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Čudo da postoji nešto alt rocka iz 90-ih što nisam nikad čula. Vidim da su ih kritičari ispočetka gotivili i onda su nekako isparili. A čujem da nisu potpuno beskorisni, kao da je bilo nekog njihovog utjecaja u kasnijem alt rocku i možda čak pop punku. Nisu mi se nešto dopali, ali nisu ni zaslužili da potpuno padnu u opskurnost.
This feels like every sitcom from the 90s. Not necessarily a bad thing. Favorite track was Changes.
• an sich finde ich es gar nicht schlecht, aber ich würde mir wahrscheinlich trotzdem keins der lieder in eine playlist tun
Interesting stuff, but not really anything out of the ordinary. I think I set myself up for failure by listening to Haram by Armand Hammer before this cause that outclassed this in every way. Just listen to that instead actually. Favorites: Changes, If I Can't Change Your Mind, Slick
Good indie/grunge/ rock
Grunge + punk + alt, that is, Nirvana + Hüsker Dü + R.E.M., Sugar adds heft + drone + melody to the St. Paul outfit known for speed + a playful thinness + flirtations w/ the melodic. At times, Bob Mould sounds amazingly similar to Michael Stipe, but Mould is actually the better lyricist: he seems to have always known how to simplify, to do less w/ more, to play to the strengths of integrity and real life: 'If you're thinking of changing / If you're thinking of staying w/ me / We need to agree / We need to make some changes.' It isn't any small success to be able to merge pop sensibilities w/ this much rawness, but what this record lacks is one or two truly great songs: you're thus left w/ an idea, a stance, and even a good time, but no notable wrinkle.
Was it good or did I just like it after days of shite albums?
Never got round to listening to Sugar before but enjoyed this a lot, great guitar tones
Never listened to Sugar before but the riffs hooked me straight off the bat. Changes absolutely slapped and the guitars sound massive all the way through
Scrubs ass music
This was pretty good aye
Redundant, derivative, etc., etc.
A bit forgettable
The Act We Act - 3/5 A Good Idea - 4/5 Changes - 3/5 Helpless - 3/5 Hoover Dam - 4/5 The Slim - 4/5 If I Can't Change Your Mind - 1/5 Fortune Teller - 3/5 Slick - 3/5 Man on the Moon - 3/5 Average score: 3.1/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ yet another odd recommendation from the creator of this list it's got the sound of every alt rock group from the 90s with 0% of the innovation or personality. each track also feels like it goes on waaaay too long it's not a bad album. but just barely
Rock so soft I could eat it without teeth. 2/5
Favorite Track: Helpless
Solid 3, nothing is offensive, hard on the ears or so pretentious it makes my head hurt. It is 90's alt pop rock. Its good and I can listen to it all day but never be moved or feel a deep connection to the music or sound.
Never heard of this band but they are soooo 90s. The first few songs are pretty good but overall it’s not that original or interesting to me,
Sugar is the purest distillation of 90’s alternative rock. The whole thing is revved up in overdrive. There are some truly fine power pop moments on this album including Changes, If I Can’t Change Your Mind, Fortune Teller and Man On The Moon. This music is an itch that pops up occasionally to be scratched but it’s definitely no rash.
I didn't recognize this band's name, but I feel like I've heard Helpless before. Anyway, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it when it started. It's super rockin'. Some of the songs sound kind of samesy because of the layers and muffled vocals, but those didn't bother me as much as they sometimes do. Overall, I dug the sound. I feel like a 3.5 with this.
Bob Mould is a huge cultural blind spot for me. I dunno how or why I've tended to avoid Husker Du and Sugar, given how highly regarded they are by people I highly regard, but this might genuinely have been the first time I sat and listened to an album by either band from cover to cover. I think I might have to dig in some more.
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Hell yeah Bob Mould! Never got around to listening to Sugar, but I love Husker Du. Very excited to give it a spin. Exactly what I expected. Love this. 4.5/5
Lo mismo, parece lo mismo, lo mismo, mismo, ismo
Meh.
I knew I'd bought If I Can't Change Your Mind as a single, but was under the impression that I'd never heard the whole album. Then when I was listening to Copper Blue, I realised I knew a lot more of the tracks than I thought I did. There are some good songs here (and I still love If I Can't Change Your Mind), but the fact that I might have owned this album or at least borrowed it from someone and then forgotten about it isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.
# 600 : Sugar Copper Blue – A Three-Course Meal of Dry Toast This album tries so hard to sound like the greats of the era, which only makes you wonder: why waste time on this when you could listen to those bands instead? Copper Blue is completely pointless—like a three-course meal of nothing but dry white toast. The mix is bad, the sound is bad, and nothing is interesting for the entire runtime. The vocals? Weak, when you can even hear them. The drums? Godawful. The lyrics? Vapid and lazy to the point of comedy. By the end, I was actively annoyed at how inane and repetitive it all was. There are thousands of better albums from the ’90s. Normally, I’d go for this kind of record, but this one let me down hard. Best Track (if you must): Helpless – which is exactly how you’ll feel trying to finish this album. Verdict: ★★ for existing. File under “albums that make you appreciate the bands they’re imitating.”
Doesn't matter how big the word SUGAR is on the cover, this was not very sweet.
Perfect power pop/alternative/whatever from the great Bob Mould of Husker Du. Simple, sweet and to the point, the songs almost never linger, even if a few would have benefitted from being a minute or two less. I think most songs peak at 3.5 minutes- past that they can just get droning and repetative. Best songs: ¨Changes,¨ ¨If I Can't Change Your Mind¨
Bob Mould made a pop grunge album.
Средненький такой альт-инди-рок 90х годов. Такой, знаете, с налетом нойз-рока в стиле Sonic Youth, но без настоящего нойза, немного с духом агрессивного шугейза в духе MBV. Но прям очень-очень немного. Мне такое нравится, но это чето прям как-то скучновато. Ничего прям уж примечательного нет в этом альбоме.
nice
Feel I should have liked this more, but it was loud and boring. 2.5
= The Beatles
Hadn't heard of this one, so I initially assumed it was some throwaway 90s alt rock band. Surprisingly though, this is right up my alley! I'm a sucker for these sort of melancholy lyrics paired with optimistic melodies. Love the guitar sound too. Only negatives are that it is slightly repetitive melody wise, and the lyrics are sometimes hard to catch. Will definitely be revisiting this though.
7/10
I was going to give 3/5, but I listened for a second time. The intricacy of the music is more sophisticated than I first thought. Like a few albums on this list from early 90s (Sebadoh and Pavement come to mind), you can see where Weezer and Foo Fighters got their ideas. This is like Dinosaur Jr, but more consistent. Okay, the vocals could be better at times, but I’m feeling generous and awarding a fourth star.
