Modulate
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Modulate | ||
Studio album by Bob Mould | ||
Released | March 12, 2002 | |
Genre | Alternative | |
Label | Granary Music | |
Producer(s) | Bob Mould | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Bob Mould chronology | ||
The Last Dog and Pony Show (1996) |
Modulate (2002) |
Live Dog 98: The Forum, London UK (2002) |
- See Modulation for more common explanations.
Modulate is Bob Mould's fifth solo album, released in 2002 after a four-year layoff. 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 gave 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."
The song "The Receipt" is widely considered to be an attack directed at former Hüsker Dü bandmate 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.
[edit] Track listing
- "180 Rain"
- "Sunset Safety Glass"
- "Semper Fi"
- "Homecoming Parade"
- "Lost Zoloft"
- "Without?"
- "Slay/Sway"
- "The Receipt"
- "Quasar"
- "Soundonsound"
- "Hornery"
- "Comeonstrong"
- "Trade"
- "Author's Lament"