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Made me want to drink
Alternative rock. 90's.Bien.
Iconic but I never actually got it.
This has a very 90s grunge-tinged sound while feeling a bit more listenable and pop (which is a good thing, as far as I'm concerned). Having never heard this before, it doesn't beat out the giants of the 90s, but it was a fine listen today.
Sounded very similar to foo fighters both in voice and style. I know this guy used to be on Husker Do (or Don't) but I'm not super familiar with them either. It wasn't a bad album, some nice rifts, but I was struggling to find where it stands out amongst the great ones on this list and doesn't sift closer to the bottom of the "why is this on here" pile.
Not bad at all. Never heard of this group before, and their sound is kind of generic alt-rock, but amid that well-worn style they crank out some pretty solid jams and melodies. Apparently this band is led by someone from Husker Du, that's a band I've definitely heard of but don't know very well. I didn't expect to come away with a handful of tracks from this so count me as pleasantly surprised. I can't exactly say it earns a place on a list like this, but I enjoyed myself. Really, really dug the weird guitar break on "Man on the Moon." Favorite tracks: Man on the Moon, The Slim, Changes, A Good Idea. Album art: Not much to this one at all, two waves of color (copper and blue) with the title and band written on top. What's there to say? 3.5/5
I had completely forgotten this album, but as soon as I saw the cover and started playing it, I was whisked back to the lounge rooms of countless share houses in the 90s. Something about this music doesn't stick for me though
It's the grunge-inspired pop alt rock that dominated 90s radio. But this is decent albeit highly commercial. It's coherent and it's a bit catchy, although mostly forgettable and lacks any tracks that leave a huge impression. Tracks do go on a bit too long. It's by the second band of Bob Mould after the revolutionary post-hardcore Huskur Du. He's a good guitarist and vocalist, but this is certainly a step-down. Favorites: A Good Idea, Changes, The Slim, Slick
Not usually a huge fan of punk, but enjoyed this more than I was expecting to.
Hoover Dam is a major keeper. The rest is pretty often but so damn dense. It tires the ear, and the brain, all at once!
OK
Copper Blue is the debut album by American alternative rock band Sugar. The album is critically acclaimed for its melodic punk rock sound. Bob Mould - guitarist/vocalist - attributed the release of Nirvana's Nevermind the previous year as a catalyst for people to then appreciate the sound of punk rock that Mould had been working on for the past two years before releasing this debut album. The themes on this album are akin to other punk albums, so fans of this music should like this album. I thought the music on Copper Blue was very good and had that punchy punk feel while also using crafty melodies that could get stuck in your head. It's a great alternative rock album from the early 90's that may have been overshadowed by giant acts of the time like Nirvana.
Enjoyed the indie grungy vibe
Generic, inoffensive.
Although most songs are pretty similar in case of melody, you can argue that the whole album has its style.
A prominent feature in my college radio era, back when we just called it all "alternative". Hadn't listened to it this in a good long while, surprised by how soft and mainstream a lot of it felt. Felt fairly lukewarm about this.
Perfectly adequate. No more, no less
Straight down the middle. Not something that brought inspiration, but I can appreciate the music that it clearly inspired. My 13 year old self thought it was pretty profound, but I'm 30 years too late.
Definite early 90s vibes from this one - reminds me of early Foo Fighters or Barenaked Ladies
There was a year or two in the early 90s where AOR, in an effort to not get dragged down by hair metal's sinking ship, hitched its wagon to grunge. Its core blandness remained intact, but swapped out Charvel guitars, hot-rodded JCM800s and nice hair for telecasters, AC30s with fuzzboxes and flannel. It was still completely adult contemporary otherwise: predictable song structures and chord progressions, sing-along choruses and slick production etc, but it now SORTA KINDA looked like Pearl Jam in the same way it'd KINDA SORTA looked like Skid Row a bit earlier. The biggest offenders were the Gin Blossoms, Soul Asylum and the Lemonheads (that I remember); Sugar fits in perfectly. But unlike Soul Asylum, I'm hearing Sugar for the first time in 2023 and without the nostalgia factor it's pretty boring. It's not awful by any stretch, but I'll never listen again. 3/5.
Don’t think I’ve listened to anything more quintessentially 90s, an enjoyable listen but purely from a nostalgia POV
Decent early 90s alternative. Nothing on here really sticks out to me though. It’s not bad but not interesting. Double tracked vocals, some distorted guitars, and some power pop elements. Reminds me of the Lemonheads. Someone said this sounds like if AI tried to make 90s alternative music and that pretty much ruined this album for me lol.
Not bad, I liked it! Cool to learn they inspired Nirvana even though apparently the singer didn't like that, lol!
Pretty standard fuzzy alternative here. Nothing surprising here if you have heard late 80's/early 90's alternative before. It's not bad. But a little boring. Husker Du is better if you are looking for something like this but with more bite.
2.5 Kinda sounds like the Friends band
Not bad. Early 90s alternative
I enjoyed this album, 3*
Yeah that was fun. Not sure how I've never heard of them before. I think if I kept listening to the album it could become a 4-er but I'll stick with a high 3 for now.
