Sugar - Copper Blue (CD)

• Copper Blue is the classic 1992 debut album by Sugar. Frontman Bob Mould had sung and played guitar

for seminal midwest punks Hüsker Dü, openly acknowledged by the likes of Nirvana and The Pixies as

a huge influence. Following their break-up and two well-received solo albums, Sugar saw Bob return to a

band set-up, signing to the iconic Creation label and scoring indie chart hits with “A Good Idea”, “Changes”,

“Helpless” and “If I Can’t Change Your Mind”. Copper Blue’s ebullient collection of richly melodic and

anthemic songs saw Bob triumphantly reclaim an alternative rock legacy he had helped create. The album

went in at number 10 in the UK album charts and was NME’s Album Of The Year.

• Twenty years on, the album has been lovingly remastered from the original tapes, and is presented here

in improved fidelity. Remastering engineer Jim Wilson comments: “Just in terms of the size and power and

clarity of it all, the effect of this 2012 remastering is going to be immediately obvious to anybody.”

• This deluxe expanded edition includes all the non-album b-sides, a BBC radio session and a full length

1992 live concert. The concert, a favourite of Bob Mould’s, was recorded by Chicago college radio station

WXRT and has been much bootlegged. This is the first legitimate release, with pristine sound quality, and

features the only recorded versions of Sugar covering “Armenia City In The Sky” by The Who and “Dum

Dum Boys” by Iggy Pop.

• The DVD features all the promo videos from Copper Blue alongside TV appearances from the BBC and

MTV archives.

• The 32 page booklet contains rare photos, memorabilia, and exclusive new interviews that tell the story

behind the album in the band’s own words.

Tracklisting:

DISC ONE

COPPER BLUE

1. The Act We Act

2. A Good Idea

3. Changes

4. Helpless

5. Hoover Dam

6. The Slim

7. If I Can’t Change Your Mind

8. Fortune Teller

9. Slick

10. Man on the Moon

B-SIDES

11. Needle Hits E

12. If I Can’t Change Your Mind

[solo mix]

13. Try Again

14. Clownmaster

BBC RADIO SESSION

15. If I Can’t Change Your Mind

16. Hoover Dam

17. The Slim

18. Where Diamonds Are Halos

 

DISC TWO

LIVE AT THE CABARET

METRO, Chicago,

Illinois, 22nd July 1992

1. The Act We Act

2. A Good Idea

3. Changes

4. Running Out Of Time

5. Helpless

6. If I Can’t Change Your Mind

7. Where Diamonds Are Halos

8. Hoover Dam

9. Beer Commercial

10. Slick

11. Anyone

12. Clownmaster

13. Tilted

14. Armenia City In The Sky

15. JC Auto

16. The Slim

17. Dum Dum Boys

18. Man On The Moon

 

DVD

PROMO VIDEOS

1. Helpless

2. Changes

3. If I Can’t Change Your Mind

TV APPEARANCES

4. Helpless – Live on The Late Show UK

5. Interview – MTV UK

6. Interview – MTV US 120 Minutes

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