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Really plain 1990's alt-rock that doesn't set itself apart from anything or have any staying power. Best Song: Sick Rating: 5/10 Stars: 3
I was 20 when this album came out, but while I know a couple of songs from radio play I had never listened to the album as a whole. I really enjoyed it! I likely won't revisit this, but I was glad to experience a full Sugar album. The critical reviews here are a bit hilarious, especially those criticizing this for being "generic 90s alternative" and that they are trying to hard to sound like the Pixies or Nirvana. Bob Mould's first band, Husker Du, was a HUGE influence on the 90s alternative scene - Pixies and Nirvana both cite HD as a massive influence, a band THEY were trying to sound like. So while I agree this album has something of a generic 90s sound...it is necessarily generic because Bob Mould is actually an originator of this sound lol. So cut the band some slack!
I can certainly tell some of the bands that have been inspired here.
A generic rock album with a touch of punk and a splash of pop. It's kind of catchy but kind of boring. Feels like I know these songs but I dont.
rock noventero, estilo psych o series similares, decente pero nada especial
I appreciate that Bob Mould exists but I've never connected with his music in any form.
Dette likte jeg, høres ut som en grungeversjon av REM. Kommer til å høre mer på tipper jeg, men holder på en sterk 3-er for nå.
Kult sound, men savner litt variasjon. Vokalen minner om REM
3/5
I think I just want to listen to Kurt Cobain
These list makers must absolutely love R.E.M. because why is there a second album from Bob Mould that sounds like an alternative version of R.E.M. Not a bad album, but just lacking what makes a band worthy of this list.
Sounds like unrefined Collective Soul. Definitely 90s.
3.1 I find I'm normally biased towards grunge/alternative acts on here as they're few and far between, but got to say I wasnt that impressed by this. It was fine, but surely there are much better albums to put on here. Can understand why I've never really heard of these. In a couple of leagues below their contemporaries to be honest. Not bad, but really not that great.
Finns 1000 andra band med samma sound. Soundet i fråga är det däremot inget fel på.
It was completely fine dad rock completely ignorable and didn’t really stand out
198/1001. First comment from my wife when CarPlay started album of the day playlist from Sporify: "I thought this was a 2nd hand 90s radio station, which plays all the leftovers, you know 2nd rate songs and albums from 90s". I did give it a closer listening, and also the name Sugar reminded me of something, and sure enough it was Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü. Many people claim this band tries to imitate the grunge / R.E.M sound, but actually it is quite the opposite, most bands took influence of the Dü. Then again Nevermind came out, and Mould was inspired, but this time perhaps didn't go too far? Or went in to quite a safe direction? The album flows quite nicely, the songs change on the spot just before they get boring. But the overall feel is a bit laggy, and production isn't superb. Unfortunately, it is one of those albums dangerously close to the label "what happened in the nineties should stay in the nineties". But not quite, there has been a lot worse crap from the decade on this list so far, and I fear more is to come. Kind of weird to like and not like an album which falls straight into middle. Still, get this: the album was voted as NME best album of the year, beating other indies and mainstream acts like Sonic Youth's Dirty, Faith No More's Angel Dust and R.E.M's Automatic For The People, not to mention Pavement, Alice in Chains, R.A.T.M, Dr. Dre, Neal Young, Beasties...
OK the subject matter and lyrics are not the deepest or most thought provoking I have ever heard but I liked this. I must be down with the cool kids.
That's not my taste in music - But ok
Upon first listen, Sugar's influence on the Foo Fighters is clear. Wall off noise production, very similar guitar tones and song structure/style, though Bob Mould does trend towards repetition a quite a bit. It's an alt-rock album from the 90's so it gets a 3/5 by default, but it's lacking that wow factor for me. It's good, but it's not in my rotation.
90’s rock has a nostalgia factor while also being forgettable. This is the epitome of that.