A pretty damn good blend of melodic pop and grunge/alt rock. Lots of Pixies and REM influence to be heard in there. The vocals and lyricism could be better. But the songs are basically good, and there's a lot to like
J'attends mon prince charmant (un bon album)
je pensais pas que ca allait être ça donc un peu déçue
Not a big sound of this sound so far, not really my thing.
Definitely a product of its time. Feels locked in on that particular era's style, wouldn't really call it a timeless album for that reason. Overly stylized I guess.
Pretty average 90s alt-rock. Nothing special and some okay guitar work, but it does sound samey in the end. Nothing remarkable and at least it isn't 60 minutes long.
Beetje cheezy, niks aparts
Never heard of them, but pretty good
Bob Mould 4 life
This is another 90s band that I am unfamiliar with, yet still has that 90s sound that is quite nostalgic to me. And so, I mostly enjoyed the album, but same as the others examples, my music tastes have continued to evolve and move forward.
Luistert lekker weg, nooit gehoord van deze gasten en er zullen ook wel geen straatnamen naar vernoemd worden.
Kijk. Dit is nou leuk. Een aardig plaatje dat ik nog nooit had gehoord. Het is zo'n album waarbij alles wel ok is. Geen echte uitschieters. Niet naar boven en niet naar beneden. Daarom zal het ook wel een vergeten album zijn. Maar een steady nette kwaliteit leveren, dat is (helaas) al bijzonder op zichzelf.
It is not quite a grunge album as it is a little bit too upbeat. It is wasn't a bad album but I do not think I will revisit it.
This album slaps in you in the face straight out of the gate but from Helpless onwards reminds me more of Barenaked Ladies than punk :D Fave track: A Good Idea.
Wow, this could be the reference specimen for early nineties alt rock. It's truly generic, but for a genre I kinda like, so I guess that's not a bad thing. Fun experiment - close your eyes, skip to any track, and watch as the opening credits to a nondescript teen drama TV show that doesn't exist play out on the inside of your eyelids.* Fave track - Uh, "Hoover Dam", maybe, or "The Slim". Nothing from the second half of the album because try as I might, it all just starts blending together at that point... * Offer not available to aphantasiacs.
7/10
favourite song: the act we act least favourite song: hoover dam incredibly boring and safe sounding
Decent. 3/5
Loved Husker Du but didn't know about this. Pretty good.
I didn't know this album at all - it had completely passed me by - though I did know the big hit when it got to it. I enjoyed this, melodic grunge from an era in which I spent a lot of time buying music and going to indie clubs. Well worth a listen.
“I if I can’t change your mind” is the soundtrack to every 90’s movies montage. A lot of people I know find this album very influential but I first really heard it more than 10 years later. Good album but also sound of its time.
Eh, this was OK. Definitely early 90s alt-rock. Nice and nostalgic, but not particularly memorable. Ain't no "Hey Jealousy", if you know what I'm sayin'....
Not bad. Kinda blends together but still good
Solid alt-rock with a range of styles. Some songs reminded me of Pixies, others reminded me of R.E.M. Grungy songs are mixed with bright and sunny pop songs. Overall probably not something I’ll spin often but I enjoyed it.
Ça démarre bien. J'aime beaucoup le son, mais on ne révolutionne rien ici. Ce projet est apparu au moment où ce son était populaire et le fait que c'était le nouveau projet de Bob Mould a probablement contribué à sa diffusion. Son band précédent Hüsker Dü a certainement eu plus d'impact que celui-ci même s'il a été moins populaire. Donc effectivement, ça cadre dans la philosophie de cette liste, mais ça n'a apporté rien de neuf. Respect pour le gars, ce n'est pas désagréable, mais on oublie vite ce qu'on vient d'écouter.
HL: “Man On the Moon”, “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”, “Hoover Dam” Unfamiliar with all of this, I guess Canadian radio has this 90’s alt-rock niche filled with the Barenaked Ladies & the Hip. I appreciate it for the poppy melodies shining through the distorted guitars. September 18, 2022
Hoover Dam is a good tune. I'm not a huge Huskar Du fan so this sort of leaves me in the lurch. Its a pleasant sound at least.
90s alternative rock to the t. I didn't save any songs off this album because it's not my fave genre, but very catchy and melodic. Transports me back to my mom driving me and my little bro to the pool when we were kids because it just has that exact aesthetic of radio songs in that era.
So. I started off by mistaking this for "Throwing Copper" by Live, beloved of 120 Minutes-types in 94 and 95. Trying to unpick this cognitive dissonance in my head took me down quite a few unexpected rabbit holes. (Why was Chad Taylor fired? How does Ed Kowlacyzk own 55% of Live? How does one calculate this?) But I digress. I really wanted to like Hüsker Dü once upon a time. They seemed like a band that I should like. (See also Interpol). I could't. Not for trying, very hard indeed. But I did learn quite a bit about Mould, Hart and Norton. This, by Mould's post Hüsker band Sugar isn't *bad*, but ... let's put it this way. It was NME's Album of the Year in the early 90s – its most reactionary era, befuddled by rave and trip hop and acid jazz etc. (fair's fair - I'm still befuddled by acid jazz.)