I’m not living for this necessarily. Typical 90s vibes. There were some songs that were giving Empire Records energy.
great 90s vibes, but kinda one note the whole way through. Would listen to again on a road trip or something.
One of the lesser alt bands of the 90s I guess. There’s a reason Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden etc have stood the test of time and Sugar haven’t. Pretty average.
I forgot Sugar was Bob Mould’s band. I remember “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” from Alternative Nation back when MTV still played some music. I thought it was ok then. I don’t remember if I’ve heard any of the other songs from the album. In any case, I’m so glad I’ve heard them now! 33 years later and I can really appreciate this now. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m feeling generous. This is what I like to (re)discover.
Generic
This might be the most stereotypical 90s album. It's fine, even good at parts, but it does admittedly sound like everything you already know about the 90s even if the album is fully new, like it was to me. Hoover Dam, Slick, and Clownmaster were my favorites.
Bang average
Mid pack
I just got this album as soon as Sugar announced their return. "Copper Blue" tries so hard to sound like its better contemporaries. It comes off as a Poundland "Automatic for the People". There's even a song coincidentally called "Man on the Moon". However, I do like the riffs on the songs. 3 stars for "Copper Blue".
Bob Mould, erstwhile of Hüsker Dü, gives us a college radio proto-emo batch of pop-punk that is both timeless and an exemplar of it's time. Timeless thematically, humans always had, and always will have these feelings of loss and bitterness, despair, anxiety and self-doubt. Nothing lyrically ties the songs to its time, no pop culture references or metaphors that won't make sense later. An exemplar of the MTV 120 Minutes modern/alternative heyday of the late 80s/early 90s. "A Good Idea" could be the Pixies. Heavy, lurching guitar rock that sits next to era-defining artists like Nirvana, Screaming Trees, maybe even someone like Urge Overkill. Or a thousand local bands grinding through their set on a Thursday night in 1992, busting their ass for $40 just hoping to get noticed by someone who might get them to the next level.
To był tak generic amerykański indyk, że czułem się, jakbym siedział na obiedzie z okazji święta dziękczynienia gdzieś na amerykańskich przedmieściach (miasto dowolne, wszystkie wyglądają tak samo). Nie mam pojęcia, co to tutaj robi.
There are quite a lot medicore albums on this list but this is like some final boss of being mid. No puns, no nothing. My creativity was lost in a vacuum of generic blandness.
Mediocrity: The Album Słabe 2
Hard Rock, 1992 -> 2-3
Algunos discos, entre los cuales se encuentra este mismo, exponen aún más el conflicto inherente a esta lista: evalúo en su contexto histórico o con todo el paso del tiempo. Argumentos hay para ambos criterios. Por ejemplo, un disco como este, premiado y elogiado en su lanzamiento, hoy casi no tiene una huella cultural, porque todos quienes beben de la música alternativa de principios de los 90 acusan otras influencias y Sugar no aparece por ninguna parte. Por otro lado, como cápsula temporal, Copper Blue es un ejemplo perfecto de la música alternativa de 1992 y como tal, como poste en un trayecto histórico musical, tal vez merece un lugar en esta lista. Ese tal vez es el problema. Lo escucho y no logra convencerme de que pueda sugerirselo a alguien como un testigo incontestable de la música de 1992. Hay muchos y mejores ejemplos, tanto en esta lista como fuera. Entonces, ¿por qué su inclusión? PS: de Mould me gusta un disco que sacó en 2012 (Silver Age) y ni siquiera puedo escucharlo por completo porque ya se torna repetitivo en la sexta o séptima canción. Y la verdad es que suena igual a este.
niet slecht.. maar waarschijnlijk enkel op de naam Bob Mould gekozen om in de lijst te staan... doorsnee plaat
inoffensive 90's rock. I don't have much more to say.
this is not a very good album.
One of the less interesting grunge/alt rock albums that I've heard so far but it's still good.
This album bleeds "90's teen movie" energy. Every song could be a closing scene or some pivotal point in the plot. I don't consider this a terrible thing; there were plenty of bands doing this at the time. I feel like these guys are the maybe more edgy (but not by much) version of the Gin Blossoms or the Goo Goo Dolls. "If I Can't Change Your Mind" in particular feels like the result of asking an LLM to write a song about the girl that got away at a party. "Helpless" is a better song but has the same exact feeling. It's decent 90's alt rock that doesn't really have the killer riffs of some of the grungier contemporaries or the emotional range of the same ones. "Slim" is about as angry as it gets on here, musically anyway. This was a bit too generic for me; not unpleasant but there are so many better albums during this time period, surely.
Average. 2.5/5
Not a bad alternative band from the early 2000’s. No big hits, but ok sound.
Just a good 90s album.
Nadie va a discutir la importancia de Hüsker Dü. Sugar perdió su carácter más punk y se revisitó más alternativo, con mayor gancho melódico con If I can´t change your mind como mejor ejemplo. En su momento no me pareció para tanto, como los de Foo Fighters, pero es un disco que con los años se sostiene igual de bien. The act we act es imponente, A good idea parece tocada por la varita de los Pixies (con ese bajo que cualquiera juraría tocado por Kim y la punzante guitarra de Joey) sin embargo se hace larga y monótona. Con Changes pasa algo similar y es el pero que se le puede poner a una colección de canciones tan brillantes: que no las haya dejado en una duración más reducida. Hoover Dam es simplemente pop, muy disfrutable y que enriquece el disco. The Slim hacfe de puente hacia el diamante del álbum If I cann´t change your mind y las tres canciones finales van un poco cuesta abajo.
What can I say? It’s sounds like a 90s pop-rock album that I’ve never heard of should sound. They had some big plays here for 90s radio hits (“if I can’t change your mind” for example) but it just wasn’t enough. Not much here to take with me.
I can't distill all my thoughts and feelings about Bob Mould's Sugar into a single statement. There's a drive to crystallize, and this is music returning him to a more driving sound while retaining the brilliant evolution in his lyrics. The songs are immediate and immaculately crafted (that's why they've aged so well). I always felt volume helped clarify Mould in ways his quieter post-Hüsker Dü approach didn't. If there was anyone who should be there to reap some benefit from the changes in the musical landscape during the 90s, it's people like Mould, Watt, and other veterans of the early punk years who persisted. I feel like you got to say that kind of thing right before "A Good Idea" comes on and people clutch their Pixies pearls, you know what I mean? Anyway, everyone in my friend group at the time was stoked by this record and Bob's return to form with Sugar. A pal of mine even played "If I Can't Change Your Mind" at the high school talent show. It was sweet.
I really liked some of the tracks on this one. Other tracks were just mid. Not a really great album but I enjoyed it. Sounded like an American Stone Roses with the production, idk.
At first, I was not really enjoying it but after a few tracks I got its vibe.