Il me semble que je devrais aimer ça. Mais je ne ré-écouterai jamais ça. 2.51
C'est pas que c'est pas bon mais genre, manger des toasts frette, c'est quelque chose que je considère de plus essentiel d'essayer une fois dans sa vie que ça. 2.5 étoiles
This was fine. Nothing special, average alternative grunge album with forgettable songs. There’s a reason why most of us have never heard of Sugar.
Sugar is basically the combination of Bush and the gin blossoms
Nothing special, really
I found the songs all a bit too similar and the lyrics a bit repetitive. It was fine to have on but didn’t stand out to me. Fav song: Hoover Dam Least fav: A Good Idea
It's fine. Think there are lots of much better albums on the list and while it's definitely not the worst one we've had it just doesn't stand out at all to me. Favourite song: Helpless Least: Slick
A bit of a puzzle to this album. Nothing particularly jumped out while listening to it, and doing a bit of research into why this album may be considered one of the 1000 greatest of all time turned up nothing as well. Not that it was bad, just that it wasn't particularly unique or interesting in any way. I suppose it was a good example of alternative rock in the mid / late 90's but certainly didn't push any boundaries or define any genres.
This really sounds like a heavier, noisier R.E.M. or a sanitized version of Husker Du. After a second listen, I’m hearing a lot of Nirvana influence too. Overall, it kind of comes together as a fairly generic 90s alt-rock sound, which isn’t at all bad, but it’s not exactly something I generally love listening to. Honestly, I’d probably just prefer to listen to Husker Du.
Decent alt-rock. 3/5
Cool 90s rock album
Cool guitars, very frenetic energy
Decent
Not all bad, but not particularly original.
Grungy but with nice melodies and guitars. I liked it.
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.
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
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?
This was pretty good aye
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
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.
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.
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
= The Beatles
7/10
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.
Generic
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".
Hard Rock, 1992 -> 2-3
niet slecht.. maar waarschijnlijk enkel op de naam Bob Mould gekozen om in de lijst te staan... doorsnee plaat
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
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.
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.
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
Ironically, Sugar tastes like sugar-free Husker Du.
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⭐️
Alt rock vibes, good background music while our in kayak doing trash pick up.
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.
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.
Meh, didn't really do it for me. Not terrible, but not my vibe
had one really good song and the rest where just alright
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.
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
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!!
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 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.
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.
90's crunge, vibes
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.
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.
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
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.
Pretty good rock / grungy vibes. First half is best, second half feels repetitive.
Pretty good for the most part, but the cut-and-paste annoying choruses bring it down. 2.5/5.0: Mixed
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.
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.
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.
Parts of this are good but it has the worst proclivities of the Foo Fighters.
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.
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.
Sounds like a super generic early nineties rock album.
Every song kinda sounded the same, but it was a good song. Reminds me of Cooter.
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
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.
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
Actually quite enjoyable
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
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
Not particularly memorable.
2.5
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’.
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.
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.
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.
Kinda generic sounding and not great quality
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.
This was fine. I’ve never been into Bob Mould, but I’ve liked that new song of his on the radio.
# 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
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”.
Not bad but I definitely don’t care for this style of music. 2.5/5
Enjoyed the album overall but exactly something I like listening to in my free time. Enjoyed the dudes voice Fav song: Hoover Dam
It's fine. Nothing more, nothing less.
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.
Not bad, just didn’t really stand out to me.
Not my style unfortunately but sounded catchy :) thx!
It could be worse
It was ok alternative rock
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.
Sounds very blink 182 ngl. Not particularly memorable but also nice for background music.
Hyfsad platta men som inte direkt lämnar några bestående avtryck. Det är jämnt men också lite formulaiskt och tråkigt/själlöst. Tycker att mixningen är dålig och att sången ligger för långt bak, vilket drar ned betyget.
It's okay but definitely not a must hear. I've heard that drop d with slow tempo and attempted Dave Grohl drumming on plenty of albums.
Comme d'hab, quoi, j'ai envie de dire...
I haven’t actually heard Sugar (or even Husker Du) before and it is right in my wheelhouse, sounding a bit like REM crossed with Stone Temple Pilots. While I love the general sound/genre, I’m not really sure how much I like the songs themselves so struggled with a rating. It’s not quite a 4 but a high 3 I think.