Ihan ok! Tempoo vähä ois voinu olla 3/5
At first I was liking what I was hearing. But as it goes on, it's just too stereotypical 90s alt band. Not unlike bands like Super Chunk or Pixies, it eventually wears itself out after a few listens. It's literally just power chords playing open for the entirety of the album, and some disjointed chords to be edgy. Maybe in the 90s this was great. But after the 90s Grunge, 2000s alt / indie / emo era, this is just very dated. Leaves me thinking "So What?"
Got some good Violent Femmes vibes from this album, glad to hear about this band.
I mean, I'm always a sucker for 90s alternative rock, so they had me at that. It was fine; I enjoyed it. However, this sounds like a massive off-brand compilation of every popular sound and style of the time, minus all the bands that made these sounds and styles popular. I really don't know what makes this album a worthy contribution to this project. Then again, this came out in 1992, so maybe they were ahead of the curve on all of these sounds? Very middle of the road. Neither under- nor over-whelmed with this. It was average, but enjoyable enough.
3.5/5
Quality dad rock
The unlikely love child of Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. Doesn’t really bring anything new to the table. But everything kinda works nonetheless. Includes the 2nd best “Man on the Moon” released in 1992. Best: Changes / Helpless / The Slim Worst: If I can’t change your mind / Slick
There's the familiar Helpless, and the grunge delivery I've come to quite dislike. That said, I found myself moving to Copper Blue as I went through it. The record is a representative sample, and its melodic flourishes in different directions, especially the synthy bits of Hoover Dam, are marginally interesting. I caught some island steeliness in If I Can't Change Your Mind, hints of metal elsewhere. All very 90s in the end.
Je commence à en avoir assez de devoir me repasser des extraits d'albums que j'ai écoutés il y a plus d'un mois mais pour lesquels je n'ai pas rédigé de critique.
Sugar t'es sûrement extrêmement sympathique mais ta musique tout le monde s'en fout y a Adele à écouter là.
Copper Blue is pretty good, highlighted by the excellent Hoover Dam but it generally has a solid energy and catchy hooks that are consistent without being boring. Never gets into consistently excellent territory but a good 3/5.
Also like this - I knew Hoover Dam (think the Spotify algorithm recommended it to me a couple of years ago and it stuck), but nothing else by Sugar, and it's good fun. An easy three, doesn't do enough for me to lift it above others of its type and get into the 4/5 range, but a pleasant listen. Might not ever go back to the full album again, but if it comes on I certainly wouldn't be switching it off. It's pretty consistent the whole way through, wouldn't say there's a bad song on it, and a good bit of oomph to it. I had the remastered edition on, and it's clear to see that the real sound they like is a bit more raw than this. Unlike Tim, I prefer the recorded version of Hoover Dam to that live one, it's too scratchy and raw for me.
It's alright, seems like Mould was keeping up with the Pixies on a lot of these tracks. Can't complain
I've had quite a streak of 3 star albums lately. They're good, but nothing special to me. This is another one. It's fine, I like it, but it's just sort of generic 90's indie/alt-rock. 3 stars.
if you want to know exactly what the early 90's alt rock scene sounded like, look no further. pretty shit isn't it? i kinda like it though
People on indie groups on Facebook will try to tell you this is the best album ever It's maybe a top 5 Bob Mould album - pretty good but overhyped imo
first listen kinda boring and same-y
Did not know what to expect from this as I was not aware of this band. But it was pleasantly pleasing. Would I listen again? Probably not. But would I mind listening again? No, I didn’t hate it.
Decent standard 90s grunge which slips a little too much into stereotype to be taken too seriously today.
90s alt rock i haven't heard a million times? 4
Alternative rock. 90's.Bien.
This is the very definition of 90s alt-rock. Layers of crunchy guitar-driven melodies with shimmering vocal hooks. Fun! 3.5/5
It’s a slower, radio-friendly mix of mid-tempo 4/4 tap-a-longs. Nothing really remarkable. (5/10) FT: If I Can't Change Your Mind, Helpless
Twice had to look over and see if I had gone past the album and Spotify started auto-playing an R.E.M. album.
Was pretty generic grunge. I hadn't heard of this band/album before but I think I would have liked it a lot in 1992 when it came out. Probably would have gotten an extra star from me for nostalgic reasons. But on a first time listen it just sounds ok with occasional great moments.
