Workbook is the title of Bob Mould

Bob Mould

Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:...

's first solo album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 after leaving Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....

. The album is primarily acoustic and has a strong folk influence - very different from much of his group's heavier music. The single "See a Little Light" was a hit on the US Modern Rock chart. Drummer Anton Fier

Anton Fier

Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...

 and bassist Tony Maimone, of Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu (band)

Pere Ubu is an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant...

 fame, served as Mould's rhythm section.

In the liner notes of the Hüsker Dü live album titled The Living End, critic David Fricke noted that Mould had an embryonic version of "Compositions for the Young and Old" in the waning days of that band.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bob Mould

1. "Sunspots"
2. "Wishing Well"
3. "Heartbreak a Stranger"
4. "See a Little Light"
5. "Poison Years"
6. "Sinners and Their Repentances"
7. "Brasilia Crossed with Trenton"
8. "Compositions for the Young and Old"
9. "Lonely Afternoon"
10. "Dreaming, I Am"
11. "Whichever Way the Wind Blows"

Personnel

Bob Mould - vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion

• Anton Fier
  Anton Fier
  Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...
  
   - drums
• Steve Haigler - percussion
• Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone
  Tony Maimone is a bass player, producer, and engineer who lives in Brooklyn, New York.He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss...
  
   - bass
• Jane Scarpantoni
  Jane Scarpantoni
  Jane Scarpantoni is a classically trained cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums.She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-'80s, then went on to play with other musicians especially those associated with the Hoboken underground rock scene of the...
  
  - cello