"Copper Blue" was the album I'd been waiting for from Bob Mould since Husker Du broke up in 1987. Grant Hart hit with his first solo album in 1988, "Intolerance", and it pretty much was what I expected from him at that juncture in time. Great pop songs just like the ones he wrote with the Huskers.
However, Mould gave us "Workbook". "Workbook" was kind of eh back in 1989 and it definitely hasn't gotten better for me with age. 1990's "Black Sheets of Rain" was a definite step in the right direction but again, it hasn't stuck with me at all.
Sugar's "Copper Blue" however will stand the test of time. All the songs on this album are keepers. Incredibly melodic pop songs with signature Mould guitar.The Sugar output after this isn't as good. And the solo stuff after, once again, is eh.
Mould is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation and quite honestly hasn't reached his full potential. Between his horrible electronica and half-hearted attempts at returning to rock and roll (he was giving up the electric after "The Last Dog and Pony Show"), I still await the return of the real Bob Mould.
If it's any consolation, Hart's solo output after "Intolerance" is equally as eh if not downright boring. But he also does his art so music doesn't seem to be his only bread and butter like Mould's. Their buddy Paul Westerberg has followed the same path of eh.
Husker bassist Greg Norton owns what looks like a kick ass restaurant and recently has returned to music in a band called The Gang Font feat. Interloper. It's eh too but Mr. Norton has other fish to fry, so to speak, so I don't hold this against him. And the motherfucker can jump.
XTRA SUGAR!
Best Sugar song post-"Copper Blue".
BONUS HUSKER!
My all time favorite Husker Du song, "Terms Of Psychic Warfare".
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