I really liked Hüsker Dü but for some reason I hadn't followed them after the split up. Unrelated to this, Bob Mould always reminded me of Black Francis, I don't know why. The other way around doesn't work though. The first track on this album, The Act We Act, sounds pretty much like Hüsker Dü, the second one, A Good Idea, is (that's right) straight up Pixies. Helpless and Hoover Dam are nice tributes to the Beatles, with the former featuring synths and introducing the acoustic guitar (which will be prominent during the next few tracks), probably my favourite song on here. Most of the songs have that kind of sing-along chorus so dear to pop-punk, especially The Slim with the addition of some anthemic guitar playing. As the alternative/indie rock of the 90s was about to shift toward a definitely poppier sound, Mould & Co. led the course. I guess that in foreshadowing this tendency this album was important, but I still find his work with Hüsker Dü to be definitely groundbreaking compared to this.
First time I've listened to this album all the way through. It's not Husker Du but it's good enough, with enough of interest to keep me listening.
A decent album.
Opet hvala ovom programu, vratio sam se na "Changes i Hoover Dam" nakon dugo vremena, odlične stvari. Vidi se gdje su crpili ideje po zvuku. Pixies, Breeders, early R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr. itd. Kvalitetno.
early 90s indie rock/pop. It's alright but not anything I'd recommend.
It has some noisy pop songs reminiscent of Pixies to and a few lighter jangly pop songs. Noisy, but quite good 90s indie rock.
90's grunge, but still sounds engaging. Guitar sounds great, and some good tunes.
typical 90's alt rock
eeh, sara' anche bello ma mi sembra solo generico rock punk
Not bad, but too popy
A more melodic Husker Du. Fun. 7/10
was gewoon goed
An entertaining slice of indie rock from a band that passed me by at the time.
That's some heavy rock... but the balance between vocal and the band is not in my favour... Add a star for If I Can't Change Your Mind and for Man on the Moon
Loathed the first track. The second sounds legally enforcably like Debaser (but frankly, as there is only 3 minutes of Debaser, I'll take it). Conversely, I wonder what the Foo Fighters would have sounded like had Bob Mould never recorded Changes. Clearly Dave Grohl loved this band - and Husker Du. There's clearly ambition to make a more varied album here - but it appears to be stymied by a band that only plays in one way. Hoover Dam and If I Can't Change Your Mind both sound light and fun but are trodden down by heavy drums and guitar. Ultimately, this album is nice, but inessential - the Foo Fighters comparison continues essentially. Where nobody can deny Nirvana or Husker Du, it is just nice that Sugar and FF exist, given both the former ended too soon.
The lightest of 3s. It's fun to listen to, nothing special but I do enjoy this kind of sound
Fairly typical 90s rock album. Good, but nothing particularly special.
This is so 90's haha. I feel like I should be hearing this as an angsty teen movie soundtrack.
File under : 90s on 9
A nice 45 minute jam session with a classic early 90s rock sound. Nothing really amazing; I'm not sure why this deserves to be on the list, but I still enjoyed every minute of it.
A couple of good songs. I can hear it’s been an influence in many bands. But apart from the couple of good songs I won’t play the whole album again.
Never heard of them before. Not bad.
More melodic than I expected
eh, was ok as background noise? maybe would improve on another listen?
Very 90s
Good rock, precursor to 2000's 6/10
Better than most shit emerging from the US around this time
New but familiar
Bob Mould bands automatically get a 3 from me, not bad not great just Bob doing Bob.
3.5
Noise rock that fits the early 90's almost to a T. With that said, it feels more mainstream and less inventive when compared to the efforts from Sonic Youth and others.
Fun rock, and great to drive to. The mix is a little much for me, everything gets a bit muddy. I can feel the influence of this record in much of the rock of the decade to come, but I think I prefer a lot of the bands that were influenced compared to this.
Pretty 90s. Decent album, some songs really bang, some not so much
a welcomed time machine to the simpler days of listening to 94.9 and playing links awakening on my game boy color. probably nothing more than nostalgic traipsing but i appreciated it
Wasn’t sure to begin with but grew on me. A couple of deece tracks. Major Nirvana and Foo Fighter vibes
Good listen - mostly reminds me of why I listen to Dinosaur Jr. Not sure who's voice is more empirically annoying though...
Never heard of these guys. Sounds like a second rate hybrid of Pixies, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters and Nirvana with a spattering of 90s UK indie. I know it won an NME award but struggling to see the influence or impact of this album. It was a little bit hit and miss musically, but not bad overall. 5.5/10
perhaps a bit too on the sweeter side (heh) for my rock sensibilities, as if the pixies or pavement were well-adjusted members of society, but charming. not many albums make me want to ride a convertible down an open highway with guy fieri by my side, but this one does
Perfectly fine cruising music. Precursor sound to some stuff later, and fine in its own right, but nothing striking.
Ehhh sounded like rock you put on in the background of a video game. Not bad just not too much standing out
Reminds me of some similar sounding bands that I have never been able to get into, like Pearl Jam, and the Holdsteady. Wondering if their significance has something to do with the rise of grunge in the early 90's. I liked a couple of the songs toward the end of the album which pushed it to 3 stars for me instead of 2.
Captures the early 90s sound, can feel the Gen X anthems throughout
It sounds like the 90s lol
Pretty fun. Great guitar tone. Really noisy, but without totally obscuring the power pop.
