Candy Apple Grey also marked the completion of the band's transition from hardcore punk to a more well-rounded sonic style which would later come to be known as alternative rock. As usual, Bob Mould and Grant Hart individually wrote tracks on the album. While the band's earlier, more frenetic style is still evident, Another interesting featured was that the band move into a more introverted, toned-down material, including a relatively large amount of acoustic guitar, although the production was more full-bodied than Spot's razor-thin work.
Much of Candy Apple Grey chargeed along on the same frenzied beat that propelled New Day Rising and Flip Your Wig, and both Bob Mould and Grant Hart were in fine form, spinning out fine punk-pop with "Sorry Somehow" and "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely." However, the sound was beginning to seem a bit tired, which is what maked Mould's two acoustic numbers, "Too Far Down" and "Hardly Getting Over It," so welcome. The opening track “Crystal” was a mind boggling scream fest by Mould that is one of the more challenging songs the band ever did. However, a lot of the album was indeed more accessible than the Husker Du of old, but it’s a natural progression rather than a forced one. "Eifel Tower High" was equally as successful, and continued Mould’s unique songwriting structure.
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