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This limited edition LP is pressed on 180 gram vinyl and includes specially-compiled liner notes from Bob Mould as well as David Barbe (Sugar), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Samuel Fogarino (Interpol), Paul Banks (Interpol), and Lou Giordano (co-producer/engineer). The critics lauded the album and to this day their top-ten lists are packed with bands who would never have gotten there unless there was Mould and his Sugar.
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Bob Mould realized his career goal--a rock & roll trio like Hüsker Dü, only without another strong personality to compete with him--most completely with Sugar's 1992 debut. It's mixed strangely, with little bass and lots of treble, but that gives it a buzzing power, especially on heavy-guitar songs like "Hoover Dam" and "If I Can't Change Your Mind." By the end of "A Good Idea," the narrator inexplicably drowns the woman he loves and Mould's voice assumes a frightening monotone. The only real relief from Copper Blue's intensity is the constant flood of catchy melodies. --Steve Knopper
Copper Blue Reviews
Copper Blue Reviews
| 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful  Criminally underrated!, By mrian21@hotmail.com (Modena, Italy) - See all my reviews This review is from: Copper Blue (Audio CD) I haven't listened to Copper Blue much since my college era, but feel I owe it to the band to recommend this to everyone, as it gave me infinite audio pleasure for years! Bob Mould is a legend and I say that on the strength of his 'Sugar' work alone, as Husker Du were before my time. The songs are of a catchy, feel-good nature, with NO cheese whatsoever. You know you're onto something when a CD can be played from start to finish without needing to skip for poor stuff. A few years old (1992), but this makes no difference, it's class! In my Top 5 albums ever. Even more underrated (in the media sense) is 'Beaster' - 1993 mini-album. Get this too! Loud, sometimes happy, sometimes dark and very thought-provoking. If there was ever a band that deserved to be rich, it's Sugar - for these two releases. I hope they are. 13 of 15 people found the following review helpful Quite possibly the best CD of the 90s, By Sol Rosenberg "Sol Rosenberg" (Groom Lake, NV) - See all my reviews This review is from: Copper Blue (Audio CD) I'm not much for hype and I don't normally like to use "best" in describing any form of art, but I am honestly hard-pressed to think of any album that was released in the 90s that can match the consistency of excellence, the lyrical prowess and the raw emotion contained throughout "Copper Blue". Bob Mould is one of the unheralded geniuses in popular music over the past 25 years and this album stands as evidence of his brilliance.From "The Act we Act" through "Man on the Moon", there is not a single low point on this CD. Simply put, it never lets up. This is not to say that it is not dynamic - "Hoover Dam" and "If I can't change yoru mind" are perfect, acoustic complements to the Les Paul-heavy power chords that function as the engine which drives the high level of energy throughout. This CD is painfully consistent in its emotional intensity and this fact is punctuated both by its melodic energy and its lyrical strengths. Mould's lyrical creations manifest... Read more 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful  A bad mastering of a great album, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Copper Blue [LIMITED EDITION] (Vinyl) I was looking forward to this reissue for several weeks. I was severely disappointed at the quality of the remastering. For starters, "The Act We Act" isn't even at the right speed (it's slightly slower than the original CD release), AND the song is distorted, leaving me to believe that it was pressed too loudly to the vinyl. But all of the songs suffer from bad vinyl mastering. You can't hear the acoustic guitars very well alongside the electrics in "Helpless"; "A Good Idea"/"Changes" just sounds plain bad. This is one of my favorite records of all time, and its a shame that my 20-year old CD sounds better than this. Side 2 is more of the same.Incidentally, it comes with a free download. You get both the WAV and MP3 files. I listened to the wav's, and they sound significantly better than the LP, but not quite as good as the original 1992 CD. The drums are overly compressed (the snare is slightly distorted in some spots and the cymbals don't sound quite right)... Read more |
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