Loose Nut

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

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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Great Rock Discography	5/10[3]
MusicHound Rock	3/5[4]
Punknews.org	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

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."^[7]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Loose Nut"	Greg Ginn	4:35
2.	"Bastard in Love"	Ginn	3:20
3.	"Annihilate This Week"	Ginn	4:44
4.	"Best One Yet"	Kira Roessler, Henry Rollins	2:37
5.	"Modern Man"	Ed Danky, Chuck Dukowski	3:11

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"This Is Good"	Ginn, Rollins	3:34
7.	"I'm the One"	Roessler, Rollins	3:15
8.	"Sinking"	Ginn, Rollins	4:36
9.	"Now She's Black"	Bill Stevenson	4:51

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"