Artist	Song
Bob Mould	See a Little Light
from Workbook (2008)
Sugar	If I Can't Change Your Mind
from Copper Blue (2006)
Sugar	Helpless
from Copper Blue (2006)
Bob Mould	Circles
from Body of Song (2005)
Bob Mould	It's Too Late
from Black Sheets of Rain (2008)
Bob Mould	The Silence Between Us
from District Line (2008)
Sugar	Changes
from Copper Blue (2006)
Bob Mould	Compositions for the Young and Old
from Workbook (2008)
Bob Mould	Stop Your Crying
from Black Sheets of Rain (2008)
Sugar	Your Favorite Thing
from File Under: Easy Listening (2006)
Bob Mould	Paralyzed
from Body of Song (2005)
Bob Mould	I Hate Alternative Rock
from Bob Mould (2006)
Bob Mould	New, No. 1
from The Last Dog and Pony Show (2006)
Bob Mould	Stupid Now
from District Line (2008)
Bob Mould	Wishing Well
from Workbook (2008)
Bob Mould	Skintrade
from The Last Dog and Pony Show (2006)
Sugar	Gee Angel
from File Under: Easy Listening (2006)
Bob Mould	Next Time That You Leave
from Bob Mould (2006)
Bob Mould	Dreaming, I Am
from Workbook (2008)
Bob Mould	Out of Your Life
from Black Sheets of Rain (2008)
Sugar	Hoover Dam
from Copper Blue (2006)
Sugar	A Good Idea
from Copper Blue (2006)
Sugar	Gift
from File Under: Easy Listening (2006)
Bob Mould	Return to Dust
from District Line (2008)
Sugar	Believe What You're Saying
from File Under: Easy Listening (2006)
Bob Mould	Hanging Tree
from Black Sheets of Rain (2008)
Bob Mould	First Drag of the Day
from The Last Dog and Pony Show (2006)
Bob Mould	Classified
from The Last Dog and Pony Show (2006)
Bob Mould	Egoverride
from Bob Mould (2006)
Bob Mould	Fort Knox, King Solomon
from Bob Mould (2006)
Bob Mould	Sacrifice / Let There Be Peace
from Black Sheets of Rain (2008)
Sugar	Fortune Teller
from Copper Blue (2006)
Bob Mould	Walls In Time
from District Line (2008)
Bob Mould	All Those People Know
from Poison Years (1994)
Bob Mould	Anymore Time Between
from Bob Mould (2006)
Bob Mould	Megamanic
from The Last Dog and Pony Show (2006)
Sugar	The Slim
from Copper Blue (2006)
Bob Mould	Deep Karma Canyon
from Bob Mould (2006)
Bob Mould	Heartbreak a Stranger
from Workbook (2008)
Bob Mould	Best Thing
from Body of Song (2005)
Sugar	Panama City Motel
from File Under: Easy Listening (2006)
Bob Mould	Poison Years (Live)
from Poison Years (1994)
Bob Mould	If You're True (Live)
from Poison Years (1994)
Sugar	Granny Cool
from File Under: Easy Listening (2006)
Bob Mould	Miniature Parade
from District Line (2008)

Comment:

"All the words we said yesterday, that's a long time ago," sings Bob Mould on "See a Little Light," and though his trailblazing outfit Hüsker Dü had only just dissolved, Mould was clearly breaking with the past — without leaving it completely behind. On his own, and with his '90s band, Sugar, Mould was all about personal evolution, taking the post-punk crunch of his early days along for the ride as he drove deeper into a journey through sounds that would best express his musical soul. The outcome? Everything from the rock-pop control of "Helpless," to the folk-tinged swirl of "Wishing Well," to the solid-as-stone "Return to Dust." Despite the wry title of "I Hate Alternative Rock," Mould's relentlessly personal music has made him an indisputably influential alt-music icon — making this one truly Essential playlist.

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