I think the kids are calling this "older brother core" these days. I like it - strong sense memories of childhood. The mix on the album is a little hard on the ears - too high overall. Liked it but probably won't revisit.
Me pareció muy parecido a REM, de quienes no soy muy fan. El disco empieza con unos riffs tremendos y poderosos, pero a la tercera canción se nota que todo va a sonar tremendamente similar. Tiene dos o tres tracks que me gustaron, pero no me volvería fan de los Azúcar.
Ever heard of the 90s Alt band Sugar? I hadn't ... but I like it ... This is exactly the kind of stuff I was really into back in the day!
Kinda like chill grunge. It was ok but nothing grabbed me or caught my attention.
Solid effort. At the time it felt like a innocuous grunge era cash grab from one of the kings of 80s punk and doesn't feel any more important now than it did then. I like Hoover Dam the best.
Nice to get another dose of Bob Mould, and a better one than either his Husker Du days or his solo work, but ultimately it's kind of disappointing to get a fairly nondescript slightly-harder-than-alt-rock album from him. The highlights were probably "A good idea" and "Helpless", and I enjoyed the occasional slip into a quasi-Soundgarden territory on tracks like "Changes" or "Slick". But overall it's probably not an album that I'd listen to again.
I wanted this to be a little better than it was, but still it was pretty good. Felt like classic American rock, in a sort of Wilco vein, if Wilco had drunk a lot of coffee and taken an enormous shit before playing and so felt lighter and a bit happier, or maybe just more satisfied. I admire their way of teasing a rhythm out of a long string of words, just wish it was all slightly more memorable.
Decent album
Generic 90’s alt-song, something safe and boring, generic 90’s alt-song, something from Seattle??
Ironically, Sugar tastes like sugar-free Husker Du.
There is absolutely nothing special about this album. The music is decent……but nothing to write home about.
really good stuff 3.5/5
One of the greatest album of the era by one of its finest innovators. Takes me back to the early 90s instantly, and while it does sound very of its era production wise, who cares. It’s a classic
This album is on the list because it’s Bob Mould. Should have just put Hüsker Dü on instead, his earlier and more raw and experimental group. It’s sound is SO 90s alt-rock. But it's not exactly the best example of that genre. In fact, one could argue that it's kind of riding the coat tails of much better bands and albums. It was enjoyable in a nostalgic way, though. 3⭐️
was all prepared to slam this but wait...i liked it quite a bit
Just very generic
Unremarkable. Unsure why its on the list.
A couple of good tracks - typical 90s rock sound.
Alt rock vibes, good background music while our in kayak doing trash pick up.
Oh good. Another non descript alternative/post-punk album from the late 80s-early 90's. Just what this list needed. Why is this here, when there's so many better options? It's laughable that this is here, when another album from the same year, Angel Dust by Faith No More, which is a far, far better and more interesting album, isnt.
Liked the first half better than the second. Grunge voice slightly let it down for me, but nice melodies, some parts reminded me of a grunge version of Pixies.
Surprisingly enjoyable. 4.
This is the most 'designed on Paint' album cover I've seen for a long time, but don't let that put you off. It's a pretty good slice of alt rock, from - it turns out - the guy from Husker Du. It doesn't have the same depth or power as Husker Du do, but it's still a good listen and a nice discovery.
A decent but relatively nondescript piece of 90s grungy pop rock. There’s nothing wrong with it but there’s nothing here I recognize (1992 was just entering a long peak music discovery for me - I was buying anything vaguely interesting to me) so the result is somewhat generic for me. If you told me this was a collection of b-sides or outtakes from Collective Soul, Cool for August, or Tonic, I would have believed it. Probably more interesting if you’re a Husker Du or Bob Mould fan, but it isn’t something you need to hear before you die.
How did I miss this banger in the 90s? 14 year old me would have made this my entire identity. The Act We Act, A Good Idea, Helpless, If I Can't Change Your Mind all added to Liked Songs.
War ok, aber hat mich jetzt nicht so gejuckt
Very good, I’d expect this band to have more listeners considering the quality of their music
I remember when this came out and was being pushed on all us alt rockers fresh out of college. I always though Bob Mould was enjoyable but never thought he hit great heights with any of his bands or solo work. The vocals take a backseat to the wall of guitars, always his thing. Their songs are listenable, but always stuck in one gear, kind of like Foo Fighters, vanilla rock. Decent listen counts but no definitive 90's songs. I remember "Helpless" but it was easily forgotten for the last 30 yrs. "If I Can't Change The World" is the one "hit song" at 6.5M listens, but I do not remember it at all and I was glued to the radio in '92. No hits, not a memorable tune on it, no influence that I'm aware of, they didn't create this sound, no hooks - just an average album at best but not one worth revisiting. 2 stars is the best I can offer.
Sugar sound very nineties. Early nineties grunge rock to be more precise. So specifically early nineties grunge rock, that I can imagine Beavis and Butthead interrupting "Hoover Dam" to make "is this a god dam(n)?" quips. But I did really like this album overall. You can see the influence that "Nevermind" had here, in focusing on simple, punchy melodies, with bright distorted guitars. But, it lacks the originality and rawness of Nirvana. In fact, for the sake of this album, let's stop the comparisons there. "A Good Idea" could be a Pixies song. In fact, I think it is. It's called "Debaser" though. Still, the chorus distinguishes itself enough to not feel like a complete rip-off. Anyways, something that sounds like Debaser is always going to be enjoyable. "The Slim" takes off. Definitely the best song on the album. The building guitars tap into some frequency tuning in your brain, and it's fantastic. I really can't get enough of that song. The rest, well, verge into cheesy territory a bit too much for my liking. All in all though, a very enjoyable album, that feels very much of its time. I'd call this one 3.5 stars.
Sounds like if you smushed a bunch of 90s rock albums together. A copycat album. Where is the originality?
This is pretty samey across the album. Wasn’t for me.
The biggest meh.
Old white man but nice to gym on. Something Aart would like
Meh, didn't really do it for me. Not terrible, but not my vibe
Generic 90s rock!
Good tunes, feels very 90's and very unrelenting I think. Everything just working together really well i think. I dont know what else to say lol, just a lot of good musical ideas.
had one really good song and the rest where just alright
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would not play.
It was decent but not insanely good or anything
It kind of reminded me of Foo Fighters a little. Overall, a fun rock album with interesting vocals.
Not to keep framing my thoughts on albums exclusively through the lens of film, but this sound is the platonic ideal of a 90’s soundtrack. Fun catchy rock, low stakes and feels like a hangout.
3/5. Nirvana and R.E.M. love child. The melodies and choruses really shine through and although the vocalist has a unique voice, it is very pleasant to listen to despite the grunge aspects, which do add to accessibility somehow. This definitely throws me off in what I normally would not like but hits all the correct notes technically, even if the genre is not a favorite. It does get repetitive later in the album but was a good listen. Best Song: Helpless, Changes, Hoover Dam
Por momentos parecia Foo Fighters. Tenia potencial pero terminó aburriendo
More my wavelength than Husker Du. Incredible guitar tones throughout this, but I love the whir in the verse of A Good Time especially. Fantastic power pop record. Candy floss.