Not really my cup of tea
When I was listening I thought "THIS GUY IS RIPPING OFF BOB MOULD". And now I feel like an idiot. I didn't listen to anything after Husker Du. This might be iconic 90s stuff but I didn't care much for it. Could be worth a few more listens to re-appraise.
Sounded okay, still a 2 for me
Pretty damn forgettable. Budget ass pixies. I still had a bit of tiny guilty pleasure so that's why I'm not giving a 1.
Little bit of a nothing burger, I'd hear this in an early 2000s Teen Nick original movie or something. I'm not sure why but there are moments where I almost hear Michael Stipe's voice (R.E.M). I do like grunge for the most part though, it has the ingredients of something I'd like. Songs kinda blended together for me tho. Maybe 2.5, it's fine I guess I liked A Good Idea
What if sugar could make copper turn blue? This is fun and reminds me a bit of lower-key Tool. Fun fact: I don’t like Tool much I liked Hoover Dam, if I can can’t change your mind and man on the moon, but not enough to save anything!
Doesn't really have much going for it
SO 90s alt my GOD I’m immediately back in my dad’s Ford Explorer driving down to Sacramento to visit my aunts and uncles. It’s like if you threw REM, Matchbox Twenty, and Foo Fighters into a blender and swirled them into a homogenous nondescript paste. Perfectly enjoyable to listen to, I actually like his voice, but I think you can get more interesting versions of the same thing elsewhere. Hoover Dam is the closest it comes to being distinctive. I don’t think I Needed to Hear This Before I Died. Hey they’re back together as of last year and currently touring though! Good for them! 2.5 stars! Second act montage needle drop in my biopic: “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”
idk man its kind of like if the gin blossoms left the hatchback of their 1986 honda civic open and some of their twang fell out but they kept driving anyways, it was pleasant but just felt a bit dry at times. I liked hoover dam, if I can change your mind was also good, and overall it wasn't a bad album to listen to but I just feel like there are better albums from this time period that I would rather listen to if I wanted this sound - other albums that would be grittier or twangier or have harmonica por ejemplo. doesn't make me meow Likelihood that the members of this band lezzed out IMO: 2/5 i don't see it, they're just a bunch of peoples uncles to me
2.5 good riffs, a good idea especially i just really can't stand the husker du guys voice I'm so sorry lock me up
See, to me this should be in the 1001 Albums To Avoid At All Costs Before You Die. I like Hüsker Dü a lot, and this has really tainted Bob Mould’s legacy for me. It’s just annoying! Whiney vocals, horrible production on the guitars, silly pop punk melodies but played in a dreary middle-of-the-road indie way. Christ, Bob, you really lost your edge huh?
What happens when you order nineties alternative rock through SHEIN. Interchangeable and unremarkable, even a little cheap.
Another 90's band with the same pop sound
Generic 90s pop rock.
This was fine even if it was uninspired for the most part. I liked one of their songs enough, and my bar has lowered since doing this experiment. So i will give it a small bump
tout est semblable
Remember my brother having this album, ok but would seek out again - nothing special
2.5 Power Pop is ok in doses.
Sounds like a lot of other 90s alt/grungey bands, but also like a crappier version of all of those.
This blew, musically some of the songs were ok, the one britpop cut stood out like a sore thumb, vocals ruined any decent parts.
2.5
Not a fan of this sort of American rock. The songs all sound so similar, don’t like the singing and there’s nothing original.
idk went on for too long w sada3ny
Early 90s rock that occupies a strange space - not quite fast enough to be punk, not quite dour enough to be grunge. I'd call it post hardcore but it's a little too Dad-rock for that. Still it chugs along just fine. Meat and potatoes are nice sometimes.
Super boring. Monotone, uninspired, nothing really happens
I really disliked this. The guitar tone was grating. There were no breaks from that damn guitar constantly droning on and on. Drove me nuts. Other than that the songs were unremarkable.
I don't like this style of rock at all, vocals are irritating to me. Sounds like the sort of music that would be an NHL or Skateboarding video game.
dull repetitiveand boring
As the kids say "mid" 90s alt rock. I never heard these songs before so they lack any nostalgic appeal. As a result, the sound is plainly generic. Could be a traveling cover band for the Barenaked ladies or counting Crows. I don't hate it, but there just isn't anything to grab on to. 2 rats.
Radio safe grunge. Nothing to write home about at all.
No foo fighters without it. That’s not praise.
Ok as background music.
Holy rock drums batman
I was finding this fine but bland. Then I realized that Bob Mould is the same guy from Hüsker Dü, so... it checks out. I felt the same way about Hüsker Dü's album on this list.
Rather samey 90s alt rock to moi…ok as background music. Couldn’t pick out any particular song.
nothing special, very general
Haven't heard of them. Well, it's just some 90s alt rock, isn't it. The album had its moments but it's hardly something I need to hear before I die 2/5
Mid
This album sounded like a quintessential 90's alt rock band. It felt a little too polished but it wasn't bad. It wasn't very good either. I'd rather listen to REM or Nirvana.
was not bad ok
Meh. Never a big Bob Mould fan.