Some interesting works in this one. I like the use of the synth in "Hoover Dam". Sounds like something Collective Soul would do. "IF I can't change your mind" sounds like something out of the gin blossoms. They're a bit everywhere with this album Overall, it's good, not spectacular. About 3.3 stars are so. Going with "A Good Idea" as the song for the playlist. The opening bassline gave me Weezer vibes and i dig that.
And another decent album that has no right to be on this list. Nothing this album does is better than any other band at the time, and it doesn't really stand out in anyway. Overall its a fine listen that didn't make me want to hit stop, nor did I want more when it was over.
One of the things I have learnt from this project is that I bought quite a few albums back in the day because I thought I should. Revisiting them, l turns out a lot of them are kinda mid. This album is one of them
It's a perfectly serviceable alt rock album that probably wouldn't get quite as much good press if it weren't by Bob Mould. Not really much to say about it.
A very familiar sound. Like Pablo Honey with a different, less distinctive vocalist. Extremely typical of the early 90s, imitating the popular grunge sound that exploded around the same time. The consistent thickly-spread electric guitar and bass is a signature element of the genre. The band Sugar is a bit monotonous in that regard. Particularly on side 2 of the record, I found myself wishing for a more instrumentally diverse arrangement and more varied melodies, chords, and textures - despite the individual tracks being passable. The singing is fine but pretty forgettable, limiting the rating I could reasonably give this record to a 4 at best. It doesn't project much personality. Which is a shame, because the genre has potential to spit out some emotion-laden classics (as seen with Pearl Jam, AIC, Foo Fighters, and so on). If I Can't Change Your Mind has a completely different feel from the rest of the album. A jangly semi-acoustic guitar sound, reminiscent of pre-Britpop like the Smiths. It really does sound like a Smiths track, and for that it gets bonus points. Also up a notch or two for helping side 2 of the record be less of a slog to listen through. Distinctive high guitar lines in Man on the Moon, but those are spread out across a generic 5-minute rock track with (essentially) three chords. Changes is helped out by a high-energy rhythm section and (what sounds like) a glockenspiel faintly mixed to the right side under the melody. Helpless sounds a bit like a royalty-free loop at the beginning, but ends up having one of the strongest melodies on the record - so it gets a shoutout. 3/5 Key tracks: Changes, Helpless, If I Can't Change Your Mind
Solid early 90’s rock.
quite repetitive but not bad
I wasny familiar with Sugar. Found myself enjoying the album- a nice 90s alt rock sound. Overall- 3.5/5
Very poorly mixed average 90s grunge
If you asked me to find the most bog standard alternative rock album, this would be top of my list. It's not bad, it's just not that good at the end of the day. 2.8
Good.
Kind of repetitive. I don't mind the style or the music, but they kind of repeat the same thing over and over...
It was pretty good. We've had better/more interesting alt rock that sounds a lot like this. This felt like some of those albums but lacking a personality
a little generic but I defo enjoyed it
Meh.
I could tell they’re was something to do with hüsker dü just but looking at the album art, this is kinda generic though, like why is this on here but not zen arcade. 3/5
I definitely started to appreciate this more with a second listen. At first I found it not very memorable, but I think if I'd had this CD back when it came out it would have been a mainstay in my car. I know like one Hüsker Dü song so I wasn't familiar with Bob Mould beyond that. But as I'm listening while writing, I feel nostalgic even though I've never heard it before now. It's like a mix of all the music I love from that era, a time capsule. The run from Hoover Dam through Fortune Teller won me over. I didn't get into the first few songs and wish it had a stronger opening. 3.5.
I grew up with this music. I like it, but to be fair it doesn't belong in the book. Not unique enough, not catchy enough, too monotonous, not influential enough, not commercially successful enough. Husker Du was important. Sugar was just one of those bands, like Soul Asylum, Buffalo Tom, Goo Goo Dolls, etc. Favorite song: changes
The first minute is great, but it plods along from there and never really recovers. Just 'ok' throughout.