At least it rocks a bit harder than the Green Day album I suppose. It has some nice dissonant grungey bits but it also has some really listless vocals and uninspired solos. Kind of like Sonic Youth but with no commitment. If I didn't know better I'd accuse it of being AI slop - its got that blurry kind of thing where you can't really make out the words (just because I used an em dash there doesn't mean I'm using chatgpt for these reviews). Quality really falls off the cliff at If I Can't Change Your Mind, Sub-REM jangle pop without the jangle. Being the album most often compared to the Foo Fighters is not a compliment.
Who cares honestly
Wow, that was shockingly good.
Never heard of band or album. Quite good in a very early 90s way
An okay album, I liked A Good Idea the most.
Surprisingly dull effort from former Husker Du front man Bob Mound, like generic alt rock made for college radio...
Liked the big rhythm
I'd heard some of Bob Mould's stuff in the past and always thought it was just Ok. Nothing that blew me away and sometimes it veered a little annoying. His Sugar project rounded off some the spikier parts and is quite listenable. Having seen some reviews talking about their favorite songs, I'm a little confused because mostly I can't tell when one stops and the next begins. Like each song itself, the whole of it melts into a wall of sound. It's a fine wall of sound, but it's not super memorable. An example would be the Verve's Storm in Heaven, which is a wall of sound, soundscape-y album, but it practically begs me to listen to it actively. So, I like this and will likely put it into rotation on random playlists, but don't imagine I'd queue it up to listen to all the way through. Let's call it a 3+
A fine 90s rock record. Three stars. Wouldn’t go out of my way for it but I’ll listen if it’s on
Decent album. Listened to it a fair bit when younger!!
Lots of repetitive lyrics, and the songs had a sameness. Boring
Wall to wall anthems, you can hear the genesis of later Cure here but even more obviously, Foo Fighters. If Sugar had come along ten years later they’d have been huge
If someone said, "Hey, do you want to come hear my friend's band, they're playing at a free festival this weekend," I would go along, hear this band, and not be mad. But I would never ever think that I had to hear them again through headphones. A nasally singer, fuzzy, noisy, mushy-sounding garage rock-punk. Not actually bad but definitely nothing to write home about. I enjoyed the last two tracks, Slick and Man on the Moon, the best of all of them.
Generic early 90s Alternative Rock - probably called Grunge at that time - without the edginess of the better known acts (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains - you name it). The kind of music we would have played at school and no-one would care. OK-ish but Petty. Probably a good starting point for "1001 albums you can ignore without missing anything"
It was approrpriate for the time as a pseudo-indie rock band vibe. Not necessarily my preferred style of music, but in any case, a solid listen.
3/5 - this album is a classic album to represent the early 1990s. I can 100% picture multiple songs in it being used in the background of a chick-flick or slice of life movie. I did enjoy though no particularly songs stood out to me as remarkable. Nevertheless, it made for a nice listen.
I’d never heard of Sugar before and wasn’t impressed on my first listen, but after my second listen I was fully hooked on this album.
I didn't know what I expected, but I didn't expect it to be as good as it was. Kinda remind me of real early Foo Fighters, which is never a bad thing.
I really like this kind of music. But at the other hand there is nothing remarkable on this album. Weak three stars. 2,5
I enjoyed this. It felt a little generic at first but then it just felt familiar, though I couldn't remember one song. Good time.
Nothing to grab me in the least
Yet another early 90s alt album that is competent but uninspiring
Not my cup of tea
OK, on first listen this seems like pretty standard Indie pop fare. But you look at the date and you realise at the time it wasn't standard indie pop, it helped define that standard. So not a bad record and historically important, to my jaded ears though it sounded a bit generic, but then you realise that Foo Fighters and Weezer etc, may have used this help define their styles it pay's to have a real listen. Lyrically it's what you would expect, The arrangements are all competent. "A Good Idea" and "Slick" stand out though and "Man the Moon" has been added to my playlist as I believe it deserves multiple listens.
It's not my genre of preference, but it's totally fine. I don't feel it had anything groundbreaking on the album, and the vocals felt flat. Overall, totally acceptable grunge punk album.
The only thing worse than bad music is completely average non-descript music. At least with bad music you can enjoy how bad it is and have a laugh. With this album I was just bored the whole time.
He sings with his inside voice. Kind of unremarkable and the lyrics are really repetitive each song. Backing music is nothing to write home about either. 4/10
2.5 cringy but didn't damage my ears.
Didn't do anything for me. Slick and the Slim were pretty enjoyable but with the rest I couldn't shake the impression I was listening to a polished version of Nirvana.
I had never heard of this band but now know they are fronted by Bob Mould of Husker Du. Listening to it I felt it was very generic. Sounding just like any other early 1990s indie American rock band. So, I was surprised to see that NME voted it best album of 1992. Seems like 1992 was a pretty rubbish year for music then if this is deemed the best. So, I went on a time travel expedition back to 1992 and looked up what else was being favourably reviewed then. REM - Automatic for the People Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes KD Lang - Ingénue Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted Faith No More – Angel Dust Neil Young – Harvest Moon. Right, so someone at NME is an idiot.
Good brill
Hadde sikkert likt dette om jeg hadde hørt det på 90-tallet. Rett og slett kjedelig i dag.
I think this is really solid stuff, it's fun to listen too, yeah it doesn't set the world on fire, but it's really not bad
A sleeper hit! This album was made just for me. I'm already giving it a second listen. Whatever genre and makeup this is, I'm all in.
90's crunge, vibes
okay, not really my vibe
So this is alternative 90s rock, but the subset of alternative that was kind of lame. It doesn’t have any edge or grit to make it interesting, but instead is highly polished and produced. I suppose that is a good thing for a lot of people, but I find it gets to be a bit boring. My teenage daughter thought it was from a tv show, and she’s right, it sounds just like something some 90s comedy would’ve used. It’s not awful, but overproduced to the point of being inoffensive and uninteresting. After a while I forgot it was on.
I feel like this album is almost there. It could have been fantastic, but something just never quite clicked to make it really special.
This sounds like the genesis of lots of music I like but I do not understand how this is even on this list. It’s flat and uninteresting and so much more so than REM or Nirvana which I hear in here
Didn’t like this
this was okay there were some songs i didn’t mind but i can see why i’ve never heard of it before
It’s a fine record that lingers between alt and pop, in the sounds and style of the early 90s. Lyrically stunted and musically stagnant albeit loud and energetic. I just feel like there are better versions of this sound in the era that I would prefer to listen to.
