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Life And Times

Bob Mould

Life And Times

The former Sugar and Husker Du frontman delivers a 9th album of punk passion with an electronic edge

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6.6

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06/04/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    Mould’s back on form, and his strongest set this century deploys a taut restraint to combine folksy, songwriterly reflection and euphoric punk noise
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  2. 7.0 |   Spin

    The miserable bastard can still write melodies that make the medicine go down, and ultimately, that's his redemption.
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  3. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    As never before has Mould seemed this comfortable with his status as one of the progenitors of a sound adopted and adapted by everyone from Pixies and the Foo Fighters to the Hold Steady.
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    It goes without saying that anyone seeking Hüsker Dü or Sugar redux ought to look elsewhere, but the ten largely unadorned tracks on Life and Times nearly negate the electronic embellishments Mould has favored in recent years.
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  5. 6.0 |   NME

    What's best about it is that there's just about enough magic to make you wanna dig out those old Hüsker records and play 'em again: LOUD AND PROUD! 
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  6. 6.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    Songs revisit most of Mould's major milieux – punk rock, hard pop, edgy electronica.
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