Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Nothing to grab me in the least
Yet another early 90s alt album that is competent but uninspiring
Not my cup of tea
OK, on first listen this seems like pretty standard Indie pop fare. But you look at the date and you realise at the time it wasn't standard indie pop, it helped define that standard. So not a bad record and historically important, to my jaded ears though it sounded a bit generic, but then you realise that Foo Fighters and Weezer etc, may have used this help define their styles it pay's to have a real listen. Lyrically it's what you would expect, The arrangements are all competent. "A Good Idea" and "Slick" stand out though and "Man the Moon" has been added to my playlist as I believe it deserves multiple listens.
It's not my genre of preference, but it's totally fine. I don't feel it had anything groundbreaking on the album, and the vocals felt flat. Overall, totally acceptable grunge punk album.
He sings with his inside voice. Kind of unremarkable and the lyrics are really repetitive each song. Backing music is nothing to write home about either. 4/10
2.5 cringy but didn't damage my ears.
Didn't do anything for me. Slick and the Slim were pretty enjoyable but with the rest I couldn't shake the impression I was listening to a polished version of Nirvana.
Hadde sikkert likt dette om jeg hadde hørt det på 90-tallet. Rett og slett kjedelig i dag.
okay, not really my vibe
So this is alternative 90s rock, but the subset of alternative that was kind of lame. It doesn’t have any edge or grit to make it interesting, but instead is highly polished and produced. I suppose that is a good thing for a lot of people, but I find it gets to be a bit boring. My teenage daughter thought it was from a tv show, and she’s right, it sounds just like something some 90s comedy would’ve used. It’s not awful, but overproduced to the point of being inoffensive and uninteresting. After a while I forgot it was on.
This sounds like the genesis of lots of music I like but I do not understand how this is even on this list. It’s flat and uninteresting and so much more so than REM or Nirvana which I hear in here
this was okay there were some songs i didn’t mind but i can see why i’ve never heard of it before
It didn't feel like it was an inventing anything or pushing any boundaries. It felt safe and something that someone made as a job. So the cashier at the counter has always wanted to be a cashier and they are mostly thrilled to be serving almost everyone then there is the person who does it for money, these songs were the latter nothing wrong but nothing exciting.
Not really me Genure
Starter faktisk virkelig stærkt med nogle gode numre, men begynder hurtigt at lyde som alt andet 90'er alternative. Stor 2'er
Tung grunge, synes ikke sangene var særlig memorable
This all sounds the same. The drums are mixed as the loudest component of the band. I know it's the style of this genre but it's hard to listen to the track when all I can hear is high-hat and snare. In all I don't care for this type of music, 2/5 I won't be back
A band I had never heard of before so was intrigued to hear something new. Disappointed I’m afraid. Just a pale imitation of those around at the time 2/5 29/7/25
This sounds very much the same as a lot of other bands in the same era. A lot of repetitive lyrics within the sounds, song 2 sounded like a rip off from “Breed”, with repeats of “she said”. Overall, not very impressed with this band despite really liking Husker Du.
I've been meaning to listen to this as David Barbe, the bassist, is a legendary music figure in the Athens music scene. Didn't get anything out of this though. Agree with other reviewers that there wasn't much to set this one apart from others of the era Rating: 1.8
This was okay. Pretty stock 90's alt-rock offering. On some tracks they almost sound like a proto-Foo Fighters. Nothing exciting but nothing terrible.
petah the horse is here
Bob Mould is most well known for creating some of the most daring, unique punk of the '80s, so I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with Sugar. Despite being very commercially successful (relative to his previous releases) Sugar is just kind of a largely toothless alt rock band on Copper Blue. While I like a lot of early '90s rock, informed by grunge and punk and '80s alternative, alt rock was admittedly kind of oversaturated at this time. The success of Nirvana, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and many many more gave us a resultant B-cast of similar underground bands. Some are interesting and worth excavating today, but many are just not worth it. Sugar is definitely the latter for me, they just lack the intensity, slick songwriting, personality, and uniqueness of the bands who pulled it off. The first song here, The Act We Act is the only song here I really like. The riff is crunchy, there's a good solo, and the melodies and chorus are pretty good. But even here, this song isn't giving me anything I can't get better from someone else, there's just nothing setting it apart. After this, Copper Blue just can't get its footing. Changes and Man On The Moon try their best, and end up alright, but similarly, I can get this in better form elsewhere. A Good Life kind of sounds like a Pixies song, but the chorus is pretty grating. Hoover Dam goes for something a little psyche-y at first, but I just don't like the melodies. Fortune Teller goes for something punk-y but doesn't sell it (to me at least). And there doesn't seem to be much else here that feels like I have a ton to talk about. We just have some more alt rock songs I don't really like. After some consideration, I think I may be tempted to give this a 1. It isn't awful, but I just don't really enjoy much here. I don't like the songs, the performances feel kind of non-descript. And perhaps most damningly, I feel that Mould is capable of better. Maybe this would have been fine in a world where this was just the zeitgeist, but as a member of Hüsker Dü, Mould made music that stands today (and I would like to urge you to check this music out), and Sugar is so trapped in its time that I really don't get anything from it as a modern listener. Besides, if you dig, there are *tons* of more interesting underground alt rock bands from this time: Lungfish, Silkworm, Arcwelder, Love Battery and Morphine to name a few. If you don't mind a little grunge: Paw, Skinyard, Mad Season, and Tad are also worth checking out. Point is that it isn't exactly a scene I am in want of. For how little I get out of this and how much talent went into it, I feel that I may give Copper Blue the 1: sorry Bob Mould, it isn't anything personal. Edit: Okay, after calibrating my sensors on a couple of *real* 1/5s recently, I gave this another listen and I feel a little more positively about it. I still don't love this, and I think my original points still stand (just to a lesser degree of intensity) but even if I don't love most of these songs, there is enough personality to the performances and these songs have just enough positives to their writing that I have decided to give Sugar an additional star. Sorry Bob Mould!!
