Copper Blue
by Sugar
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Copper Blue is ranked as the best album by Sugar.
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Copper Blue track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/20/2026 16:20 |  AAL2014 | 4,103 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 22:51 |  Milhaud | 2,121 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 16:14 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 16:39 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 20:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
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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 79.2/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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As sweet as these melodies and songs are, I was even more impressed with the band and production. Bob Mould's overdubbed guitars are a tour de force, and create an awesome and nuanced wall of sound. Nice percussion touches and harmonies at times to sweeten the sound even further. Terrific rhythm section as well. Some variety in the middle with the synthy and adventurous "Hoover Dam". Closest thing to a perfect album.
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
buzzdainer 10/14/2022 17:56 | #290469 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Hoover dam is an absolute gem of a song, perhaps his best output.
Favorite Tracks:Step Into The Breeze, 200 Bars
The best of bob’s sugar output.
The essence of power(rock)pop. What a sound !
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.
johnner 11/01/2012 15:21 | #53939
Good album. Fave track: Changes.
Glad to see this finally got on a chart. Hoover Dam is the finest song.
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