Broken Home, Broken Heart (track)
by Hüsker Dü
Year: 1984
From the album Zen Arcade (track #2)
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Broken Home, Broken Heart appears on the following album(s) by Hüsker Dü:
- Zen Arcade (track #2) (this album) (1984)
- 1985: The Miracle Year (track #13) (compilation) (2025)
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| ! | 01/14/2026 18:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2025 22:57 |  DJFresh-Rock | 1,459 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2025 21:02 | habibi333 | 2,570 | 64/100 |
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AAL2014 04/28/2025 03:02 | #308741
A particularly Lemmy of Motörhead snarl to the lead vocal here. (Edited)
buzzdainer 10/18/2016 16:41 | #177090
Bob Mould howling about his imaginings of what goes inside a "broken home" troubled by incessant fighting. The music is sort of an undifferentiated wall of punk noise, but inside it is the characteristic compassion that makes this band, and Zen Arcade, special.
another excellent track
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