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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Great Rock Discography5/10
MusicHound Rock
Punknews.org
(The New) 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

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Loose Nut"Greg Ginn4:35
2."Bastard in Love"Ginn3:20
3."Annihilate This Week"Ginn4:44
4."Best One Yet"Kira Roessler, Henry Rollins2:37
5."Modern Man"Ed Danky, Chuck Dukowski3:11
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."This Is Good"Ginn, Rollins3:34
7."I'm the One"Roessler, Rollins3:15
8."Sinking"Ginn, Rollins4:36
9."Now She's Black"Bill Stevenson4:51

Personnel

Black Flag

Additional performers

  • Milo Aukerman – backing vocals
  • Dez Cadena – backing vocals
  • Louie – backing vocals
  • Dave Tarling – backing vocals
  • The Adams Family – backing vocals

Production

  • Dave Tarling – production, engineering
  • Greg Ginn – production
  • Bill Stevenson – production
  • Raymond Pettibon – artwork
  • Chuck Dukowski – co–writing on "Modern Man"