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MagnetAug 23, 2012Some of the most compelling, essential rock music of the era, period. [No.90, p.61]
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Under The RadarAug 22, 2012Copper Blue was the fierce masterpiece. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.123]
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Aug 3, 2012Copper Blue is essential.
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Q MagazineAug 3, 2012Sugar may have lacked the outsider appeal and cataclysmic cultural impact of Nirvana but he furnace-forged guitar pop of 1992 debut Copper Blue was a handsome match for Nevermind. [Aug 2012, p.114]
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Aug 3, 2012Exciting and stellar... What a way to show the kids both in 1992 and in 2012 how it's done, Bob.
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Jul 30, 2012[The Merge reissues of Copper, Beaster, and FU:EL] are a wonderfully presented document of a punk legend [Bob Mould], starting over creatively and emotionally in a brief window he helped open, and succeeding beyond his and anyone's expectations.
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Jul 30, 2012An album that cut through the grunge-y haze of 1992 with crisp Sixties melodies and... daring emotional clarity.
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MojoJul 10, 2012B-sides included here aren't without their charms but the album's genius clearly lay in distilling only the finest of Mould's new material into a powerful, singular statement. [Jul 2012, p.100]
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Jun 22, 2012Similarly reissued in expanded form it presents proof that, even on sunnier days, Mould still had angst to burn.
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Jun 22, 2012A more aggressive, contemporary guitar attack aside, stunning power punk masterpieces like "The Act We Act," "The Slim," and "Fortune Teller" bear all of the vintage Mould musical traits.
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Jun 22, 2012Remastered and supplemented it has received a contemporary injection and doesn't feel out of place in today's scene with that Mould influence shining through.
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Jun 22, 2012Copper Blue combined Hüsker Dü's passionate intensity with a new, steely pop resolve.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 21
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Mixed: 0 out of 21
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Negative: 5 out of 21
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Jul 30, 2012