Candy Apple Grey
by Hüsker Dü

Candy Apple Grey by Hüsker Dü
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-03-17
Overall rank: 2,830th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 172 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (423rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,830th)

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Hüsker Dü bestography

Candy Apple Grey is ranked 5th best out of 12 albums by Hüsker Dü on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hüsker Dü is Zen Arcade which is ranked number 405 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,119.

Hüsker Dü album bestography « Higher ranked (2,330th)
Flip Your Wig
This album (2,830th)
Candy Apple Grey
Lower ranked (5,587th) »
Metal Circus

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Candy Apple Grey rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,830th | 1980s rank: 423rd | 1986 rank: 39th
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2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 19863/1005
2026 RomanelliTop 50 Music Albums of 19868/504
2026 eclabTop 20 Music Albums of 198617/201
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198633/1003
2026 RomanelliTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s56/1009
2026matterhornriderTop 54 Music Albums of 198635/542
2026culwinTop 57 Music Albums of 198616/574
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198653/1002
2026saltysurpriseTop 52 Music Albums of 198621/523
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 301-40057/100 -
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s63/1008
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198643/1003
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s35/10013
2026spewventuriTop 91 Music Albums of the 1980s64/916
2026 AAL2014Top 51 Music Albums of 198612/514
2026 Patman360Top 87 Music Albums of 198619/874
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1986 by DigitalDreamDoor63/98 -
2026 DommeDamianTop 14 Music Albums of 198612/141
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 198619/1004
2025bertdepoortereTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s31/10014
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 158
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 546
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Candy Apple Grey ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 172 votes)
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75/100
 
02/20/2026 09:15 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,35769/100
 
80/100
 
02/15/2026 10:36 eclab  Ratings distribution  1,55484/100
 
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01/25/2026 18:27 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,91281/100
 
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01/14/2026 02:41 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,63179/100
 
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12/07/2025 19:02 willtoshower  Ratings distribution  1,54372/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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Rating:  
55/100
From 10/20/2024 12:39 | #305716
Very indeed good
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90/100
From 09/23/2023 10:21 | #299208
Great work here. Too Far Down and No Promises Have I Made are the only lesser tracks but I can imagine some angsty teens picking it up back in the day. The opening track retains that "hardcore" sound but isn't the best intro either. The rest of the songs on the album definitely hit the spot. Great balance. Their softer side just needed some polishing I guess.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 02/27/2023 18:57 | #294523
Pretty incosistent record, but Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely and Sorry Somehow are definitely contenders for the title of the best Husker Du song ever. My money would be on the first. Why is everyone under-rating Eiffel Tower High though?
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/03/2021 22:26 | #273266
If someone asked me to name the most fun Hüsker Dü album, it would be this one.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 11/03/2017 20:19 | #200515
Best Tracks: Don't Want To Know If You're Lonely, Sorry Somehow
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Rating:  
85/100
From 08/14/2016 06:55 | #172879
Came to Husker Du through Mega City Four doing a cover of Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely so this album was a starting point. In fact all these years later I still only have Candy Apple Grey and Zen Arcade which I have to say I've never really got into. Candy Apple Grey is just much more accessible and consistent to my ears. The splits in the band are very noticeable with hindsight but for me the sharing of the songwriting between Bob Mould and Grant Hart gives the album a strength and variety that one person would struggle to achieve.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 10/28/2012 21:37 | #53634
One of their best albums.
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