Not a fan. Insipid lyrics and sophomoric writing in general. It's like Fastball and The Rembrandts had a baby named Good Charlotte who started a band named after something on a table in a Waffle House.
Kinda boring
Generic and bland. I kept forgetting I was listening to an album. 2.5/5
2.5
Pretty good album. Some catchy tunes and good instrumentation. Really great mix, everything sounds great. 2.5 / 5
I thought I liked the 90s. Guess not. This left no impression on me and I just found it boring. Sorry Sugar, this one's not so sweet!
not for me
Again, I was unaware of this band and this album. I was aware of Husker Du, but not actually heard much. So, with anticipation.... Oh. I couldn't wait for it to end. Bland, repetitive, uninspired, derivative. Nope from me.
The vocals are inaudible due to the excessive noise. Pretty chaotic!
As we continue to get more albums from the 90s, I am starting to feel that the 90s are a decade of music I want to forget. There are maybe a dozen 90s albums I can think of off the top of my head that I love from that entire decade. But the rest of it just has that 90s sound, and that sound is very dated. I was hoping that this project would help me re-discover some of that lost love from the 90s. I enjoyed the decade of music as it was all coming out. But a good 90% of it I have not gone back to revisit. On first listen of this Sugar album, it just sounds like another forgettable 90s album with that signature sound. Granted it came out just after the big three albums that kicked off the alternative craze of the early 90s (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden), and maybe this album was part of that early movement, but it was never something that was on my radar. As per usual with this project, we get an album, very late in an artists career, particularly an artist that I am not well versed in. So I am going to go back to the early days of Husker Du and the two Bob Mould solo albums leading up to this album, to see if it changes my opinion of this record. 10 Hours Later ... I think after listening to a ton of Husker Du, a few songs from Bob Mould's solo era, and this album for a second time ... I have come to the conclusion, I am just not a fan of Bob Mould. Assuming Bob Mould was the main orchestrator on all of these projects, I am not knocking the other musicians, I just can't get into his style of songwriting. So far my average rating of the 90s is 2.6.
Not for me, pretty noisy.
Meh
Generic and unmemorable. Sounds like knock off music written for a movie that couldn't afford the rights for real music.
Not a huge fan of this one. Definitely wasn’t terrible or anything, but I couldn’t shake the kind of Disney channel original music vibe that was pretty persistent throughout. Felt a little boring as well, nothing that I heard really grabbed me or had any sort of stand-out quality. Fun background music though! Fav Track: Slick
Some decent stuff but nothing to write home about
This album has the textbook sound of 90s pop rock, in the vein of Collective Soul and Dave Matthew’s Band. However, unlike those bands, this album was unremarkable and forgettable.
I didn’t hate it, I suppose.
There is no WAY this deserves to be on this list.
Medio generico la verdad
This album doesnt feel in the slightest way unique or really outstanding to my ears. Pretty much a skippable album which i still listened to the fullest. It didnt trigger any emotions. It was not even bad enough to piss me off.
eh its ok but kinda forgettable
It’s a step up from Neil young. Is it a Must listen? I’d accept husker du on this. . This seems less essential and more ‘hey check my cred’ from a hipster critic. 2 stars. Just.
Standard boring 90's rock.
The soundtrack to a C-list coming of age movie in the early 2000’s.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Changes (3) 2 - If I Can't Change Your Mind (7) 3 - Man on the Moon (10)
Not too memorable
This album just has so much working against it, from the title track coming off as a bad REM attempt to the next track coming off as a bad Pixies attempt, to the underwhelming and milk toast production. I can appreciate the attempt to not sound like some of the “leftover 80s arena rock” counterparts, but nothing here really bites. Every song works as its own, okay sounding entity, but none quite add up to make a cohesive album.
In one ear and out the other, but not without wreaking displeasure between those ears in the process.
