Copper Blue (studio album) by Sugar

Copper Blue by Sugar
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 1,125th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 222 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1992 (18th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (214th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,125th)
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Sugar bestography

Copper Blue is ranked as the best album by Sugar.

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Copper Blue track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 222 votes)
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11/23/2024 15:37 slatsheit  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,93382/100
 
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10/02/2024 00:20 Cardboardfolder  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,61887/100
 
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06/02/2024 20:41 DommeDamian  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,55449/100
 
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05/16/2024 00:35 javicho07  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,04081/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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95/100
From 10/30/2023 20:16
I had always hated Nirvana for releasing Smells Like Teen Spirit at the same time that Copper Blue was and completely lost in the hype of grunge. In the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet it is an uber-album
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From 10/14/2022 17:56
As much as I enjoyed Hüsker Dü back in the eighties, I personally think Bob Mould made his best music after Hüsker Dü split. In my opinion, the wall of electric guitar that became Mould's trademark contribution to Hüsker Dü's sound reached its apex on Copper Blue, the first album Mould made with his first post-Hüsker Dü band Sugar. Here that sound channels the aggression of Mould's earlier work into something gorgeous and melodic, while at the same time maintaining the dark edge that had made Hüsker Dü so great. The addition of twelve-string acoustic guitar to round out the band's sound gives this album a clean, bright feel that transcends the murkier sounds Hüsker Dü made a decade earlier.
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85/100
From 08/16/2020 09:41
Hoover dam is an absolute gem of a song, perhaps his best output.
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90/100
From 07/20/2019 17:50
Favorite Tracks:Step Into The Breeze, 200 Bars
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From 04/02/2018 23:17
The best of bob’s sugar output.
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From 05/29/2017 11:29
The essence of power(rock)pop. What a sound !
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90/100
From 05/31/2016 17:16
A powerful rock album from Bob Mould and co. Copper blue, is one the great rock albums from the early nineties. It's got great songs, with a strong emphasis on melody, but it also rocks as well. There are shades of the pixies on some tracks. Helpless, Hoover dam, and the catchy, if I can't change your mind, are all great. There's nothing weak here. A strong LP.
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80/100
From 11/01/2012 15:21
Good album. Fave track: Changes.
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From 08/16/2010 22:53
Glad to see this finally got on a chart. Hoover Dam is the finest song.
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