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Loose Nut
Studio album by Black Flag
Released	May 14, 1985
Recorded	March 1985
Studio	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Hardcore punk, heavy metal
Length	34:07
Label	SST (035)
Producer	Bill Stevenson Greg Ginn David Tarling
Black Flag chronology
Live '84 (1984) Loose Nut (1985) The Process of Weeding Out (1985)

Loose Nut is the fifth studio album by American band Black Flag, released in 1985 on SST Records.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Great Rock Discography	5/10
MusicHound Rock	3/5
Punknews.org
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Spin wrote, "Henry Rollins' manic ravings make mascaraed posturers seem pale. This band goes off, takes a lot of chances, and when you hear this, you have a lot of fun. Who knows when radio programmers will catch up to them? Black Flag really deserves to be, like, bigger than Thriller."

Track listing

Personnel

• Henry Rollins – lead vocals
• Greg Ginn – guitars
• Kira Roessler – bass, backing vocals
• Bill Stevenson – drums
• Raymond Pettibon – artwork
• Milo Aukerman – backing vocals on "Loose Nut"

References

1. Ogg, Alex. Loose Nut at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Martin C. Strong (1998). The Great Rock Discography (1st ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-86241-827-4.
4. Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
5. "Black Flag - Loose Nut". January 21, 2005.
6. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Black Flag". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
7. Sue Cummings (September 1985). "Spins". Spin. No. 5. p. 31.

• Black Flag (band) albums
• 1985 albums
• SST Records albums
• Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician)
• Albums with cover art by Raymond Pettibon