Editorial Reviews
Copper Blue
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Music Review
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Amazon.com essential recording
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
From the Label
For Bob Mould, forming his new band Sugar and recording COPPER BLUE, the group's Rykodisc debut, was like "starting again at zero." After two critically acclaimed, darkly introspective solo albums, following nearly a decade as guitarist with the legendary hardcore band Husker Du, Mould was ready for a new beginning. Armed with an exceptionally diverse body of musical expertise, a new batch of songs, ex-Zulus' drummer Malcolm Travis, and Athens, Georgia, native bassist David Barbe, Mould took... read more