3 - alright kinda generic
I feel like there are good songs here, but they’re buried under layers of noise.
It's fine, but I feel like I'm missing something here...I don't know. Sorry, mom. Why is this here but zen arcade isn't?
Very 90's. Not bad
Second half, when the songs launch off the safe and familiar, and starts incorporating more of that Husker streak of experimentation... it REALLY shines. 3.5/5
I have listened to this a fair bit in the past and I like it, but then I don’t. The star here is Bob Mould’s song writing and melodies, there’s some really quite catchy poppy stuff. Hoover Dam and The Slim are standouts for me. I’m perplexed by the Pixies rip-off ‘A good idea’, it’s so out of place in an otherwise very consistent album. And here comes the ‘but’. I just struggle to listen to the whole thing in one go without being desperate for it to end. The production of the guitars are pretty overwhelming in that it’s so heavy and blended in the mix, I just find it gets more samey and indiscernible as the album goes in and it’s all I can (and don’t want to) hear. So I’m all up for listening to the odd track, but as an album, I’m out.
You just gotta love Bob Mould. Solid guy. Amazing guitarist. Great songwriter. The man just lives and breathes Rock'n'roll. And If I Can't Change Your Mind has been in my personal heavy rotation for many years, all-time classic song. There are a couple of other bangers on this record as well. Man On the Moon stood out for me on this listen. However, as an album I think it's just alright. Probably won't come back to it too often in the future.
Not much to say. Pretty basic but fun alternative rock. Not much to criticize and not much to praise. Very consistent, cohesive, catchy, and decent all around. I like alt-rock, so I'm probably rating this a bit higher than it realistically deserves. 7/10
Bob Mould deserves credit for being grunge before grunge was grunge. That was Husker Du. His next band, Sugar, this one, was grunge during grunge. I realize that my problem is that I’m just not much of a fan of grunge. I actually liked this album best when it lightened up, on songs like “Hoover Dam” and “…If I Can’t Change Your Mind.” That latter song sounds like it could’ve been a hit, and oh, I guess maybe it was? It sounds quite a bit like Hootie and the Blowfish, or rather, Hootie sounds like Sugar. But again, I never resonated much with Hootie and the Blowfish either. I guess all of this amounts to a 3/5 for an album that isn’t bad, isn’t great, but is respectable enough. If grunge can be described as “respectable”? Anyway… moving right along….
Try as I might, I just couldn't find anything really special about this album. It certainly sounded like the 90s, but without any resonant nostalgia or identifying hook, statement, or... connection. The music is not bad. At points it is pretty good, however, it is unremarkable. In other words, I can't imagine playing the Copper Blue card in any discussion of 90's music, and that feels odd.
90’s alt rock ok
Could have been my step-father in law. Respect
It’s okay. It’s better now. Back then, it got lost in the onslaught of grunge. It still feels repetitive at times. But it’s alright.
I personally really like this album despite not sounding much like Husker Du, it's Bob with smoother edges, really enjoyable but not exactly a necessity to every collection
very meh to me. corporate grunge sound. why did it sound like Brown Eyed Girl in a different font.
this is what it would sound like if you took the entire output of all 90s alternative rock bands and put its tender heart in a blender. it's just astoundingly average. cool that the husker du guy is still doing stuff i guess. how was this the best album of 1992 to anyone though...? favorites: a good idea, hoover dam, if i can't change your mind
not bad but just a bit too rowdy for me
p693.1992. 3 stars. Well done grunge with REM inflections, but lacking standout tunes. Nothing special.
I really liked this, good poppy, rocky, music thoroughly enjoyable. Just super nice. A high 3, not quite to the 4 range but blooming close.
Great album by ex Husker Du man, Bob Mould. It brought back lots of memories of the times I used to go to stay round friends houses and going to nightclubs in London. The problem is that I haven't listened to it since those days, which is an indicator that this was a take it or leave it album. But it was good to give it a couple of blasts over the weekend.
