Workbook
by Bob Mould
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Workbook is ranked as the best album by Bob Mould.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Workbook track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Workbook ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/28/2025 19:20 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 07:01 |  MadhattanJack | 5,587 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2025 20:58 | LosWochos | 46,853 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2025 02:46 | Proto | 4,002 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2025 22:09 | culwin | 1,368 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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buzzdainer 06/30/2020 15:53 | #254812
When a band I love breaks up, most of the time I'm less enamored of the new bands, side projects, and solo endeavors that ensue afterward. There's often something special about the chemistry between band members that makes whatever they were doing unique and special, and it can be difficult for even the most talented musicians and songwriters to recapture the magic. I assumed that would be the case with Hüsker Dü, as Bob Mould and Grant Hart brought such different and complementary energies to that great punk/alternative rock band. But I think Workbook surpasses anything Hüsker Dü ever did. The use of acoustic guitar, paired with the searing distortion-heavy electric lead guitars for soloing, draws attention to Mould's talents as a lyricist in ways that Hüsker Dü's wall of noise tended to obscure. An unexpected and still much-underappreciated album, Workbook is an incredibly consistent collection of songs with many highlights, perhaps the most memorable of which is the scorching guitar work on "Wishing Well."
Bob Mould was always a great songwriter.
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