Format: LP

Notes: After Damaged, Loose Nut is my second favorite Black Flag studio album but it’s probably the least visually appealing. I mean look at these colors. They just don’t belong together. And the back cover? The magenta lettering on the burnt orange background is practically illegible.

Loose Nut was recorded in March 1985 during the same sessions that produced Process of Weeding Out and parts of In My Head. According to a press release that Ray Farrell sent out on March 18, 1985, Loose Nut was scheduled to be released on May 14, 1985.

For the first time a Black Flag album featured songs by multiple songwriters. In addition to Ginn, the album included material by Kira Roessler, Bill Stevenson, and a song from ex-member Chuck Dukowski’s days in Würm (though Ginn’s arrangement leaves the original in the dust). Ginn even thanks his old girlfriend Medea for “Bastard in Love.” In my opinion, Loose Nut is the record that best reflect Black Flag behaving like a real band with all of the members contributing creatively to the final product.