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Black Sheets of Rain
Studio album by
Bob Mould
ReleasedMay 1990
RecordedMarch–May 1990
StudioPower Station, NYC
GenreAlternative rock
Length56:05
LabelVirgin
ProducerBob Mould
Bob Mould chronology
Workbook
(1989) 		Black Sheets of Rain
(1990) 		Poison Years
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Select3/5[5]
Spin[6]

Black Sheets of Rain is the second solo album by former Hüsker Dü guitarist and singer Bob Mould and features the Modern Rock Top 10 hit "It's Too Late." The album was a return to a heavier sound following his folk influenced solo debut, Workbook. Bassist Tony Maimone and drummer Anton Fier, both veterans of Pere Ubu, once again served as Mould's rhythm section.

Following this album, Mould would take a detour from his solo career to lead the band Sugar, before returning to it once again with his self-titled 1996 album.

Background

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Mould later said, "With the writing of that, I had started getting ideas together when I was working up on a farm in Northern Minnesota. And then the relationship I was in ended, I moved to Hoboken, New Jersey. And most of the album got written there. It's a heavy record, much heavier in sound than Workbook. And I think a lot of that was a result of all the touring that me and Anton and Tony did. We just kept getting louder and heavier, and that informed the writing."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Bob Mould.

  1. "Black Sheets of Rain" – 7:42
  2. "Stand Guard" – 5:31
  3. "It's Too Late" – 4:03
  4. "One Good Reason" – 6:18
  5. "Stop Your Crying" – 4:31
  6. "Hanging Tree" – 5:46
  7. "The Last Night" – 4:00
  8. "Hear Me Calling" – 4:57
  9. "Out of Your Life" – 3:33
  10. "Disappointed" – 4:10
  11. "Sacrifice/Let There Be Peace" – 5:34

Personnel

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Charts

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Album
Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 123
Single
Title Chart (1990) Peak
position
"It's Too Late" US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[8] 10

Notes

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r13553
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. ^ Robbins, Ira (1990-08-31). "Black Sheets of Rain". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ^ Fricke, David. "Black Sheets Of Rain". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04.
  5. ^ Griffiths, Nick (September 1990). "Reviews: The New Discs". Select (3): 89. ISSN 0959-8367.
  6. ^ Kandell, Steve (2008-02-01). "Bob Mould Discography". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 82.
  7. ^ Ron Hart. "Bob Mould on his new album and how he's pushing back against Trump". The A.V. Club.
  8. ^ a b "allmusic ((( Bob Mould > Awards )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
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