Really good power-pop, grungy album by Bob Mould and company. Never listened to this when it came out, good to be hearing it now. Was never a big Husker Du fan or a big fan of his solo stuff, but this band hits hard and appeals to my 90's alt rock soft spot. Really enjoyed this.
Pretty enjoyable, guitar-driven and super melodic alt rock. Some of the songs here felt a little generic and lacking flavor. It sounds really like Pixies lite on a couple songs like A Good Idea, I know husker du really influenced Pixies but in turn Mould was definitely going for that sound here. On the other hand, Hoover Dam and If I Can't Change Your Mind are great songs.
Ok first of all the mixing on this was pretty awful, the distorted guitars were nice and all but took up like 70% of the entire mix with the vocals and drums being drowned out, it was very hard to understand the vocals and the drums were even more hidden and felt very obsolete sometimes which is a shame. Not to say this is a bad album though, it was decent but felt like if you pressed alternative rock on an automatic album generating machine. Some parts sounded a bit like early R.E.M which was cool but just inferior. I was considering giving this 2 stars if it didn’t have any standout songs but hoover dam was great, the rest were quite standard, none were necessarily bad though. Overall, 5/10.
It didn't feel like it was an inventing anything or pushing any boundaries. It felt safe and something that someone made as a job. So the cashier at the counter has always wanted to be a cashier and they are mostly thrilled to be serving almost everyone then there is the person who does it for money, these songs were the latter nothing wrong but nothing exciting.
This was honestly a really decent album. Nice melodies, good voice and lyrics. It would have been a 4 but the audio quality just wasn't there and the singer was drown out by the instruments
Not really me Genure
Can’t prove it’s AI slop but the genre is definitely AI slop. Who the fuck makes this list. How did I just listen to 3 5-star albums in a row last week and then get this bullshit that literally no one needs to ever listen to.
Copper Blue by Sugar is packed with crunchy guitars and big hooks, but the vocals sometimes get lost in the mix, so the lyrics can be tough to catch.
Starter faktisk virkelig stærkt med nogle gode numre, men begynder hurtigt at lyde som alt andet 90'er alternative. Stor 2'er
Tung grunge, synes ikke sangene var særlig memorable
Pretty good rock / grungy vibes. First half is best, second half feels repetitive.
This is like the precursor to Foo Fighters. This is the definition of pop rock. This is like the Singles soundtrack except for college graduates based in New York rather than slackers in Seattle. Basically like the music to a very special episode of Friends or Melrose Place where someone loses their job or a boyfriend moves to Europe. All that being said...I don't hate it.
Pretty good for the most part, but the cut-and-paste annoying choruses bring it down. 2.5/5.0: Mixed
sounds like a lot of other 90s alt rock but its enjoyable.
Kicks off with chunky guitar! Gets a bit boring but it ain't bad. The songs just start feeling pretty same-y. 1992 is so very much the year it was released.
completely average rock
Better than I expected!
I like Husker Du and this wasn’t bad by any stretch, but I am left wondering why I would listen to this when Nirvana and company exist from the same era.
Fun skater rock, borderline ska vibes.
Decent 90s rock album. Very reminiscent of bands like the Pixies, R.E.M., and early Foo Fighters, but not quite as interesting in my opinion.
This was completely new, but I liked it.
Lame
*1992 alt rock. Sounds like Tonic, Soul Asylum, etc. Right up my alley. *Never heard of these guys, but enjoyed it. *Will definitely revisit it. RATING 7.5/10
The Slim is amazing
Really solid album from a band I hadn't heard of before. Seeing that it was Name's album of the year I couldn't help but look up what else was on that list. I personally wouldn't rate it higher than REM - Automatic for the People, PJ Harvey - Dry, Sonic Youth - Dirty, and Nick Cave - Henry's Dream, but I don't think it's completely out of place in that company either. Curiously Right Said Fred appear at #30 on that list!
Great album! Very 90's rock with fantastic guitar riffs and melodies. I don't like the live versions, so definitely listen to the studio recordings. Reminds me of like early Foo Fighters
Couple of adds to my liked songs, but overall more conformation that I'm not big on the Mould.
It was fine. I'm always down for some loud guitar, so I had fun, but I just don't see what's so special about this one.
Wonderful jangly nonsense. Feels of the era in a good way. I listened to a ton of stuff surrounding this band but never this album...though it is familiar. It isn't a very well composed album? Feels like it doesn't flow well from track to track. Has like 6 or 7 really solid tracks though and I'll likely come back again for another listen.
Parts of this are good but it has the worst proclivities of the Foo Fighters.
This all sounds the same. The drums are mixed as the loudest component of the band. I know it's the style of this genre but it's hard to listen to the track when all I can hear is high-hat and snare. In all I don't care for this type of music, 2/5 I won't be back
Makes sense that it was the bloke from husker du, this sounded like somewhere between the pixies and REM to me but after learning that I recognise hd in there. The general sound was right up my street but did feel it was a bit too similar to other bands, second song was basically a reworked debaser. When it landed it was very good so a 3.5 I think.
However much I didn't enjoy Hüsker Do's warehouse album, this was great fun. I didn't expect the synths on Hoover Dam, and was reinvigorated by them. Time and a place - I'm on a bus in Oslo. Perfect Oslo bus music. The Slim is also pretty tasty. Little whimsy, lots of musical progression, vocals are solid. Really, really nice.
Thought this was really good, exactly the type of thing I want from this list, something I've never heard of but is right up my street. I think I enjoyed this more than the husker du album, but can tell it's the same guy. I find it funny that it's quite REM ish and there is also a song called man on the moon here.... I'll definitely be back to this. 4.5
A band I had never heard of before so was intrigued to hear something new. Disappointed I’m afraid. Just a pale imitation of those around at the time 2/5 29/7/25
I loved this. Every couple weeks I'll get an album of the day that inevitably ends up soundtracking my mowing the lawn. This was that album today, and it fit perfectly. I was hurting, sweating my ass off, and grinning at these fired-up, immediately catchy rock tunes. I've enjoyed Bob Mould's solo albums and it turns out they're just chasing the success of this one. Must-listen #183.
Feels like Grohl took a lot of this sound for foo fighters Bit droney Sounds really samey throughout, quite sanitised industry rock Unremarkable
Noisy from the start, and definitely of its time. Pretty decent "loser rock" with interesting vibes and a thick fuzzy texture but doesn't inspire much. Falls into "REM worship" territory a bit too easily (I know Bob is a pioneer!) as the album goes on, but ends stronger than it started! Favourite tracks: Changes, The Slim, Slick
3.3 stars rounded down.
This sounds very much the same as a lot of other bands in the same era. A lot of repetitive lyrics within the sounds, song 2 sounded like a rip off from “Breed”, with repeats of “she said”. Overall, not very impressed with this band despite really liking Husker Du.
