Ranked #8 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...Sunday-morning punk....like going from January to May in a single afternoon...", Ranked #8 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...The beauty of NEW DAY RISING is that the yearning in Mould's voice and the belly-button picking self-esteem of Hart's characters were perfect fodder for adolescent absorption. Husker Du were our Beach Boys. Only surf was definitely not up in the '80s, but splitting a 12-pack in a Minneapolis basement did just fine..."
