Bob Mould

Another solid if unexpected pick. Personally would have still gone for Zen Arcade though

"I Hate Alternative Rock" Yeah bro, me too.

This third album of Bob Mould is a nice alternative rock album. He played all instruments and provided all vocals. This makes the album sometimes a bit dull. Bob does not have the most dynamic voice and arragements of the instruments are not all that spectacular. It's not a punishment to listen to it though.

Great record! One of Bob's best across his spectrum of projects.

initially stiff as it's a drum machine, but the quality of the tracks and the sheer bleakness of the tracks make up for it. Songs don't have to be happy and uplifting, which can be seen by the titles like `Next Time That You Leave` and the banger `Roll Over and Die` There is a gorgeous use of dissonance in `Hair Stew` to add to the discomfort of the track. Used to have this on heavy rotation, still totally holds up.

Cover art looks boring as all buggery. This isn't too bad. It's just kinda catchy 90s alternative/punk stuff. Doesn't really pick up much, relies a lot on being pretty easy listening. But that's nice thing. It's easy to like. 4/5.

Gen X college radio hour again... I owned this on CD and listened to it near obsessively in the early 90s for something like half a year, then not much after that. I think i sold it at some point. At this late date I find some of it has that flattened affect I often see in the single artist production album, a product I think of too uniform a point of view. But I still liked it very well. Fort Knox, King Solomon and Thumbtack remain two of my favorite things in this genre of music.

Thank you for rounding out the Bob Mould trilogy on the list, #191. Hüsker Dü was a band I had always meant to check out, but barely knew. However, I didn't enjoy them as much as I had hoped. I did like them better than Mould's next band, Sugar. But this solo album is better than either of those. I didn't enjoy Mould's voice in those offerings, but it seemed to fit better here, or he improved as a singer over time.

Yeah, not a bad effort from the former Hüsker Dü and Sugar leading member, probably unnecessarily panned by the critics at the time (while Sugar might have been slightly overrated, on the other hand). Guess the fact that Bob recorded everything himself, even using drum machines for the drums, wasn't to their liking. But honestly the sound of this LP aged pretty well. Interestingly, this album is far from being the most streamed stuff by the American rocker on Spotify. Are most Bob Mould fans still concurring with the old critics after all these years? There are some underwhelming moments, but the heights still make the album pleasant to listen to (ballads "Anymore Time Betweens" and "Fort Knox, King Salomon", indie-rockers "Deep Karma Canyon" and "Art Crisis". Not enough to include this in my own list of keepers (more essential moments of Mould's career are missing from the original book), but thanks for the suggestion. 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 4. 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 3.5). Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ----- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 33 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 44 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 91 (including this one) ---- Émile, quelques réponses au dessus

Rating: 6/10

I didn't mind listening to this, although it didn't bring me that much either. It has that Bob Mould signature layered guitar sound, but somehow for this album it kinda falls flat. And that dull repetitive drum machine doesn't help in lighting the spark for this one. I know Bob Mould (related) albums that are way more adventurous and edgy. This one came and went.

I dont remember anything about husker du but I feel like this is very different from that type of music. It felt like the live music you’d hear at a local boomer lounge. Not super complex and nothing super special but it’s still sounds decent.

Good enough scuzzy indie.

This was a solid listen, but I tend to prefer Bob Mould's Workbook-era albums. One thing about this album that intrigues me though is how it breaks creatively from the work Mould was doing while in Sugar. You can almost read the very palpable anger and emotional exhaustion of these songs in the context of a broken relationship or that of a broken band. He wouldn't be the first artist who explored that territory, but it's pretty clever. Fave Songs: Next Time That You Leave, Art Crisis, Deep Karma Canyon, Anymore Time Between, Roll Over and Die

Still felt like a Husker Du album, but one that had aged much better and felt fresher. Really enjoyed some of the guitar work at play on this LP – not every track is a winner and there are some definite snoozers, but I’m a sucker for this kind of 90s guitar and enjoyed listening overall.

The big note about this album on Wikipedia is the theme for the Daily Show was Keith ally written for this album but cut so

It's ok. The user albums seem to lack a bit of variety

Rock alternativo. NI fu ni fa.

I’ve heard of Bob Mould and Husker Du but never explored the music. This was decent music that I didn’t mind listening to.

Decent 90s alternative dude rock

Liked this

Fine enough

Nothing too special

Very weird album, in a good way. Some heavy instrumental stuff going on, and sometimes just straight rock. Didn't save a lot but very cool pick.