Really enjoyed this, is a typical early 90's grunge sound.
Does this sound like Tripping Daisy, or does Tripping Daisy sounds like Sugar. I'll be honest, I don't know a lot aboutBob Mould and his work with Hüsker Dü, but if asked my opinion based exclusively off the way Copper Blue does not resonate with me, I would hesitate to look up his earlier work. Competent power pop that is indistinguishable from the soundtrack of its zeitgeist.
I think these are a grower - they tick many boxes on paper but no instantaneous chemistry. I feel like I’ve friendzoned a potential love interest.
I really admire and enjoy Bob Mould's capacity to wedge melodies into his cacophonic music. If there were less noise, I'd really like this. And I do like it, so I guess I'd love it if it weren't so relentlessly thick with distortion and bombast. There are so many musical elements in this, and the songs are all solid, but I fall short of really embracing it — especially over the course of an entire album.
On paper, I should love this. But I could never get too excited about these guys (or Bob Mould in general). The songcraft is there. The performances are OK, I guess. But there's something lacking, and I can't quite put my finger on what it is. There are definitely some good songs, though, no doubt.
Did not give a great listen…via my phone in a hotel bathroom. Just felt meh
I was sick and feeling pretty miserable when I listened to this, and I really wasn’t in the mood for this kind of thing at all. It was just okay.
Feels like prime 2000s movie music to me -- checked on IMDB to see if/what songs were used in movies. they only had one song in a movie, and it was Tag (2018)... makes no sense but also kinda makes a lot.... Also hadn't heard of this before but learned it is the same lead singer as Husker Du... interesting!
Not my favourite kind of stuff but pretty cool
A pretty standard sounding rock album from the early '90s. A bit too standard and generic for me, reminded me of Foo Fighters. Not a lot else to say about it. Best track: If I Can't Change Your Mind
Nämä biisit jäävät mieleen, eivät ehkä ihan ensimmäisestä kuuntelukerrasta, mutta ainakin toisesta, ja jokin bändin (Mouldin) melodioissa ja kitarakuvioissa vetää takaisin (pop? punk..?). Kaiken edessään kompressoiva ysärisärö ei ole mikään lempisoundini, eikä solistin lauluääni välttämättä nappaa heti. Hyvä levy silti. 3,5
this has a strange mix, with the vocals tucked behind the guitars. as you would expect , it is like a poppier Husker Du - interesting listen, strong melodies, driving arrangements
Just your run of the mill early 90’s rock album
I thought I listened to this band before when I saw the name come up, but I was really thinking of Pepper. Not too far off on the name/genre I guess. However I definitely prefer Pepper to these guys. They have decent sound and I like the track Hoover Dam, but nothing else really stood out to me. They sound very generic for 90s rock, imo.
Buzz ballads are back on the menu boyzzzz. 3 stars.
This was an above-average but still generic radio rock album. Sounds like some royalty free music you could put into a coming of age movie. Enjoyable enough listen, but nothing special. 3.25
Pretty cool but standard alternative rock album. I'd say it was above average in enjoyment though. I was really waiting for a song that I know to come up on this but it never happened. 3.5 stars for this one.
This wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. Got a bit boring but nothing egregious. Low 3.
“Mom, can we have some R.E.M.?” “No, we have R.E.M. at home.” R.E.M. at home:
very generic and not special rock music
You know, I do love a good-90’s alt-rock album. This is as standard as 90’s alt-rock can get. It kind of sounds like if R.E.M. and the Foo Fighters had a baby and this was the result. It’s fine. I mean the songs end up being a tad bit repetitive lyrically. The songs tend to devolve into repeating the title again and again, like an AC/DC song. But I have one question: why the fuck is this on the list? It’s standard 90’s rock. There had to be another album to take its place. What’s so special about this? It’s alright, but nothing worth showing up here. Favorite track: If I Can’t Change Your Mind Other hits: Hoover Dam, The Act We Act, Hopeless, Man on the Moon
All too often does an early nineties American alt-rock album descend into the pitfall of proto-2010s emo vocals and repetitive uninteresting riffs. But thankfully, although it threatens to do just this on multiple occasions throughout, Copper Blue is not one of these albums. An admittedly average soundscape is pierced often with frankly incredible riffs and instant-earworm hooks. There’s also a sort of artificial, manufactured nostalgia about this; even though I was born across an ocean fifteen years after this album released, something about this and similar 90s and 00s American alt-rock and indie albums harbour this strange feeling that transcends the musicality itself. Maybe I should have saved this pandering for a more monumental or personally significant album, but I’ll come back to it. It’s just nice to be reminded of this feeling when I’m not expecting it.