I did not like this, reminded me of the radio when I was a kid
Really good album but sounds like alot of other artist and other albums so doesn't really stand out as it's own. Worthy of it's 3 stars though. it's a good album to put on if you don't know what to listen to but I'm don't see myself returning to it ever again.
I saw Bob Mould a couple months ago and he definitely played some Sugar songs. I hadn't listened to this record in a long time, and found myself surprised by how much I was loving it. I don't know why, because obviously Bob Mould is great. Just so catchy and jangly and fun. Great record.
Sounds like a super generic early nineties rock album.
I think this is the epitome of early 90's alternative rock. I can hear the Foo Fighters on almost every track. I'm having a hard time balancing why it's here while understanding its relevance. I am probably rating it higher than it deserves, but I really liked Helpless.
Every song kinda sounded the same, but it was a good song. Reminds me of Cooter.
Never listened before. Very Toad the Wet Sprcket like.
4/5
basic but still enjoyable
I've been meaning to listen to this as David Barbe, the bassist, is a legendary music figure in the Athens music scene. Didn't get anything out of this though. Agree with other reviewers that there wasn't much to set this one apart from others of the era Rating: 1.8
I agree with both of your reviews. I'm somewhere in the middle of them. It was generic but it grew on me over the album
Nothing stands out that much to me. Generic instruments, boring lyrics, maybe great for the early 90's. But it doesn't hold through the years
This album surprised me. I was kinda underwhelmed by the first few songs. After a little while though, I found the sound started to grow on me. The instrumentals were pretty cool, and the singer reminds me of Micheal Stipe.
The first song "The Act We Act" was actually dope as hell so I was expecting the rest of the album to be great, but the rest wasn't as exciting.
definitely worth listening to the extremely middling first half for the way more interesting second half, but I can't shake the feeling that this album is only on this list because it meant a lot to some music writer when they were in high school.
Never heard this before and it's not too bad. Does suffer from that annoying American alternative rock "whiney" vocal at times, but overall it's decent
This was okay. Pretty stock 90's alt-rock offering. On some tracks they almost sound like a proto-Foo Fighters. Nothing exciting but nothing terrible.
Heard of but never heard. Loved. “The Slim” broke my heart. Listened to it 10+ times. Listened to the album 3 times. It’s a keeper.
petah the horse is here
This is what I imagine it would sound like if you trained A.I. on 90's mainstream alt-rock. Just devoid of any soul at all.
Bob Mould is most well known for creating some of the most daring, unique punk of the '80s, so I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with Sugar. Despite being very commercially successful (relative to his previous releases) Sugar is just kind of a largely toothless alt rock band on Copper Blue. While I like a lot of early '90s rock, informed by grunge and punk and '80s alternative, alt rock was admittedly kind of oversaturated at this time. The success of Nirvana, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and many many more gave us a resultant B-cast of similar underground bands. Some are interesting and worth excavating today, but many are just not worth it. Sugar is definitely the latter for me, they just lack the intensity, slick songwriting, personality, and uniqueness of the bands who pulled it off. The first song here, The Act We Act is the only song here I really like. The riff is crunchy, there's a good solo, and the melodies and chorus are pretty good. But even here, this song isn't giving me anything I can't get better from someone else, there's just nothing setting it apart. After this, Copper Blue just can't get its footing. Changes and Man On The Moon try their best, and end up alright, but similarly, I can get this in better form elsewhere. A Good Life kind of sounds like a Pixies song, but the chorus is pretty grating. Hoover Dam goes for something a little psyche-y at first, but I just don't like the melodies. Fortune Teller goes for something punk-y but doesn't sell it (to me at least). And there doesn't seem to be much else here that feels like I have a ton to talk about. We just have some more alt rock songs I don't really like. After some consideration, I think I may be tempted to give this a 1. It isn't awful, but I just don't really enjoy much here. I don't like the songs, the performances feel kind of non-descript. And perhaps most damningly, I feel that Mould is capable of better. Maybe this would have been fine in a world where this was just the zeitgeist, but as a member of Hüsker Dü, Mould made music that stands today (and I would like to urge you to check this music out), and Sugar is so trapped in its time that I really don't get anything from it as a modern listener. Besides, if you dig, there are *tons* of more interesting underground alt rock bands from this time: Lungfish, Silkworm, Arcwelder, Love Battery and Morphine to name a few. If you don't mind a little grunge: Paw, Skinyard, Mad Season, and Tad are also worth checking out. Point is that it isn't exactly a scene I am in want of. For how little I get out of this and how much talent went into it, I feel that I may give Copper Blue the 1: sorry Bob Mould, it isn't anything personal. Edit: Okay, after calibrating my sensors on a couple of *real* 1/5s recently, I gave this another listen and I feel a little more positively about it. I still don't love this, and I think my original points still stand (just to a lesser degree of intensity) but even if I don't love most of these songs, there is enough personality to the performances and these songs have just enough positives to their writing that I have decided to give Sugar an additional star. Sorry Bob Mould!!
ehhhhhhhh
Not a fan. Insipid lyrics and sophomoric writing in general. It's like Fastball and The Rembrandts had a baby named Good Charlotte who started a band named after something on a table in a Waffle House.
Æ va veldig lite imponert, og så prøvde æ å huske kor æ har hørt minst to av sangan før, men æ e fortsatt ikke veldig imponert.
A sentimental favorite. Bob Mould's voice and guitar sound were definitely a key part of the soundtrack of my mid-teens. That sentimentality rounds this up to a 4.
Kinda boring
I recall seeing this in the used bins a lot in the 90’s. I expect people thought it was grunge, or XTC-flavored jangle pop because all they’d heard was “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”, and didn’t realize it was post-punk. Or didn’t know what post-punk was. God, I envy them. Imagine being able to be all like “Hüsker hü?” This wasn’t too bad though. I am glad Bob Mould sold out and tried to appeal to the kids who are now in their 50’s. As I am almost 50, that makes this sound kind of good to me.
Pretty good
Who is Sugar? What does "Copper Blue" mean? How have I never heard of these guys? Is there a reason I got them on this, the Fourth of July? Is it because the album has the word "Blue" in it? I had so many questions. Some of these were answered. Sugar is a alt rock band from the 90's that I had never heard of. They definitely seemed to inspire a handful of bands I know of from later on (namely Foo Fighters The Hold Steady). I hadn't heard of them until now because, well, I don't think they were as big as other 90's bands. Some of this is fantastic. The constant and relentless guitar tones move through this album as slick as can be, as though they coated in oil. They exist on a different plane, almost underlying the entire album and creating a base for the rest of the song. It's almost as if, at times, they are one long tone present in each song, serving as a basis for the rest of the instrumentation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it's tiresome. Then there's the songs that break that formula, and those were some of my favorites on the album. They aren't a one-trick pony, even if the first three or four songs might've made you think they were. You've got some pretty driving rock in some parts of this album, stuff you could see yourself cruising down the freeway to. There's some lighter, more radio-friendly tunes too. It's a great mix, leaving something for every rock fan to like. In the end, it's good. It didn't blow me out of the water, and I'm not rushing back. But for an album from a band I'd never heard of until now, it's pretty good. Three stars. Standout Tracks: The Act We Act, A Good Idea, Hoover Dam, If I Can't Change Your Mind
decent decent.
