Sugar File Under: Easy Listening [Clear Vinyl]

3.5 Stars - Good - "...Mould now proves himself as musically inventive as ever; wry, self-doubting...its rock solid songwriting delights..."
Ranked #14 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...The transition late in the album from...wracked distortion....to the jangly...will unclog your arteries en route to your heart..."
"...Sugar's most engaging release yet; maybe the album title isn't so ironic after all..." - Rating: A
4 Stars - Excellent - "...finds former Husker Du man Bob Mould exorcising more demons over a structured barrage of pop noises..."
"...an irresistibly cheery hurricane of sheer tuneful noise and melody..."
"...Bob Mould orchestrates the overdriven roar of guitars with more taste and intellegence than anyone around...there's always enough going on beneath the surface of these songs to ensure that the music is as absorbing as it is exhilarating..."
Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #21 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Ranked #24 in NME's list of the 'Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
9 - Excellent Plus - "...What Sugar reminds us is that, when all's said and done-to-death, music is still the unfathomable...magic that prompts in us an uncontrollable reaction, an utter, ungraspable, adrenalised joy..."