The songs are sharp and hooky, but there’s a bit of grit underneath. It’s got a lot of energy, but it doesn’t feel overwhelming. The melodies cut through the noise, keeping things balanced. Simple, but it works.
I remember when this came out. DJs and music magazines lost their minds. It’s okay. It’s better now. Back then, it got lost in the onslaught of grunge. It still feels repetitive at times. But it’s alright.
Remember that time when everyone asked for one more mid mid-90s rock album? No? Huh Must have been the wind
Its an above everage album nothing special
Not my classic 90s pop rock, a bit more grunge with minor undertones, a couple of songs I would listen to again
Grungy vibe... Not bad but nothing special
The songs were catchy, but a bit repetitive. The guitarist (from Husker Du) at times felt like he was channeling Neil Young. But not in a bad way. Songs like "Hoover Dam" and "Man On The Moon" sounded like they were sung by a different person, but to my surprise it was all the one person. The production was terrible on this record, which I found distracting. Maybe it was listening to it on Spotify, but the levels seemed to be boosted WAY too high. "Remastered," indeed. I thought that a couple of songs sounded more smarmy than they meant to be ("The Act We Act," "A Good Idea") which took away from the song, for me. Ultimately, the production and vocals detracted some of it for me, but it wasn't a bad album. Just not great. Top tracks: "If I Can't Change Your Mind", "The Slim"
This one took me a couple listens to decide my feelings on. Do I like this? Or do I just like the bands this was inspired by? I’ve decided the answer is both. I’m a fan of this power pop slop. Favorite songs were The Act We Act, Helpless, and Hoover Dam.
Could be Mould best work overall....
Fav: Slick Least Fav: Changes Enough to be pleasant, not enough to be interesting
If someone asked me to make generic early 90s rock I would make this
Pretty middle of the road early 90s rock
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I’ve always liked this Bob Mould entity more than the critic’s darlings Husker Du. Better songs, not as harsh. 3.5, but not quite 4 material.
I'm not that into the fast guitar, and I don't love the way Bob Mould sings. It makes me a bad Minnesotan b/c I'm not a huge fan of Husker Du either.
I've not heard this one and I never really cared for Husker Du, so I wasn't sure what I was in for. Some reviews here say it's generic 90s alt, but looking at the year it came out, it seems like it defined the sound, not imitated it. 3.5 stars. Influential, but I don't like a lot of the bands they inspired.
Pretty good 90*s rock.
I did not know what to expect, it sounded very grungey. Not my cup of tea, but still decent.
Wijs album I guess. A Good Idea had evengoed van de Pixies kunnen zijn. Voor de rest een nogal 'basic' alt-rock album uit de 90s. Had dit erop gemoeten? Neen. Stoort het? Neen. 2.9
Not a good first track. The vocals are getting trampled on. Sonically a bit repetitive. Hoover Dam has something going for it. Very much an encapsulation of the sound of it's time. I listend to quite a few bands that were probably influenced by this Bob Mould sound in the later end of the 1990s
Good
Not a fan
This was not terrible by any means, but was just kind of meh rock in my opinion.
Very very ok.
Some regard this one an indie classic. I don’t, just find it boring retrospectively..
Carino, mix tra Nirvana, Rem e altri. Molto anni 90 ma nessuna traccia che mi ha fatto esaltare
Not bad. I can hear the instruments
meh
Meh, pretty generic. Dude's voice sounds like Jack Black.
