“Bob Mould was an angry young man in Hüsker Dü, and anger abounds on the empty spaces and meandering melodies of his 1989 solo LP Workbook. This expanded reissue includes a live set recorded in Chicago in 1989.”
“When a band splits as acrimoniously as Hüsker Dü did in 1987, the first fruits of their rupture are bound to yield bitter seeds. Bob Mould's 1989 solo debut has its share (see "Poison Years"), but hope radiates through much of the LP. This 25th-anniversary reissue features an accelerated and raging '89 live rendering of the album that adds a few Hüsker classics – acoustic and disarmingly tender.”
