedDecember 12, 1989[1]
Recorded1988–1989[2]
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:44
LabelSST (215)
ProducerGrant Hart
Grant Hart chronology
2541
(1988) 		Intolerance
(1989) 		All of My Senses
(1990)
2010 vinyl reissue album cover

Intolerance is the first solo album by Grant Hart, formerly of the band Hüsker Dü.[3][4] It was released on December 12, 1989.[1]

The album was remastered and reissued by MVD Audio in 2010 on 180 gram vinyl with new album cover art.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
All Music Guide to Rock[7]
Robert ChristgauB[8]
The Rough Guide to Rock(positive)[9]

Trouser Press called the album "a moving description of Hart's pain as well as an assertion of his survival" and "a simply played one-man band solo project that avoids familiarity by using '60s-style organ as the most prominent rhythm instrument".[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Grant Hart.

  1. "All of My Senses" (5:51)
  2. "Now That You Know Me" (3:54)
  3. "Fanfare in D Major (Come, Come)" (3:45)
  4. "The Main" (4:04)
  5. "Twenty-Five Forty-One" (4:41)
  6. "Roller Rink" (4:23)
  7. "You're the Victim" (3:10)
  8. "Anything" (3:28)
  9. "She Can See the Angels Coming" (3:42)
  10. "Reprise" (1:43)

Personnel

  • Grant Hart – vocals, instruments,[2] production
  • Chopper Black – engineering
  • Tom Herbers – engineering

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Hüsker Dü Database/Discography/Commercial Releases". Thirdav.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. ^ a b "Hüsker Dü Database/Bucketfull of Brains #32, Dec 1989/"Sidestepping the sledgehammer"". Thirdav.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  3. ^ "Husker Du Annotated Discography/Commercial Releases". Thirdav.com. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  4. ^ Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. p. 142.
  5. ^ "Grant Hart - Intolerance". MVD Entertainment Group. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  6. ^ "allmusic Intolerance > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
  7. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Backbeat Books. p. 510. ISBN 0-87930-653-X.
  8. ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Grant Hart: Intolerance". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  9. ^ Nig Hodgkins, "Grant Hart/Nova Mob", in P. Buckley, ed., The Rough Guide to Rock (London: Rough Guides, 3rd edn., 2003), ISBN 1-84353-105-4, p. 473.
  10. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Grant Hart". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 August 2024.