Never heard of, Easy listened, forgettable. It's not bad but it's not an iconic album or band exactly, so Why is it on a list of 1001 albums i need to hear? did it have any long lasting impressions on the world? well, no... don't seems like it. it mostly sound like other bands. I guess there really aren't 1001 albums that are "Must listens" and half of this list is just the authors picks.
pop punk grunge feeling with some melodic elements. Not bad and different in some aspects but ultimately blends in too much for my taste with other albums of its genre and doesnt have enough single standouts to get to a 3
Fringe 90’s punk rock that’s lacking in quality, snore and why is this on the list…
This was okay - I don’t remember them at the time. There was one track I’d heard before. Overall an ok album
Not bad but very generic and boring Standout songs If I Cant Change your Mind
American alternative rock. Vocals sound a little bit like Phil Collins. - The Act We Act: sounds pretty uniform with some decent "up" parts. Lyrics kind of hard to understand. - A Good Idea: I don't think I like this very much...
Album was okay. Nothing really stood out but nothing was explicitly bad either. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Yeah, well it was what it was.
It was fine. Certainly not an album I need to listen to
4/10
Tää meno ihan ohi kuunnellessa, ei saanut mua keskittymään… mutta koko ajan tykkäsin äänen sävystä, se oli just kannen mukainen sinisenkultainen megaysäri.
Harmlöst och lite intetsägande.
Grunge er bara ekki skemmtilegt, krakkar, og þá skiptir engu hvort að þið hafið sungið í hardcore pönk bandi áratuginn á undan eða ekki.
ALright 90s rock but nothing really special. Maybe worth 3 stars, but I dont remember even one song after a day...
Bland and unremarkable '90s rock.
Painfully generic, and some of the choruses go for soooo long, specially the bad ones.
Hey it's grunge from the 90s! Alas more Bush and less Pavement. (6 know/12 new)
Screams of summer youth
Day382 - bob mound is super cool but i wasn’t crazy about this album
listenable as background music but every time i focused in on it, it was ass
Didn’t seem so remarkable on the first listen, but it might grow on me.
Totally inoffensive.
I do not like this at all.
This album screams 90s alt rock, but there's nothing that stands out here. It sounds like it's a mix mosh of every major 90s alt rock band, which makes it sound like nothing. Maybe this was first and every other band that I'm thinking about from the later 90s derived themselves from some aspect of this sound, but it makes this album non-memorable to me. It sounds cool, but I'd rather listen to every other band that does something memorable. Plus, the lyrics are always repeated. Why?
Not sure about this one, could of been better if it didn’t sound like it was recorded under a duvet! None of the songs really grab the attention or get you wanting more, I kind of just endured it really.
It’s alright!
I'm being nice here when I'm saying that maybe it was influential? I've never heard such repetitive garbage in my life
Dit is 1 van de meest vergetelijke albums die ik ooit heb gehoord. Hoe is dit een album dat je echt gehoord moet hebben voor je doodgaat? If I can't change your mind is het enige nummer dat ik misschien nog een keer er uit zou kunnen pikken. Verder is dit misschien wel de meest gezapige rock die ik ooit heb gehoord zeg. De mix klinkt ook niet helemaal goed, waardoor de drums VEEEEEEEL te hard zijn op alle nummers. De zang is ook echt niet te verstaan, maar heel eerlijk? Ik heb toch niet het idee dat ik er veel aan mis. FAVO: If I can't change your mind
I couldn't imagine listening to this outside of a 90s rock (maybe grunge) playlist. There's nothing that would grip me it just sounds a bit worse than some of the time's greats. and HOW was it voted best album of 1992? Hello? Chronic, Dirty (Sonic Youth), the Cure album, but Pavement and Alice in chains would've all deserved it more
This is someone trying to make 90's grunge rock commercial. It works about as well as you expect. I like it's inclusion on this list because it's a good reminder that people do in fact sell out.
Man, tough for this album to come out in 1992, given what was released that year or the year before it. I don't think it even makes the top 20 most significant albums of 1992, in my book anyway.
Well, it wasn't very remarkable in either direction. Sugary 90s rock. Not going into my typical rotation, but not horrible.
This felt generic. It's possible I'm missing something but I'll forget I heard this and don't see why it's critical listening.
Needs a half rating. Not a 2 but not quite a 3. Trim the fat on this and it might have been a 3. Stop letting the tape run and end the damn song!
very reminiscent of the times. evokes a sense of nostalgia but not enough to want a relisten, everything sounds the same. favs: changes, if i can't change your mind
Sounds like R.E.M., which is not a good thing in my case… though I probably actually prefer this - which is far more energetic/less self-serious - to R.E.M.
Listened to first few tracks. Shite so far. Friends soundtrack on repeat.
Ok
"Husker Don't."
Like a one hit wonder band from the 90’s only without anything that sounded like a hit.
#400. Never heard of them before. Now I know why. A bit bland and generic. Nothing stands out. 2/5: meh Song added to playlist: Helpless I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
That sucked. I don’t want to think about it no more :( 2/5
+: A Good Idea, Changes, Hoover Dam, Slick +-: The Act We Act, Helpless, The Slim, Man on the Moon -: If I Can't Change Your Mind, Fortune Teller 4,5/10
I have listened, and I have forgotten. Next!
