Released March 12, 2002 | Release date 12 March 2002 Genre Alternative rock | |
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Modulate(2002) Live Dog 98 The Forum, London UK(2002) Similar Life and Times, District Line, The Last Dog and Pony Show, Body of Song, Black Sheets of Rain | ||
Bob mould modulate full album
Modulate is Bob Mould's fifth solo album, released in 2002. Although a few tracks on his previous release, The Last Dog and Pony Show, had featured tape loops and samples, Mould shocked his fans with such a dramatic embrace of electronica. Rolling Stone magazine awarded the album 2 1⁄2 stars out of five, declaring: "Ultimately, this is a rock record with electronic effects, not a techno record with guitars, and it falls short of being totally satisfying as either."
Contents
The record includes the song "The Receipt," which City Pages observed "can be taken as a barely veiled attack on Mould's old Hüsker Dü-mate Grant Hart."
Mould dubbed the tour supporting this album The Carnival of Light and Sound. It featured him performing alone on stage, backed by prerecorded tracks as short films were projected on screens behind him.
Track listing
- "180 Rain" – 3:45
- "Sunset Safety Glass" – 4:21
- "Semper Fi" – 3:57
- "Homecoming Parade" – 2:03
- "Lost Zoloft" – 3:19
- "Without?" – 1:40
- "Slay/Sway" – 4:09
- "The Receipt" – 2:26
- "Quasar" – 4:18
- "Soundonsound" – 4:05
- "Hornery" – 1:04
- "Comeonstrong" – 3:44
- "Trade" – 5:23
- "Author's Lament" – 3:26
Songs
1180 Rain3:45
2Sunset Safety Glass4:22
3Semper FI3:58