I'm a Husker Du fan and enjoyed Workbook & Black Sheets of Rain, but kind of dropped off following what he was doing after that. Interesting to visit something later that some one thought was worth considering as essential... but it strikes me as pretty average alt rock. Still like his voice, but I didn't really get captured by anything that was here.

Is this a Peter Gabriel situation? This is the "hubcap" album? He's got an interesting history, but this album doesn't really hit any high notes for me.

Mouldy

I like Bob Mould but I enjoy him more with Husker Du.

Ed Balls. Hüsker Dü guy's solo work. Middle-of-the-road 90s alt-rock, doesn't have much new to bring to the table, and the new stuff it *does* bring gets a bit grating

Bob Mould is decent without ever getting close to really good, it's a decent mix of easy singer-songwriter stuff and some okay alternative rock stuff. I'm more partial to the latter so I Hate Alternative Rock and Egøoverride and those sorts of songs, but this was alright, 3/5, better than a lot of stuff we've heard.

I love this guy's voice, but some of the songwriting is boring

This was okay. It was quite forgettable. He sounds like Michael Stipe.

Kudos to Bob for not upgrading to a stage name. Mould is a pretty tough surname. The first song was my favourite and the others were pretty good! I don't feel super strongly about it though

Seems fairly mid to be honest. Kudos for him doing it all by himself, more than I could do.

Good alternative rock album, vocals maybe just become a bit stale after a while.

Felt very modern and not nearly 30 years old. Reminiscent of a Welsh Indy band that I can’t remember the name of.

June 20th, 2025 HL: "Anymore Time Between", "Fort Knox, King Solomon", "Egøverride" Copper Blue, Zen Arcade, Warehouse- now this makes the 4th album in Mould World. More respectable 90s alt-rock, between all the projects I've heard so far I could probably compile a pretty great playlist. There's just too many songs that don't interest me as much. But, out of those four Mould-adjacent albums I can't recall a bad song, either.

I like Bob Mould, and he can craft a really good hook, but this album fell flat for me.

A solid effort from alt-rock icon Bob Mould. It’s not as electrifying as any of his work with Hüsker Dü, as catchy as Copper Blue with his side project Sugar, or as varied and interesting as his solo debut Workbook. Just a solid Bob Mould album - sometimes that’s all you need

Bland alt rock. Just so, so generic. At least it is short. I agree with the comment that Zen Arcade should have been on here. My personal rating: 2/5 My rating relative to the list: 3/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Bob Mould

Fuck, that album went by really fast. I thought it was good overall, but it did feel a little generic 90s at times. Bob Mould is someone that I love, and Zen Arcade is one of the albums that showed me how deep punk music could go, but this one just didn't speak to me that much, and that's okay 3/5

Not nearly as catchy and memorable as I expected a solo album with Bob Mould playing every instrument would be. It was fine, but I don’t remember much of it half a day later.

Yeah I can see the list needing another Hüsker Dü/Bob Mould album, even if only based on the impact of the band. And I guess a solo album where Bobby plays all instruments himself is a nice choice - I just think that it's missing some of the catchy melodies and Hüsker Dü magic. No track really stood out.

Desperately boring

A rather interesting album. On one hand it’s a varying amount of alternative that is pretty decent for how ranging it is. On the other hand it’s a sporadic compilation of songs that don’t meld together too well. Some songs I thought were pretty decent but overall it wasn’t very cohesive causing me to lose interest in the album as a whole. 5.2/10

Maybe I’m missing something but this just felt like a 90’s rock album.

Bob has a particular knack for frequencies my brain can't tolerate. What is that awful percussive noise in 'I Hate Alternative Rock'?

Nothing exceptional

Wish the entire album sounded like "Hair Stew", because the rest was kind of forgettable. Way more Sugar than Hüsker Dü and I sadly don't care for Sugar that much. Interesting pick though, I think most people would have gone for Zen Arcade (which definitely should have been on the original list!).

It was okay

It’s a fine album demonstrating mid-90s Bob Mould entitled Bob Mould. I’m subtracting a star because the Daily Show theme was supposed to be on there but wasn’t.

It wasn't an album that made me very happy, I found it deficient. I expected more for the genre, there wasn't a track that caught my attention.

Come on now! Whoever put this on must definitely be a relative of Bob