Strange album. Repeatedly takes awkward turns to force a pop sound.
30/10/24 When I first heard the guitars, I had high hopes for this album, it just ended up being weak.
A very generic form of 90s alternative rock. Nothing captivating or moving, just the same chords over different rhythms with the same generic vocals layered on top, singing uninspiring lyrics.
Interesting rock, more hard rock than I like
Feels more like the vibe of a album more so than an album itself if that makes any sense. Like very the song that’s playing in the background of moving closing season of a 90210 cali high school drama kinda show, where you can only half hear it. It may just be me but I often couldn’t understand what they were saying even when listening intently. Not bad though but background music for sure. Would give 2.5
Meh
Generic, tepid, dated
How incredibly generic
Pretty middle of the road.
Forgettable
Very Rocky, Quote vocals
Sounds like many things I've heard, but not as good (probably new in 92...)
Good guitar. Great lyrics. All songs too similar
Reminds me of Foo Fighters
I might be in the minority in loving Bob Mould’s solo work more than band work.
She said She said This is a bad song The 90s garage alt-rock vibes are strong here, but I don't think this particularly stands out. There's a few cool guitar or drum moments, but nothing ever really comes together completely. Favorite Song(s): If I Can't Change Your Mind, Man on the Moon
I feel like this was very basic to me, but it was nice and short and spunky. I didn’t really learn anything from it however it was nice and kept me awake. Some points I wasn’t obsessed with how it sounded but it went by relatively fast.
not bad but not worthy of this list
Feels very reminiscent of what the Seattle "Grunge Scene" devolved into, just a couple of years ahead of the curve.
Das Album Copper Blue hinterlässt einen zwiespältigen Eindruck. Die Mischung aus Nirvana- und R.E.M.-Einflüssen wirkt skurril und überlang, ähnlich wie ein Single Malt Whiskey, der mit einem Primitivo vermischt wurde. Beide Komponenten sind für sich genommen köstlich, aber zusammen ergeben sie eine ungenießbare Mischung. Die Aussteuerung der Aufnahme ist unschön, und viele der Songs klingen gleich und experimentell. Ein Lichtblick ist der Song “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”, der zu gefallen weiß, aber leider nicht ausreicht, um das Album auf ein akzeptables Niveau zu heben.
This album is ok at best. Average grunge, pop and indie, you can’t tell it wants to be an Foos or Nirvana type album but it just isn’t. If I can’t change your mind and hoover dam are ok. The rest of the album is just so bland and average. I have no idea how this album can make a list like this. Favourite song, Hoover Dam Least favourite: most of the album Artwork: ok
Groupe inconnu. Le morceau d'ouverture commence bien, avec une rythmique guitare massive où se glissent quelques arpèges. Par contre le traitement du chant n'est pas terrible (trop d'effets). Et inconvénient majeur : les morceaux sont longs (majorité au dessus de 4 mn) et vraiment très peu variés, et sont donc plutôt ennuyeux. Ceci dit "A Good Idea" (--) est heureusement plus court, mais d'une monotonie affligeante avec une sa ligne de basse simpliste et répétitive. Seuls "Hoover Dam" et "Slick" introduisent un peu de variété. Je n'y reviendrait pas. =>2/5
Not really my thing
My high school best friend *loved* this album (hi Charlie!). I never really got into it then, and I don't feel inclined to now. It's fine - "If I Can't Change Your Mind" is a good track - but seems a bit generic to me: nothing is making it stand out from a lot of similar stuff. 2/5
Stinklangweiliger Rock.
Fine album, good grooves, nothing too special
I'm inspired by the album art to just phone in this review. Please imagine I damned this album with very faint praise in some pithy 90's way.
This is so bland! I'm glad there's some lesser known stuff on here but it seems like I've listened to several bland rock albums by bands I've never heard of. I've said it before, but it's just taking up a spot something else could've taken. Especially all the non-western music this list is ignoring. I would prefer to listen to something weird or a different genre than stuff like this.
meh doet me beetje denken aan counting crows hoor het gezang nauwelijks door het geluid
Rating: 4/10 Some generic alt rock shit.
You know what, I’m in a bad mood and feel like taking it out on this album. Fuck this album, fuck all of its generic mediocrity. This is worse than the worst rated albums on this site, at least those are interesting. This is just run of the mill 90s alt without any heart. 1.7
A guy on vocals & guitar with a hired rhythm section. It’s not a band. It's not really bad but neither good. Won't relisten to this Power Pop.
This is average, run of the mill, mid-90s popish rock. If I had caught this act in a bar or as an opening act it would have been great. I do not understand why this would be on the list of 1001 albums you must listen to. You do not need to listen to this.
Generic 90s alternative rock
2 or 3 nice songs, but mostly generic and pointless. At least, it isn't a second Kid Rock album.
Bob Mould, it is fine 90's alt rock, can see how it influenced some of the scene, just not an overall great album.
fine garage rock sound, didn't know my socks off.
