Zen Arcade is Hüsker Dü's second (or third, if one counts the live recording Land Speed Record) full-length album, released in 1984 by SST Records. Zen Arcade is a concept album, originally released as two LPs, about an adolescent who runs away because his home life is unfulfilling (described in songs such as "Broken Home, Broken Heart" and "Never Talking To You Again"). After running away, he discovers that the whole world is a huge letdown (in songs like "Masochism World" and "Turn On The News"). According to the liner notes, the entire album was recorded and mixed in 85 hours, and all but two songs ("Something I Learned Today" & "Newest Industry") are first takes.

Track List:

• Something I Learned Today
• Broken Home, Broken Heart
• Never Talking To You Again
• Chartered Trips
• Dreams Reoccurring
• Indecision Time
• Hare Krsna

• Beyond The Threshold
• Pride
• I'll Never Forget You
• The Biggest Lie
• Masochism World
• Standing By The Sea

• Somewhere
• One Step At A Time
• Pink Turns To Blue
• Newest Industry
• Monday Will Never Be The Same
• Whatever
• The Tooth Fairy And The Princess

• Turn On The News
• Reoccurring Dreams

Zen Arcade is widely considered one of the most important indie punk albums of the 1980's.