I feel the same about this as I do Husker Du - the essence of the 90's sound, but not very memorable otherwise. 3/5
It felt souless but polished to such a perfect sheen of a genre I love that I will be listening many more times
Actually quite enjoyable
Generic and bland. I kept forgetting I was listening to an album. 2.5/5
Well. This was definitely a fun buttrock album. This album is like if the L.A's made divorced dad rock. Some songs are catchier than others, I think I like A Good Idea over all the others despite how repetitive it is. Everything is fried to absolute hell on this album, the vocals included. The guitars especially, almost to a shoegaze kinda level too. There's for sure some smashing pumpkins kinda vibes throughout, just a bit more constant and rocking. There's also a bit of a Phil Collins quality to the vocals on this album, if Phil was more into distortion and guitar pedals. Jangly aggressive buttrock and I mean this in the best way. This era has grown on me a lot. The 90s was pretty sick actually man.
Didn't know the album. And what a gem! Really good album with great sound, great songs, great riffs, great singing. Love it.
Recognized a couple of the singles on this one. Nice enough for my ride to work but I'm probably going to take it off my phone
solid
I liked this more than not, but I didn't love it.
Ok, didn't set my world alight but not as bad as some people made out
Mould really doesn't miss. I love how thick and loud the guitars are, while still being infectiously melodic. This album just makes me incredibly hyped up.
I really liked this. Not a perfect album, but definitely something I listened to multiple times. 4.5/5
Not particularly memorable.
2.5
2.5
Man, reviews are really mixed on this, but I loved it. I could hear so much Mould (it's basically just him and hired talent) that it just felt like a 90s alt-rock version of Husker Du, and I was here for it.
This is one of those albums that calls the whole list in to question not for being bad, but for being just ok-ish
Adding this to the “Mediocre Rock Albums with One (1) Song That Actually Rips” pile. Other notable entries include The Seldom Seen Kid, Fuzzy Logic, and Groovin’.
Feel like I'm giving too many five star reviews but this is one of the best albums of the it's and one of Bob Mould's finest which is a pretty high bar for anyone.
Pretty good album. Some catchy tunes and good instrumentation. Really great mix, everything sounds great. 2.5 / 5
The dream of 1992 is alive and well on Spotify. Good ol’ crunchy, grungy rock. Not bad but not in the same vein I expected for this list.
I think I missed Sugar completely in the 90's, but was aware of Bob Mould as a member of Hüsker Dü. I know the Pixies were heavily influenced by HD, but was surprised how much some of the songs reminded me of the Pixies and other later alternative band's songs. And this could be considered an easily digestible entry point to HD. I feel like I've heard these songs in the periphery many times before and and songs like Changes manage to take me back to places in the early 90's without me having been consciously aware of the band or the album. For some reason, as I listen to it, it reminds me of parts of The Smithereens' Especially for You album from 86, which is one of my favorites and I wonder if there was some inspiration there. I do remember hearing Helpless at some point. And like a flash this album is over with the slightly more aggressive and mildly anthemic Man on the Moon song as a nice ending point. Beaster, I'm told, is a little harder, can't wait to unpack that.
very rote, unmemorable 90s rock. like if nirvana had no personality and the world's blandest lead singer. this is awful- the mix, the mastering, the songwriting the performances- nothing is doing the music any favors. how the ever-loving-fuck is this piece of hardened bird shite a part of this list?
It feels SURPRISINGLY close to being a 4. Something about the sound puts it over so many samey-sounding albums... even though it does ultimately end up samey.
I thought I liked the 90s. Guess not. This left no impression on me and I just found it boring. Sorry Sugar, this one's not so sweet!
Decent slice of 90s alternative. Nothing particularly stood out to me, but this general type of sound is nostalgic enough for me to keep it afloat. I definitely liked it better than The Lemonheads, a few days ago.
Really starting to wonder why way too many of these are on this list. It was fine. Extremely generic 90s pop rock. Definitely not a necessary listen.
I want to say I liked this, but at the same time almost nothing stuck with me. A lot of it sounded like a other stuff I've heard before. Maybe that's a testament to its influence? I don't know. It was fine. Standout: If I Can't Change Your Mind
There are some songs on here that made me think 4 and other songs that made me feel 3. If every song on this album did something cool and engaging like Hoover Dam it would've been an easy 4, and some of them do. However there are a few too many songs on here that blend together without leaving a strong impression on me, so 3.5 rounded to 3.
This was a pretty good album! I love grunge and I haven't heard of this band or album and I was pleased with what I heard!
not for me
Kinda generic sounding and not great quality
Generally have difficulty talking about 90's alt rock albums. I like them, just don't really got a ton to say. Think mainly just because a lot of 90's alt kinda just sounds similar to me unless it's very unique like Sleater-Kinney (or this band). But I really enjoyed this record as it breaks the mold of a lot of the stuff that was coming out at the time which for me has been overplayed a bit (grunge). Not used to power pop being this effects-laden and fuzzy/grungy though, which is a breath of fresh air. If I had a complaint its that the production is both a little all over the place and overly consistent/flat at the same time. Like the best tracks are the ones that are fuzziest. The Act We Act, Changes, A Good Idea. But those songs are very flatly produced. Not dynamic at all. Then we have songs like Hoover Dam (probably the weakest track) which is missing all of the fuzziness and grungyness. Sounds like a completely different band.
Never heard of this but went in guessing some kind of alternative music. Early 90s alternative rock. And this album actually kinda rocked. Good songs - there was one that just didn’t fit in at all with the rest of the record. It was called if in any change your mind. After listening to record I still have no idea where they from. If I had to guess I’d say somewhere in the uk. I listed to a lot of radio in the early 90s and this fits in with anything else that was being played. Yay I was right. Founder of band was bob mould from husker duu. I heard of him.
Flashback central. I listened to this and other Sugar albums a ton back in high school. I loved it then, I love it now. Is nostalgia biasing my rating? Maybe. To put it in the parlance of my youth: would I put every song on here on a mixtape? No, but most are mixtape worthy. The part of my brain dedicated to guitar riffs was very happy to hear this again after many years. I never saw Sugar in concert but I did see Bob Mould solo in 2005 or so and he was great.
Love this album, have loved this for a while now, just the right amount of rock and a little poppiness. My deep dark secret is that I like Sugar more than Husker Du. So yeah. Not too nuanced, me.