Did not like the mix 90 percent of the time. Vocalist was too quiet but "The Slim" was fire though.
Nothing new standard 90s alt rock
After two listens, I failed to see how the album was ""The last word in love songs," enthused NME, "and the full stop after heartbreak."" The lyrics were interesting and sometimes poignant, but I felt no emotional connection to the music to feel like I would reach for this in sadness. I'll leave that to others who did it better, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains. 2/5
A couple decent tracks but nothing too special imo
It wasn't bad, but too generic. No variation at all.
Pretty mid and boring
Meh. Fine songwriting here and there but such a long album.
Hard 90’s rock
Couple of tracks in the middle very much annoying 90s pop rock sounding, which I guess makes sense since this is.. a 90s rock album.
Pretty generic, feeling like if Michael Stipe of R.E.M. decided to have a slightly harder sound for an album. In-turn, sacrificing anything unique about R.E.M. I realize the singer here, Bob Mould, was in a band that was a relative inspiration for Stipe, Hüsker Dü. But quite frankly both R.E.M. and even this album are far more interesting to me than their output, but I digress, this isn't really about them. Basically, this album is dull. You have a lot of generic power chords, repetitive vocals and lyrics, and just a general 90s vibe that leaves a lot to be desired. It isn't bad, but you won't find anything here that most other bands from the time don't do better. Considering the album gets softer as it goes on, one has to wonder if they front-loaded the album with the more forward bass riffs and rougher guitar effects because the rise of grunge spooked them. I mean, it was all happening while this album was being recorded, so it would make a bit of sense. It was financially successful, but assuredly you won't be getting anyone saying this is their favorite album out of the alternative 90s scene. As I said, it's just dull, and just kind of… exists.
From that genre of pretty good but also pretty meh American Rock
Seems not all that great. I put off reviewing this and for the most part forgot about the album now. Will I listen to again: 1%
Just more generic, non-distinct 90s rock. This album isn't bad, but there is absolutely nothing even remotely interesting about it, which one could argue is even worse than being bad, because at least most bad albums are still interesting, even if it's in a bad way. This is just like an AI generated 90s album to make the most typical album of that decade as possible.
Helpless was good. The rest was like Dollarstore Collective Soul
Full of 90’s flavor, a product of the time more than anything else
Seems kind of like angsty adult garage rock. Nothing in this one for me personally.
Bob Mould is an artist I always meant to explore more, but I am surprised that his representation on the 1001 is through Sugar. Hüsker Dü, Mould’s 80s post-hardcore band, seems like the one with a bigger impact and influence, with Sugar only putting out two albums in the 90s. Meanwhile, Hüsker Dü’s “Zen Arcade” made some best of the 80s lists, including placing #33 on Rolling Stone’s top 100 albums of the decade. But Sugar doesn’t leave much of an impression. Sugar should be addictive. Sugar should result in a jolt of energy. It starts off decent enough, enough that on a second listen I thought after the first few tracks that my initial judgment had been too harsh. But the further in you get, the more it feels like there is a direct line from Sugar to Goo Goo Dolls and other bland late 90s rock. While “Copper Blue” may not have made much of an impression on me, it has at least prodded me to try out some Hüsker Dü (which I definitely like better than Sugar) and helped me discover down the Wikipedia rabbit hole that Bob Mould wrote the Daily Show’s theme song and even had a short-lived stint as a pro wrestling writer for WCW.
I'd never heard of this band or any of their songs really, though it sounded so 90's familiar. The songs felt polished but they didn't pop for me. Good music, but none of the songs stuck with me. I never got that interested.
Very average, monotonous, boring and just too common. I'm not sure what is this album doing on the list, there is nothing good or original about Copper Blue. Just waste of time.
Why grunge died. This being compared to Nevermind is an abomination. No intensity, lighthearted, low IQ horseshit. NO TALENT! no offense.
Idc
Unmemorable
Taki słaby rock 2/5
The most awful mixing I've ever encountered so far I think. I think it might be good, but I can barely conceive anything over the overblown drums and guitars.
I didn’t dislike it but I wouldn’t go listen again! Had some cool drums but overall just didn’t peak my interest or vibe with me
Never heard of them and not my kind of music but didn’t mind it that much overall.
Not horrible, but not really enjoyable either. Loud, although not as distorted as it could have been.
Cookie cutter early 90s “alt-rock.” It sounds like it could be the Friends soundtrack.
ну это альтрок приятно ли это слушать? приятно запомню ли я этот альбом? нет запомню ли я как звучит группа? тоже нет
гречка с сосиской
I liked some of this and other parts not so much. This isn't the type of stuff I'd generally seek out and couldn't quite give it a 3 but I get the appeal.
Run to the mill 90s alternative music
Not my thing
Radio friendly,safe 90s music. Sweet guitars.
Cool for a couple songs
It was listenable but it seemed like a product of its time (early 90s alternative, post hair metal grungey stuff). Not sure if it was trendsetting in any facet but I did like some of the driving guitar. The songwriting and lyrics/vocals left a lot to be desired. Its not bad i just think other bands did it better.
