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Vapor Trail, Nov. 10 2003
Sugar shot like a meteor across the musical sky. It burned bright and fast and not many saw it, but the few who did are destined to spend the rest of their days sharing their experience with anyone who will bother to listen. Such was the brief career of Sugar.After the dynamic COPPER BLUE and the ferocious BEASTER, FILE UNDER: EASY LISTENING was a bit of a letdown. Nevertheless, it still has more than its fair share of classic Sugar songs including the poppy "Your Favorite Thing" (which borrows slightly from My Bloody Valentine's "Blown A Wish"), the singalong "Believe What You're Saying," the dramatic "Explode and Make Up," and the clever toetapper "Gee Angel." David Barbe steps up front (for better or worse) with "Company Book," which, if nothing else, did prove once and for all that Sugar was more than "Bob Mould and The Two Other Guys." Ultimately, though, Sugar will be best remembered for COPPER BLUE and BEASTER and rightfully so. While FU:EL has plenty of pop, it has very little of the conviction and intensity that made those two albums so memorable. In the meteoric career of Sugar, FU:EL was little more than a vapor trail.
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It's a penny used!, Nov. 7 2003
It's a penny! Well, that's a reason alone to buy this album, but that's beside the point. It's a good pop album with catchy songs from Bob Mould and his 90's band. Songs "Gee Angel", "Favorite Thing", "I Can't Help You Anymore", and the rest of the album are all solid rocking pop songs. If you like Husker Du or Mould's solo stuff and you don't own this. I don't know why. Get it.
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Loud pop songs, Jui 17 2003
Between solo albums, Bob Mould made a trilogy under the name Sugar (not counting the extra disc of B sides). "File Under Easy Listening" is the third, and you can tell. It's more polished than the previous albums, but it has less energy. He's finally figured out how to write and record great rock songs, but he's gotten bored with the whole process.When he's on, he's really on. Bob Mould is able to turn distortion and feedback into melody with so little effort, you don't always notice what he's doing. The first track, Gift, is full of blistering guitar solos, but it's as catchy as the Beatles. The rest of the album follows the same pattern, turning guitar tones into perfect pop songs. Mould has a knack for writing back-biting lyrics, too, reflecting on burnt-out relationships and betrayal. He sings sweetly, but you can tell he's not happy. If every song was as good as Panama City Hotel, Granny Cool, and Gee Angel, this would be a five-star album. But too many songs are based on a single hook . . . and too many are played on acoustic guitar. Like his fellow songwriter from Minneapolis, Paul Westerberg, Bob Mould delivers less than he promises. Maybe some day he'll make that perfect rock album. Until then, this will have to do.
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