This was fine. I’ve never been into Bob Mould, but I’ve liked that new song of his on the radio.
Again, I was unaware of this band and this album. I was aware of Husker Du, but not actually heard much. So, with anticipation.... Oh. I couldn't wait for it to end. Bland, repetitive, uninspired, derivative. Nope from me.
Solid 4 ⭐ for me. I'm enjoying the melodies and the vibes
Really generic and boring, all blended into one.
# Album Name: Copper Blue # Artist: Sugar # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: A very average american alt rock album. Sounds like a million other average bands from that era. Could belong on any show from the OC to dawsons creek i reckon. Throw in some teenage angst and you are golden. This should not be on the list. # Top Tunes: Nothing stood out # Would I listen to it again? No
The vocals are inaudible due to the excessive noise. Pretty chaotic!
Another band I have never heard of. I don’t hate the album but it’s not a favorite either. I’m trying to understand its relevance on this list. My guess is because it is a precursor to the 90s British alternative sound that came out with later 90s bands like Oasis. The music is solid. I enjoy the crunching guitars that are prevalent on all tracks. The singing is also good. Production is a bit sloppy with the guitars way higher in the mix than all the other instruments. The guitars even over take over the vocals. The lyrics at least are well written with some meaning but they don’t capture my attention enough to stay focused. That could be because of the poor production mix also. If I found a used copy of the album on CD, I would add it to my collection but I wouldn’t seek it out and buy a new copy. Favorites include “A Good Idea”, “Hoover Dam”, “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”. “Man on The Moon”.
An easy 5 for me. Loved this album since it came out. The Beaster EP (recorded at the same time as Copper Blue) is awesome, too. Faves: "If I Can't Change Your Mind", "Hoover Dam", "A Good Idea"
As we continue to get more albums from the 90s, I am starting to feel that the 90s are a decade of music I want to forget. There are maybe a dozen 90s albums I can think of off the top of my head that I love from that entire decade. But the rest of it just has that 90s sound, and that sound is very dated. I was hoping that this project would help me re-discover some of that lost love from the 90s. I enjoyed the decade of music as it was all coming out. But a good 90% of it I have not gone back to revisit. On first listen of this Sugar album, it just sounds like another forgettable 90s album with that signature sound. Granted it came out just after the big three albums that kicked off the alternative craze of the early 90s (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden), and maybe this album was part of that early movement, but it was never something that was on my radar. As per usual with this project, we get an album, very late in an artists career, particularly an artist that I am not well versed in. So I am going to go back to the early days of Husker Du and the two Bob Mould solo albums leading up to this album, to see if it changes my opinion of this record. 10 Hours Later ... I think after listening to a ton of Husker Du, a few songs from Bob Mould's solo era, and this album for a second time ... I have come to the conclusion, I am just not a fan of Bob Mould. Assuming Bob Mould was the main orchestrator on all of these projects, I am not knocking the other musicians, I just can't get into his style of songwriting. So far my average rating of the 90s is 2.6.
Not bad but I definitely don’t care for this style of music. 2.5/5
Not for me, pretty noisy.
Meh
Enjoyed the album overall but exactly something I like listening to in my free time. Enjoyed the dudes voice Fav song: Hoover Dam
Devoid of artistic merit. The keyboard solo in Hoover Dam wasn't bad.
I only wish I found this album sooner. It's amazing how good this album is, and how influential, but never received the recognition on commercial radio. Perfect blend of angry, melodic, chunky guitar riffs. Mould does a great job hiding all these little bits of melody through the distortion.
Very solid grunge album, but nothing supper special. He writes some pretty good melodies though. Mid 4.
Amazingly how i missed this band, cause it sounds like everything i love. 5 out of 5.
Generic and unmemorable. Sounds like knock off music written for a movie that couldn't afford the rights for real music.
Not a huge fan of this one. Definitely wasn’t terrible or anything, but I couldn’t shake the kind of Disney channel original music vibe that was pretty persistent throughout. Felt a little boring as well, nothing that I heard really grabbed me or had any sort of stand-out quality. Fun background music though! Fav Track: Slick
It's fine. Nothing more, nothing less.
Mouserat really did a number on these bands. It sounded so generic and hilarious i gave up 3/4 of the way through.
I think grunge, and grunge-adjacent, is something that I can listen to but I wouldn't necessarily choose it. A good album overall, nothing that really blew me out of the water but generally solid.
this album was honestly a lot of fun - has that 90s grunge/alt-rock sound that makes for an earworm. I enjoyed it.
Some decent stuff but nothing to write home about
Inte bra
Unknown band to me and too alternative to the point of being annoying.
Not bad, just didn’t really stand out to me.
Yeah pretty coool
This album has the textbook sound of 90s pop rock, in the vein of Collective Soul and Dave Matthew’s Band. However, unlike those bands, this album was unremarkable and forgettable.
What the everloving fuck is this generic 90's pop rock bullshit doing here? There was a time when one could cast a line into the ocean and inevitably reel up one of these bands. From Toadies to Meat Puppets and Presidents of The USA, this sound was pervasive and undeniably... mid. Ironic timing that this album came up following Metallica's best work, because that's how it went down, and everything rock tasted a bit worse thereafter.
Look, 1001 albums is a lot of albums. And I am sympathetic to the fact that after a while it may get tiring or boring coming up with that many albums that really deserve to be listened to. So maybe you decide to break up the tedium and add in a few troll albums. That is the only explanation I can accept for why this album is on this list. There are so many grunge adjacent 90s rock albums that could take its place. Hell, put Nevermind on here twice for all I care. Beyond being exceptionally generic, it doesn't even sound good. The mix is very muddy. Like I am listening to it on speakers lying submerged in a pool filled with the tears of the many musicians who deserved a place on this list over this album.
Not my style unfortunately but sounded catchy :) thx!
Unfamiliar with Sugar. Really cool album
Pure 90s nostalgia. It perfectly bridges the gap between grunge and more mainstream US alternative rock scene of this period. I can also hear the influence they had on my favourite band the Wildhearts, especially in Helpless. Overall a great trip down memory lane
I didn’t hate it, I suppose.
Really liked this, helped enormously by the fact Bob Mould sings like the guy from China Drum (basically, I enjoyed a relatively obscure US band because I really like an even more obscure UK one). I'm even considering listening to the stupidly long Deluxe edition of the record, which is high praise indeed. 4/5
Rockin
It could be worse
It was ok alternative rock
There is no WAY this deserves to be on this list.
love mouldy old dough
At first I thought it was as if Nine Inch Nails were a Britpop band (in a good way), but in the end it was just Bob Mould doing a commercial imitation of bands he influenced. Not terrible but not memorable, and certainly wouldn't be on this list if it wasn't for the great Hüsker Dü.