Quite generic 90s rock. Not bad, but not great. It's good background music.
Pretty alright of an album, nothing really exciting, just some generic tunes although given that this is from more than 30 years ago, it would've sounded pretty cool back then. I would say pretty meh nowadays though.
Not for me.
For 1992 it's pretty much where it should be but there's nothing new here. Think Psychedelic Furs 10 years earlier and you're almost there. It's not unpleasant though- quite a nice blend and kinda a Poppy Nirvana...lol!
Mid but fun
I’ll never understand the logic behind some of the punk-adjacent alternative albums chosen by Dimery and Co. for this book. I wouldn’t call Copper Blue bad by any means, but it isn’t particularly special. I think it has its moments, with “Helpless” as a clear highlight, but overall, it’s pretty indistinct ‘90s alt rock born out of the ‘80s college rock and/or art punk scene. I’m not against it, but I’m also not really in love with it, and there’s a lot of it on this list. I think Sugar’s biggest flaw is that they let their songs go on for too long, and I wonder if some hard 3:30 edits to their songwriting would improve Copper Blue, which feels longwinded and aimless on the whole. That said, there still isn’t anything unique here, either, and I think that might ultimately hold this record back most. I think the inclusion of an album like Copper Blue took space away from more interesting post-Nevermind records, like Helmet’s Betty or Quicksand’s Slip, not to mention Jawbreaker and Jawbox who both got signed off the expectation of repeating Nirvana’s success and whose major label output is still pretty influential in the scene, even if it’s less obvious now than it was in ~2011. In short, Copper Blue is fine, but definitely a strange, fringe pick that really only appeals to people looking for some late-era college rock aesthetics. I’m not really one of those people, so while I’ll pull a couple songs and add them to a playlist, Copper Blue won’t stick with me long.
This was fine. Definitely in the good tier of early 90s alt rock. Not super memorable but scratches the itch for that genre for sure.
Uusi tuttavuus. Erittäin tunnistettavaa ysäriä ja en tiedä kumpaan suuntaan on otettu vaikutteita tämän orkesterin osalta. Viihdyin hyvin mukana kolmen soittokerran ajan.
Basic-renkutus. Ei kuitenkaan pahaa sanottavaa, joten keskitasolle nostettava
Was not memorable from Friday to Monday. Must not have been bad, but not good enough
The Nirvana/Pixies tribute band you never asked for. tbh. Some of the songs are too long too.
Great album
i like hüsker dü so let’s see if i also like this… update: i forgot i actually do know this album. it’s fine!! but there’s soooo much music from the 90s that sounds like this that it just doesn’t stand out at all. except for bob mould being gay i guess. also (and this isn’t even my anti-stoughton bias talking) the production is really horrendous. i loathe that extremely tight treble-heavy compressed-sounding production on a lot of “harder” alternative rock from the 90s. let the music breathe a little why don’t you… fav tracks: a good idea
I got the gist after a few songs. Not for me but it’s fine
Un-remarkable, Un-interresting, Un-inspired. I am sure I can think of more words starting with Un that are applicable to this album but I really don'r want to waste any more time to this.
3.5
Songs a little too much the same.
Boring but not bad. Also the R.E.M. affectation of the vocalist really grates on me.
While I prefer Mould's work with Husker Du Copper Blue is a solid album that brings things full circle, you can hear the influence of bands that he influenced.
Sounds like any number of rock bands from the 90s/early-00s, but it wasn't bad at all.
You know, if I had a nickel for every American alternative rock album released in 1992 that had a song named "Man On the Moon" in the second half, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Anyways, between this and R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People, this is definitely the weaker album. This is what Foo Fighters sounds like to people who don't like Foo Fighters. It is the definition of average alt-rock. It's fine. I would call it a good album, but it's not exactly an interesting album. The vocals are okay, as is the writing. The sound is good, but not my favorite. That's really how I feel about this album. It's not my favorite. However, I did like it generally. It just kind of feels like filler. Light 3/5. And with that, I am official 1/3 of the way through the list!
decent but forgettable 90s indie rock
Decent rock, if not a bit generic. The only real standout was Hoover Dam. 3/5
Best lekkerrrr
Incredibly generic 90’s music
Sounds like foo fighters before foo fighters existed. Meh
Quite generic 90s alt-rock, with the odd flourish to keep it from dipping to 2 stars, but not something I would hunt out again.