Jamais écouté avant. Que dire d'un album aussi neutre et générique ? Oui, l'énergie est là, les guitares fuzzy font plaisir à entendre et ça a pu m'arriver de taper du pied en rythme sur certains morceaux. Et pourtant, l'album fini, je n'en retiens rien : pas une mélodie marquante, pas un morceau emballant, pas une sonorité ou une émotion différente... Copper Blue n'est certainement pas un mauvais album, et sans doute l'enchaînement rock 1990's des derniers jours n'a-t-il pas joué en sa faveur, mais je dois bien avouer qu'il m'a laissé parfaitement indifférent, dans un genre auquel je suis pourtant sensible. C'est vraiment dommage, d'autant que je ne connaissais pas du tout et que je me réjouissais de le découvrir... Top : The Slim Flop : Slick
ummmm why? seriously, why? tgere were much better grunge adjacent bands that also maybe helped pave the way for three doors down. take this off this list please. lol.
Beetje voorloper van de green Day etc.
It got repetitive
Monotematyczny liryka słąba nudny z małym wyjątkiem jenda piosenka miała spoko intsrumental troche are you expiernce type shit
Can hear clear influence in other music that I like but none of this particularly stuck with me !
I like Hüsker Dü but this wasn't for me. I'm glad the grunge "yarling" vocal style has largely died out.
Pretty generic garage rock sound. Competent, but not that interesting. A 2.
Mucho ruido y pocas nueces
It's really nothing special. A lot of repetition of simple beats and melodies, and while the instruments sometimes tried to add a bit of heaviness, I don't think it matched the singing style.
Loud, melodic, guitar-forward alternative rock from 1992. Bob Mould knows what he's doing — the songs are well-constructed, the energy is there. Nothing offensive, nothing remarkable. I enjoyed it while it was on. The moment it stopped, it was gone. Sometimes that's just how it goes. 2/5 — pleasant enough, remembered by no one, including me.
Hard to rate this. On the one, all of the songs were really "okay" as they passed by. On the other hand, not one was good enough to make me wish to revisit. I felt the song parts often didn't fit together, so a good instrumental interlude or nice chorus in there was quickly followed by something that brought the song down again. In my ears, (they may have been one of the first to create this kind of melodic alternative rock sound, but) many others did it much better. 2/5 below average
This is just Husker Du for the 90's. And just not as good
...eh? I guess I can see how this would be amazing but now it just sounds like generic rock.
This kind of reminds me of the type of music that took over in the late 90s and ruined all that the early 90s achieved in terms of grunge, alternative and punk. I can hear BS like Third Eye Blind, the Gin Blossoms, Matchbox 20 in this. So while Sugar was there first, at least I now know who to blame. The songs also mostly sound the same. I didn't mind Slick and Man on the Moon, if I had to choose a favourite. 2/5
Middle of the road grunge if middle was spelt MEH
just not my vibe. (or my today's vibe)
-Mom I want R.E.M! -Hush, we have R.E.M at home. The only thing I could think of during this album. Not bad in any way but not good either. 2
It's fine if you want your background music to be alternative. Does not stand out from anything on the radio in the mid 90s.
meh all sounds the same
I didn't mind the songs, but they weren't very interesting at all to my ear. Also, the mix on this is atrocious. You can't hear the vocals at all on many songs. There is so many albums from the 90s in this style that are much better.
Started as nostalgic 90s sound, but quickly grew repetitive and I ended up not liking the album very much.
On the spectrum of Creed to Pearl Jam, this is firmly in the danger zone.
Holy apathy Batman
Nir-vanilla; it sounds fine, but the instrumentals are less creative than contemporaries. And my god, hire a fucking lyricist, every song is a jilted lover complaining and the lyrics just keep on repeating repeating repeating repea ...
I've heard this type of an album too many times already
Sounded pretty generic and not particularly good or engaging. 5/10
Listens: 2 Standout tracks: None Ugh. I mostly hate this. So far, College rock has been decidedly absent on the List. Sure, there's been a few R.E.M. albums and a Chili Peppers album, but I'm talking about, like, Eve 6, Matchbox 20, Green Day, Weezer, The New Radicals, Third Eye Blind, Everclear, etc etc. Some of these examples actually kind of suck, but my point is, this album - Copper Blue - is also a terrible example of college rock, alternative rock, and rock in general and is entirely undeserving of being on the List. The lyrics are vapid, the sound sonically "thick" and generic to boot. For a genre sort of defined by its hooks, catchiness, and radio appeal this album sure is lacking in all categories. It's not entirely-overplayed late 90s / early 2000s tween pop music, so it doesn't get a 1, but its not much higher that that.
**mostly banging instruments, most tracks sound alike. No real music
Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Alright - I don't know what I was expecting but not the roaring guitar straight from the start. Looking it up, it's a band led by Bob Mould so maybe I should have expected exactly that. Like other albums I have heard with him involved this is decent but not particularly memorable.