Ugh, like the bastard love child of REM and Nirvana. But they are related, so there the wrong number of chromosomes and teeth.
Rock alternativo genérico
Everything here sounded the same, and the base level wasn't good enough to make it enjoyable. Better than Husker Dü, but not by much. A weak ⭐⭐
Same old ,same old.... over and over and over
i did not like the vocals being mixed so in the back. and the tone/inflection got kind of annoying after the second song because it felt like the voice was just hanging around in the corner and bzz-ing at me and never coming in the front. apart from that the instrumentation is decent, the guitars get kinda samey after a while. the end of the album got more poppy and singy and i liked that a bit more. slick and man on the moon being the highlights for me. apart from that i liked a good idea as well. overall though it's not a standout album and i couldn't get through most of it without getting frustrated. it's a decent to strong 4.
Wunder mich nicht, dass ich noch nie von der Band gehört habe. Nicht schlecht, aber recht uninspiriert und langweilig
Langweilig und nichtssagend.
Not so much bad... just I think I fail to understand *why* this is on the list. Just feels really unexceptional.
There weren't better early grunge albums to pick from? Even the knock offs of knock offs did this better.
I'm not sure I cared that much about this one. Another generic rock album for me that left little impression...
Nothing special on this one.
Husker Du was already pushing the limit of how much 90s rock schmaltz I could be nostalgic for, but this project goes over the limit and still (even twenty years later) feels dated rather than a sentimental relic. Damn shame since some tracks approach a wild mix of R.E.M. melodies with Hum-like wall of sound instrumentation. Could've been an amazing combo if the songwriting wasn't so bland and the tracks didn't ramble on for so long.
It's probably not their fault that the 3-chord guitar-bath became an aggressively generic sound for so much of the 90's. Maybe it's like when I showed my wife the Matrix and her reaction was a kind of shrug, which then led me to explain to her how mind-blowing that movie was at the time. I liked the song about murdering your girlfriend in a river. Murder songs have fallen out of fashion and that's a shame.
brought me back to 90s rock radio
Lots of guitar I guess
Not for me 2/5
forgettable alt rock
Could nickleback exist without this album
One hitter
album rempli de tous les clichés du alt rock des années 90. probably deserve a better score, mais pour le manque d'originalité 3/10
first half: some alright stuff second half: mostly corny stuff
Formulaic 90s teen rock. Nothing wrong with that but it doesn't deserve to be on this list.
Pretty run-of-the-mill 90s alt rock. Not something I enjoy or care for.
started out not very interesting, got better after first track, but still 1.9/5. listened 2x and it grew on me a little but still <2.4
Finally, some melodic rock. However, every song sounds the same.
This was difficult to rate. The mixing was really bad at times completely drowning out the vocals with distortion. At time I couldn’t tell if lyrics were actually being sang! However the tracks either go from okay/passable to really good which makes the mixing a bit of a shame. I thought I’d get bored of this but I kept listening. I would give a 3/5 but because of the mixing I have to give 2.
Surprisingly ok since I'd never heard of them before. still not great.
It was okay. It wasn't particularly interesting. By the album cover I thought it'd be jazz or something
It wasn’t really bad but repetitive.
Achterhaald en niet interessant.
why does this sound like an average quality sitcom?
The ramblings of a drunk dinosaur trying to fuck its way back into existence
None of this makes sense
Mmeeh
Meh
I'm prob the one in our group who likes this genre the most but even I have had enough.
I let ChatGPT write my review for this LP (but I won't do it again, or at least, not soon): "Copper Blue" by Sugar disappoints on multiple fronts. Despite the accolades, the album fails to deliver a truly engaging musical experience. While Bob Mould's previous work with Hüsker Dü showcased his songwriting prowess, this LP lacks the same level of creativity and emotional depth. The tracks tend to blur together, lacking distinctiveness, and the production feels uninspired. Mould's lyrics, too, fall short of the introspective and powerful storytelling seen in his earlier work. Overall, "Copper Blue" pales in comparison to Mould's prior achievements, leaving listeners with an underwhelming sense of missed potential and a longing for the past.
Not surprisingly this sounds very similar to Husker Du given that they're both headed by Bob Mould (I do hope that's an alias and not his real name). They sound a lot like their post-punk counterpart, REM with a sprinkling of the Pixies. This record is fine, but it is not essential in my book.
2 stars
Highlights: "Fortune Teller," "Hoover Dam," "The Act We Act," "Helpless" It does take its transparent influence from Nirvana in another harmonic direction, and in doing so it's definitely nailing the general tone of Foo Fighters before Foo Fighters -- but there are almost no hooks, no breathing room for ideas, and the vocals are always hidden in a haze of modulation. Somebody needed to tell Mr. Mould that if almost all your songs are ABAB they probably shouldn't all be four to five minutes, especially if like "The Slim" it's more like ABAAAAAAAAAA. In spite of being a little ahead of the curve, it comes across extremely samey.
This sounds like every 90s band ever.
