Bob Mould: 12 Songs (All Killer, No Filler)

"Make a 12-song sampler by the artist of your choice: all killer, no filler"

I saw that challenge on a music message board. The criteria was "either your personal favorite tracks across an artist's catalog or a sampler collection that you might share with someone not familiar with a particular artist". 

I opted for "personal favorite tracks".

Bob Mould

Wishing Well
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton
Black Sheets Of Rain
New #1
First Drag Of The Day
Stand Guard (Live Dog '98)
Star Machine
Tomorrow Morning
Losing Time
Pray For Rain
When You Left
Send Me A Postcard

Note: This sampler is only from albums released under Mould's own name. I did not consider anything from either Hüsker Dü or Sugar. Even after ignoring those two bands, this wasn't easy. And honestly, a second list of 12 completely different "favorite" songs is only slightly less awesome*. Also: The last track is a cover of a Shocking Blue song from 1970. It, along with a dash through the Buzzcocks' "I Don't Mind", makes me wish Mould would knock out an album of punk-pop covers just for the hell of it.

Wishing Well (Workbook, 1989)

Brasilia Crossed With Trenton (Workbook, 1989)

 

Black Sheets Of Rain (Black Sheets Of Rain, 1990)

 

New #1 (The Last Dog And Pony Show, 1998)

 

First Drag Of The Day (The Last Dog And Pony Show, 1998)

 

Stand Guard (Live Dog '98, 2002; originally on Black Sheets Of Rain, 1990)

 

Star Machine (Silver Age, 2012)

 

Tomorrow Morning (Beauty & Ruin, 2014)

 

Losing Time (Patch The Sky, 2016)

 

Pray For Rain (Patch The Sky, 2016)

 

When You Left (Blue Hearts, 2020)

 

Send Me A Postcard (Sunshine Rock, 2019)

*: Heartbreak A Stranger, Poison Years, Hear Me Calling, Disappointed, (Shine Your) Light Love Hope, Missing You, The Descent, I Don't Know You Anymore, Hold On, Thirty Dozen Roses, Lost Faith, Little Pieces.