Copper Blue

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Copper Blue
Copper Blue cover
Studio album by Sugar
Released September 4, 1992
Recorded  ?
Genre Alternative rock
Length 44:58
Label Rykodisc
Producer(s) Bob Mould, Lou Giordano
Professional reviews
Sugar chronology
Copper Blue
(1992)
Beaster
(1993)


Copper Blue was the debut album of the US band Sugar. It was voted 1992 album of the year by the NME. All of the songs were written by guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, who also co-produced with Lou Giordano. The song "The Slim" is about losing someone to AIDS.

In 2006, the band Train featured a cover of "If I Can't Change Your Mind" on its For Me, It's You album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Act We Act" – 5:10
  2. "A Good Idea" – 3:47
  3. "Changes" – 5:01
  4. "Helpless" – 3:05
  5. "Hoover Dam" – 5:27
  6. "The Slim" – 5:14
  7. "If I Can't Change Your Mind" – 3:18
  8. "Fortune Teller" – 4:27
  9. "Slick" – 4:59
  10. "Man On The Moon" – 4:32

Mould decided to release tracks recorded for Copper Blue, but not included in the album, separately as Beaster.