So many better examples of this genre and from this year. No reason for this to be on this list.
Very average. 2.5/5
2/5 Best: Changes Worst: If I Can't Change Your Mind
Vibes 3/5, dynamic & excitement 2/5, difficult to find the energy to think of things to say about it.
Fun enough and catchy alt rock I didn't care all that much for it
Idk man
it's all one song como dice neil. no lo terminé, paré en la enésima repetición de la misma canción.
Boring music poorly produced.
Listened through all of this, excited for Man on the Moon, only to find out it wasn't the Man on the Moon that I was expecting. All in all, not bad, but pretty unspectacular. My man's voice got on my tits a bit.
"I'm making a 90s US college movie. There'll be frat house shenanigans and young adult lessons to be learned. I just need the perfect inoffensive soundtrack... this sugar album.... perfect!!!"
I like it when they sound like the Pixies. Actually, I just like the Pixies really.
Mouldy
This is not really doing anything for me. It sounds like generic background 90s alt/punk rock. The lead singer’s voice is really whiny sounding on a lot of the songs. It’s just consistently mediocre, there’s basically nothing interesting happening except If I Can’t Change Your Mind (which is unique and actually good). Maybe I'm just in a bad mood today, I don't know. I don’t actively hate this, but am struggling to understand why it made this list. Favorite song: If I Can’t Change Your Mind Other: The Act We Act
Rock alternativo. Ni fu ni fa. Mira, me ha rallado tanto el que la voz sea tan baja y que casi ni se les entienda que le voy a poner un 2.
Not bad, but kind of all gloms into one big mush. Each song feels like it drags just a little too long but none of it is bad. Going to forget I listened to this in about 72 hours. 2.5/5
Pretty meh. I would take the first two Cranberries albums over this one if I want early 90s alt. 🤷 I'll give it like a 2.3. (Rounded down )
Sounds like the less talented love child of the Foo Fighters and Buck 65
look, i know they predate Nickleback by considerable time, but that's the vibe i got
Not really bad but incredibly generic and forgettable
Just a really bland and boring version of what a lot of bands at the time sounded like. Nothing really unique or interesting to say about it.
2.5
2.5
Bland, seems like the mixing didn't age well at all
Instantly forgetable.
Right down the middle of the road.
It's good but another pretty generic rock record all considered. Stuff like this can't continue getting the equivalent of a 2:1.
Offensively American
To steal from one of the top reviews on this, it genuinely sounds AI-generated. So many albums out there better than this sludge
Not my thing. Very 90s. Grunge-Indie? See why it didn’t catch on. Sot The Way We Act Hoover Dam If I can’t change your mind 2/5
not for me? kinda generic-sounding 90s rock
Best Song: If I Can't Change Your Mind. I could easily see this playing over a montage in a 90s movie where the guy is trying to convince the girl he's been pining over to fall for him. Worst Song: Man on the Moon. Might not have been the worst (although that breakdown was awkward), but I was definitely tired by the whiny drone by this point. Overall: It's just a bit boring, isn't it? Certainly not so notable to make a list like this. It sounds like a popular local band that never made it big.
Very generic sounding
There is quite a lot of noice
Oasis did it better. 4/10
If I didn’t pay attention to the music, I wouldn’t been able to tell the difference between the songs. Lack of variety in the drums and guitar melodies. Sometimes it sounded like white noise.
Points for an artist that reinvents themself, but I can't get over how every song is laid out in the first 15-30 seconds, and then it's just a loop thereafter. The album made for fine alt-pop airtime filler when radio stations were clamoring to fill their dockets with "grunge", but I don't think this one really stood the test of time as being something I had to hear.
Also very 90s. Didn’t hate it, but not sure why I had to listen to this album before I die. Proper neggy comment, I know.
90's corny with some okay moments. Took a bit of a turn when 'If I can Change Your Mind' came on. Felt like the intro to a Friends spin off.
It’s ok but feels a bit one note with not much standing out. In large part I think that might be because the vocals are quite flat
Совершенно неоригинальный альбом. Формула из трека в трек одна и та же, звук совершенно устаревший, заимствованный от буквально каждой группы того времени. Тексты не лучше, они будто написаны ребёнком без какой-либо способности писать что-то действительно стоящее. Единственный плюс этого альбома - гитара, она хоть и доставляет особого удовольствия и не привносит в треки ничего интересного, но хотя бы умудряется звучать довольно хорошо. (4)
2 pretty ok
90s skater boy tunes
Not my cup of tea.
Bob Mould is a legend but I’d rather listen to Husker Du. Didn’t do much for me. Nothing memorable
meh
This sounds like a forgettable example from an era of much better grunge/indie rock. Not my thing, too generic sounding.
Some of the songs are catchy but much of the album just blends with each other with a generic sound
It’s ok. Never heard of them or any of the songs. 2/5
This sounds like what you'd get if you searched "90s grunge" in a royalty-free music library. It's like the diegetic music you'd hear in the background of a teen film set in 1992. Like a previous reviewer said, it's like it was produced by an AI trained on existing grunge albums. Its biggest flaw is being dull and having nothing new to say. I'm not a huge fan of the genre butni know what's good and this just isn't. I'm honestly surprised it's in the list.