There are some good tunes here, but nothing that stands out, nothing that hasn't been done better by another band. Sort of a distillation of that early indie sound. Nothing wrong with it, but it's not amazing.
Not extremely bad but not great either, just a typical early 90s indie/power pop album. Not sure why it is on the list.
Har lyst til at stå på skateboard
Ikke rigtig noget, der sætter sig fast..
*44 Lige så tyndt som Bud Light. Ikke kæmpe fan.
Det her keder mig helt vildt. Det lyder ikke dårligt, men det er super kedeligt :/ 2**
Jeg synes godt nok, at det er lidt kedeligt. De fleste numre lyder for meget som hinanden og en dårligere udgave af det samtidige musik, der lød sådan her - som Tore siger: en værre udgave af Foo Fighters. 2.0
Et par enkelte gode numre og generelt nogenlunde fin rock, men det føles mest som en Temu version af Nirvana/Foo Fighters/Perl Jam
vel ikke decideret dårligt, bare pænt kedeligt. Heller ikke lige min yndlingsmusikgenre. Lyder lidt som noget der kunne have været en intro sang til Venner
Meh
Didn't like it at all. At first I thought that it sounded like a lost Shrek soundtrack, then I was extremely bored with the repetitive lines over and over again. The sound is typical, the music itself is not unique in any way, template alt rock of it's time. Almost like a parody of the genre.
Boring
Neither liked nor disliked 2.5
this sounds like what a fake 90s college rock band would sound like in a tv show
sounds like all of the 90's music I never listened to because I didn't care for it. Technically it's very good, but I don't like the singers voice very much and I didn't find the album very compelling.
With such a diverse amount of cool and quirky music that came out at this time. It baffles my mind that something so generic was added to the list. Swapping this out to Enigma would be appropriate.
I've never heard of this band or album, so this will be a fun one at least. My first thought after like 1 minute - wow this sounds like shit. Very much like a harder REM. Halfway through and it's pretty much the same. Super bright and shiny, mediocre vocals, terrible sound. I feel like there could have been any number of albums on the list in place of this one. I mean I can see why some people would like this but it's nothing novel or innovative. It's just...music. A few interesting spots here and there, synths in Hoover Dam that come out of nowhere were cool, but it's pretty bland for the most part. I can't imagine I will remember any of this tomorrow. Edit from tomorrow - yeah I don't really remember any of those songs. 2/5
It was aight. Probably wont ever come back to it. Kinda sounded like foo fighters at times and other times like some 90's washed out grunge shite. But full album and end product was lackluster.
Typischer, amerikanischer Einheitsbrei
5/10
In theory this is everything I should love solid beat, sweet riffs. Sort of trite poppy lyrics. But I just can't stand his voice also I can hear the start of my least favourite phase of music 'post-grunge-guitar-rock' in this. Oh god it just start to sound the same
The 90s called, they want their mediocre alternative music album back. Never heard of this, for a reason. It is.... Fine.
I can imagine that there is a podcast episode or series out there with this man telling some story about his life and his fame and how he now works selling mobile phones
Much like Paul Weller, I never really got on with the Bob Mould projects. Grateful dead are also one of those bands that seem a bit too far away from what I like. Mind you, there are some good moments on here, Hoover Dam has some nice moments, but the muddy production has always been a let down for me. Sometimes they sound like pixies, sometimes they sound like what Foo Fighters are sounding like for the last 30 years. But it is not very interesting to me.
First I’ve heard of them and not sure what to expect. Feels a kind of Seattle grunge sound. Maybe more standard alt rock, actually and good comment from someone saying it would be an AI representation of 90’s alt-rock. Songs feel pretty repetitive and often feel like they could have finished much sooner. It’s okay, but it’s not particularly great or inspiring. Just kinda standard. Not really sure why it’s in the list. Pretty stereotypical and epitome of all the cliches with this genre. Add an annoying voice and hey presto. Yeh, done with this quite early on. A constant 4/4 standard fest. Thought it might scrape a 3* but it’s actually got to the point of annoying me now (2.5)
I mean I did find moments to enjoy with this album but overall not my favorite genre in general which limits its appeal to me.
4/10
It's kinda like someone mashed up Nirvana and The Barenaked Ladies.
Not my passion ngl
No matching with me
Just kind of milquetoast grunge. Nothing stood out, and honestly the singers voice was a little annoying. Never heard of the band and I don’t think I need to listen to it again.
The first song sounds like Full Metal Jackoff by DOA and then Michael Stipe comes singing along a ruine it. Oh well. Let’s keep going. I think these guys are going to fall in the Collective Soul category. Hold on to that and we will circle back. This is pure 90’s music. Rock I guess. Play it safe type of music. No one gets offended. It just plods along. Choice cut: Helpless
Pretty meh
Eh another on the list of 90s grunge Nirvana adjacent rock. Blah
i agree with the top take that this sounds like an AI output to generic 90s alternative rock
I really liked the guitar, but didn’t really like the lyrics as much/concept of the songs. But I like Slick and The Slim. Cool rock album
Seems influential on Foo Fighters and other 90s music.