Listened while doing homework for this album too. It was okay. The lyrics were sometimes a bit corny, but the album is a bit corny. Standouts: The Act We Act, The Slim, and Slick.
3/5
Chaque pièce individuellement m’a semblé correcte. Un peu longue et répétitive. L’une d’elles m’a fait penser aux Pixies. Mais l’une à la suite de l’autre, ça m’a paru sans surprise et sans relief
That heavy in-your-face thick yet clear wall of guitar sound with Bob Mould's vocals actually stood out a little amongst that first wave of new music in 1992. Bob Mould has this weird-old-muppety-sameness to his voice that I don't actually dislike for a few songs, it just gets .... samey after a while. I always kinda liked Sugar but as I listen to this for the first time in a few decades I realized it's a bit shallow - not sure beyond this if I could ever really sit through an entire album. Maybe it's the simplicity - there's only so far you can go with the chunky 1/8 note rhythms in every song. It definitely works, but there's really not a ton more than that. I like it enough for a quick fix - decent high-adrenaline overly-distorted rock that couldn't be more early 90s if it tried. Come to think of it, they couldn't have picked a better name for the band. 6/10 3 stars.
Good sound, vocal mixed to much into the background, which is sad since the vocals are cool. Overall, kinda forgettable sadly...
Sound like a discount version of the foo fighters. Probably not enough of a discount to be worth it though...
Decent guitar sounds and a few cool tracks, but too repetitive as a whole.
Just hard enough to be interesting, but I didn't hear any songs that really stood out to me.
Is it me or are the last two songs on this album by another band??? I want more of that sound. Didn't love it didn't hate it.... But find out what happened on those last two songs and do more of it,,,,!!!
Sounds like that one band that sounded like alll those other 90’s alt bands. Never heard of Sugar but this album is better than most of the shiny post grunge noise.
Pretty standard 90s pop-rock
Being a Bob Mould album, this has some pretty decent poppy hooks, big guitars, and it sounds very of it's time without being dull.
This was fine - it sounded like stereotypical 90s alt-rock, and I was imagining it playing over a montage in a movie set in the 90s. The lyrics were quite repetitive at times ("She said she said she said she said she said she said" - is this where Matty Healy got his inspiration from?) but the album mainly sounded like the output of all 90s alt-rock albums thrown into a blender. It wasn't distinguishable enough for me, personally.
Evolution of a sound
3! i didnt like at first but it grew on me. Or maybe I am just delirous with cold medicine
3 stars
You know, it's amazing how many albums on this list I'm just kind of mid on
Þetta er alveg áhlustanlegt.
-this album is a decent one -its produced pretty weirdly, I dont really understand the vocals that much (they get better on the second half tho) -there are better love or breakup songs -I appreciate the energy of the album -favorite songs: A Good Idea, Changes, Helpless -least favorite song: Slick
Seemed pretty generic to me. Is it really a top 1000 album of all time?
La verdad no me llamo mucho la atención, lo encontré interesante y solido pero no conecte con ninguna canción. Encontré que el disco tenia mucha influencia de Pixies y de Oasis, lo cual fue entretenido, pero en general nada que me llegara a cautivar tanto.
Mas alla de algunos momentos precisos en el disco, para mi los temas tendian a entremezclarse unos con otros y se me hizo dificil ver rasgos distintivos. Independientemente lo disfrute como un buen disco pero la verdad no es trascendental para mis gustos, no es uno al que vuelva a excepción quiza del tema "Hoover Dam" que de verdad me capto y en cierto aspecto me recordo un poco a XTC.
sounded good but didn’t stick much, decent overall