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Sep 4, 2012This is a king rightfully reclaiming his dominion.
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Sep 5, 2012Bob Mould is no ordinary musician-in fact, you could say he's a pop genius. Silver Age is just one more confirmation of that fact.
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Oct 30, 2012Now in his 50s, Bob Mould returns not as the forefather of modern indie rock, but as a vital contemporary.
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Oct 4, 2012[Silver Age is] a man doing what he does best.
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Sep 25, 2012It's a refinement of what he accomplished with Sugar, and is arguably the most consistently engaging album he's made since Copper Blue.
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Sep 13, 2012Silver Age is another peak in a career full of them, and it's due to the quality of the material Mould uses to construct the suit, rather than the classic cut of the design.
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Sep 4, 2012[Silver Age is] an album not just reminiscent of but worthy of comparison to his best '90s material.
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Sep 4, 2012Silver Age affirms what he does best.
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Sep 5, 2012More than another album of tastefully done guitar pop, Silver Age is the sound of an artist learning to come to grips with his legacy.
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Oct 1, 2012There is not an ounce of fat on this record, nor one wasted note.
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Oct 22, 2012Silver Age's songs come across as a little homogeneous, but it's an exhilarating homogeneous mass, which is all that really counts.
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Sep 6, 2012Silver Age is a very good album, one that recalls, in all the right ways, Mould's best post-Hüsker work, and in particular his Copper Blue.
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Sep 13, 2012Silver Age [is] his strongest, most searing collection of songs since Sugar.
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Sep 4, 2012Silver Age is an exclamation point to those [Sugar] reissues, a nod to the past but with clear direction forward.
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MagnetOct 1, 2012Sounding awfully familiar much of the time, Silver Age may not be Mould's best work - and it's certainly not his most original. But it's got a weathered shine. [No.91 p.57]
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MojoOct 22, 2012Silver Age is the most consistently exciting record he's made since Sugar's Copper Blue. [Nov 2012, p.86]
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Sep 10, 2012Mould's most mature album, and for that reason, it is definitely his best solo album, too. The Silver Age is not the best record of the year, but it is certainly one of the most unpretentious and easily liked records of the year.
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Sep 4, 2012There's always something innervating about Mould in this punk setting, when the songs seem to propel themselves and he somehow finds a home in the maelstrom.
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Sep 6, 2012As a showcase of a seasoned master in his element, Silver Age's bounty of direct, distorto-pop hits measures up to Mould's gold standard.
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Sep 6, 2012Mould is at the top of his game on Silver Age.
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Q MagazineOct 22, 2012The lyrics aren't exactly sunny but the furiously cathartic Silver Age is his strongest work since Copper Blue. [Nov 2012, p.102]
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Sep 4, 2012It does mark another 10-year shift for Mould, one in which he revisits old haunts, clears out the weeds, and plants a fresh flag.
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Sep 4, 2012Silver Age is the best album Mould has released since his days in Sugar.
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Under The RadarSep 4, 2012If any complaint can be made, it's that Silver Age at times sounds almost too much like Sugar. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.119]
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