Not my thing. Listened to my fill of this style in the 90s.
When I was a kid I somehow attached to warehouse songs and stories but otherwise husker du and bob I never listen to - but holy shit I thank them for that album.
soundtrack to a really forgettable early 2000s coming of age movie
Lots making Nirvana and Pixies comparisons but I don't really feel it. It wasn't really my thing and I didn't get caught by any of the tracks except 'Hoover Dam', although the album passed without too much of a dislike, it didn't pass with much 'wow' either.
Decent enough if you're a fan of the genre but idk just kinda forgettable to me
early 90’s sound, hugh school cringe era personally did not care for it
Not memorable
I feel like I've heard this before even though I've never heard of the artist or album. The songs are bland and forgetting and feel like the sort of dross you'd get if you blended all the early 90s bands into one.
Sounds generic
Rock alternativo de los 90s, uno más. Género el cual, si no escuchaste una banda en su época y sientes alguna nostalgia por su música, te parecerá una más del montón; más aún si no es de los top del rock alternativo noventero. Esta vez me tocó una que no había escuchado nunca. Aburrida, acordes básicos, canciones sin diferencia marcada... Daré 2 porque tampoco suena horrible, solo básico.
seemed like not super interesting pop rock. i guess it may be foundational for the genre. not sure
למה הוא שר כאילו אין לו בעיות בחיים אה וזה נשמע כמו שיר של בעיות עולם ראשון/תחתון זה פשוט רוק פאנקי מוזר מאוד לא אהבתי גם מאוד משעמם הכל נשמע אותו דבר
I've heard of Sugar, but I'm not super familiar with any of their songs, so listening to this album was all new to me. Interesting that I just had Nirvana's "Nevermind" album the other day and according to what I read, that album was a big inspiration for the album and the band in general. I liked the album. Nothing super memorable for me, so not sure it belongs on a list of greatest albums from my personal perspective, but a solid album.
langweilig, musik zu laut sodass man den text nicht versteht, alles klingt gleich
high energy, but not for me
Not the worst but given the shear quantity of albums like this from the same period it just seems very bland by comparison 2*
Spotify has the 2012 remaster only which needs to be remastered cause I can't hear the lead singer. Flyover album for me. Forgot it was even playing for a while. "The Slim" (or slime?) was the only track that caught my attention and held it briefly. As with the leads original band Husker Du, Sugar is just not sweet enough...too bland. Copper's green isn't it? 1.68 stars.
Less good than Husker Du.
Sugar? Pfff I’m more of a Big Sugar guy. Absolutely baffling addition to this list as it’s the most generic 90s alt rock I’ve ever heard.
Not a fan.
Generic alt-rock. Adequate, but not good. The songs are boring. You'll be better rewarded by just listening to Husker Du. And there's backmasking, how edgy... not. My Rating: 2/5
Generic 90s alt-rock
Do we need a Husker Du album on this list? Absolutely (the correct answer is Zen Arcade). Do we need albums from solo projects/spin-offs of commercially unsuccessful bands that were culturally or musically influential? Hell no. With all due respect to Bob Mould (and there is a great deal of respect due to the man), this album has no business here, isn't very good, and no one needs to listen to it before they die. Influence 2. Quality (this is surprisingly poorly produced) 1. Hits 1. Intangibles 2. I used to really like this kind of grunge-adjacent rock 2.
Never heard of this group or album. Numerous songs on the verge of being good tunes, and 2-3 that are good. Sounds like the lead singer of Collective Soul.
2.5 generic 90s alt rock
Songs are a bit long for the style of music and not that interesting to me.
This felt like a letdown. Generic 90s alt-rock and I genuinely expected better from Bob Mould.
Eh... just not very memorable
I really did not like this album. just so plain and lame.
Wanted to be like foo fighters and gin blossoms? Was fine but will not listen again. Also, why were the vocals so low?
Meh album from 93 that sounds like 2003
Good indie/grunge/ rock
Scrubs ass music
Redundant, derivative, etc., etc.
Rock so soft I could eat it without teeth. 2/5
Lo mismo, parece lo mismo, lo mismo, mismo, ismo
# 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.
Feel I should have liked this more, but it was loud and boring. 2.5
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.
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.
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
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.
inoffensive 90's rock. I don't have much more to say.
this is not a very good album.
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 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.
There is absolutely nothing special about this album. The music is decent……but nothing to write home about.
Just very generic
Unremarkable. Unsure why its on the list.
A couple of good tracks - typical 90s rock sound.
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.
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.
War ok, aber hat mich jetzt nicht so gejuckt
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.
Generic 90s rock!
Por momentos parecia Foo Fighters. Tenia potencial pero terminó aburriendo
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
Surprisingly dull effort from former Husker Du front man Bob Mound, like generic alt rock made for college radio...
Lots of repetitive lyrics, and the songs had a sameness. Boring
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"