J’ai pas aimé ça
I didn't care for this. Super receptive, annoying voices and uninspired writing. Boring and a waste of time. Also, I'm in a real bad mood and haven't even finished but sounds like Nickelback.
Meh
Hmh olipas aika keskinkertainen. Joitain pirteitä hetkiä niin ei nyt ihan ykköseen jätetä.
Eh vähän tylsähkö. Jotain hyviä biisejä joukossa, mut kokonaisuus 2/5
So forgettable. Generic, might've been great at the time, but I wasn't impressed by all but one song on this whole album. Meh
this will be a boring review, because it was kind of a boring album. it wasn't bad music (and there has been some bad music on this list! i know this wasn't bad). it was just unremarkable to me.
SUGAR !
Меня почему-то выбесил этот альбом. Хорошо, что 90-ые вспоминают не за такое.
Meh
Bland.
Too generic
So much meh
Beetje klassieke punkrock. Doet me in eerste instantie aan Bad Religion denken, maar het zou ook zomaar een soundtrack van een tiener-serie op TV kunnen zijn. Verder niet heel bijzonder en geen opvallende melodietjes. **
Parecia que ia empolgar, mas não se sustenta, e ainda cria confusão com os nomes de músicas que são hits de outros.
2.5 - Insipid rock that occupied a general “alternative” gray area in the early 90s, back when that designation was just starting to take hold. These guys were in and out of my radar, along with outfits like Matthew Sweet and Teenage Fanclub, never resonating. The loud guitars hold as much interest as a buzzing refrigerator. The vocals and lyrics are similarly uninspired. If I’m going to bother listening to shoegaze-inflected pop rock, I’ll choose “Chrome” by Catherine Wheel anytime over this.
Copper Blue by Sugar sounds like the type of music that you'd find in a 90s to early 00s teen angsty movie or tv show. This album is only helped by the fact that it came out around the time of the Nirvana Boom in 1991. Best: Man On The Moon Worst: The Slim
Had never heard of this or the band before . 1990s American Indie rock - I could place it by the sound. I didn’t love it, listenable, I thinks they take themselves seriously- the sound is quite dated - very typical of early 90s
It really just sounds like imitation pop punk/rock. And this is an era of that music that I like a lot. I feel like I've heard all of these songs before but don't actually know any of them. Just doesn't hold up as one of the greatest albums of all time. This might be one of those albums/bands like Sparks where the average person doesn't know about them but all your favorite bands say they are a major influence, but I just don't see it. The only track that feels "individualistic" was Hoover Dam. I think a 2 or 2.5 is fair. It's not an album I wanted to turn off but I don't see myself listening to any of these songs again.
boring
Nothing new about musci w this band ...
Alternativ 90’er rock, lidt generisk
Listened before? N It was okay. Heavily layered guitars and gravelly vocals seem like Social Distortion. Nothing special for me here but I could see how people would like it. Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Helpless
The best songs of this album IMO: - Fortune Teller Generic rock band from the 90s. 2.4/5
Enjoyable but very 90s alt rock, which is to my taste. Almost 30 years on I wouldn’t say it’s an album you need to listen to, unless this is the music you are into.
pretty forgettable - not really sure how it made it on the list. not terrible. 2 stars
Indistinct generic “alternative” music
Well, they're singing and playing something, but that's it.
Though I don't know this band, I have high expectation as its ex-husker-du. "A Good Idea" could be a Pixies song with different vocals The rest is quite forgettable. "If I can't change your mind" is so saccharine, sounds like a jingle or a 90s sitcom theme tune. Disappointing. I mean again, its not unpleasant, actually quite enjoyed some songs, but really wondering what it special here to make it into this list - I listened to loads of alt rock bands like this that don't make this list.
Feels of the time. Good background music but none of the tracks really stood out to me.
Definitely a 90s album. The mix isn't great, and a lot of the sound is lost in the jumble. This almost sounds like a band that is trying to mimic the stereotypical 90s sounds, as opposed to a band that helped create it.
Hmmm. Not really sure about this one. It seems stuck in it's own time. I can imagine my friends listening to this one, but me not really 'getting it'. This could be one of those that I may need a few listens to appreciate it fully.
Like a less good Pearl Jam. 2/5
okl
Didn't care for it
Pretty bland 90s rock, and nearly every song is 2-5 minutes too long. Sounded like bad Foo Fighters at times.
A poor man's Pixies
Expected to like this a lot, was left feeling meh
Like a less woeful Nirvana. Nothing particularly exciting, but pretty catchy and bouncy in places. Quite liked the poppy bits, disliked the dirgey grungy bits. 2.5/5.
Pretty generic 90s alt rock. Musicianship not too bad, but songs sound quite samey, and the singing is truly, truly awful.
Solid - never heard of this band before today. Highlights are If I Can’t Change Your Mind and Man on the Moon.