Candy Apple Grey

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{{Infobox album

| name = Candy Apple Grey

| type = Album

| artist = Hüsker Dü

| cover = Huskerdu candyapplegrey.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 17, 1986

| recorded = October 1985 – January 1986

| venue =

| studio = Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota

| genre = {{hlist|Post-hardcore|alternative rock{{cite web|date=April 15, 2014|title=Record Store Day 2014- Glide's Essential 30 Record Store Day Exclusives|url=https://glidemagazine.com/116426/record-store-day-2014-glides-essential-30-record-store-day-exclusives/|access-date=February 15, 2015|website=Glide Magazine}}}}

| length = 37:04

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = Bob Mould and Grant Hart

| prev_title = Flip Your Wig

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Warehouse: Songs and Stories

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Candy Apple Grey

| type = studio

| single1 = Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely

| single1date = March 1986

| single2 = Sorry Somehow

| single2date = November 1986

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/candy-apple-grey-mw0000650271 |title=Candy Apple Grey – Hüsker Dü |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 18, 2010 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/10/11/as-bob-mould-went-so-went-rock-music/ |title=As Bob Mould Went, So Went Rock Music |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 11, 1992 |access-date=June 12, 2016 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}

| rev3 = Q

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Hüsker Dü: Candy Apple Grey |magazine=Q |issue=74 |date=November 1992 |page=133}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Hüsker Dü |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA399 399] |editor-last=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside Books |location=London |edition=4th |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 }}

| rev5 = Select

| rev5score = 4/5{{cite magazine |title=Hüsker Dü: Candy Apple Grey / Warehouse: Songs and Stories |magazine=Select |issue=29 |date=November 1992 |last=Cavanagh |first=David |page=95}}

| rev6 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev6Score = 8/10{{cite book |chapter=Hüsker Dü |page=187 |editor-last=Weisband |editor-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |edition=1st |publisher=Vintage Books |location=New York |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8}}

| rev7 = The Village Voice

| rev7score = A{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv4b-86.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |access-date=June 12, 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

}}

Candy Apple Grey is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Hüsker Dü, released in 1986 through Warner Bros. Records.

It was the band's first major label release, though Warner Bros. had lobbied to release Flip Your Wig until the band decided to let SST Records have it. Candy Apple Grey also marks the completion of the band's transition from hardcore punk to a more well-rounded sonic style which would later come to be known as alternative rock. As usual, Bob Mould and Grant Hart individually wrote tracks on the album. While the band's earlier, more frenetic style is still evident, Candy Apple Grey also features more introverted, toned-down material, including a relatively large amount of acoustic guitar.

The singles released from this album were "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" and "Sorry Somehow", both written and sung by Hart. The latter was accompanied by a promotional video which earned airtime on MTV. Candy Apple Grey was the first Hüsker Dü album to chart on the Billboard Top 200, but despite receiving exposure on radio as well as MTV, it peaked at No. 140.