Beauty & Ruin

Beauty & Ruin
Studio album by Bob Mould
Released June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)
Genre Alternative rock
Length 36:16
Label Merge
Producer Bob Mould
Bob Mould chronology
Silver Age
(2012)
Beauty & Ruin
(2014)
Patch the Sky
(2016)

Beauty & Ruin is the 11th solo album from former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman Bob Mould.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Mould. 

No. Title Length
1. "Low Season"   4:08
2. "Little Glass Pill"   2:39
3. "I Don't Know You Anymore"   2:55
4. "Kid with Crooked Face"   2:14
5. "Nemeses Are Laughing"   3:23
6. "The War"   3:40
7. "Forgiveness"   2:54
8. "Hey Mr. Grey"   2:03
9. "Fire in the City"   3:14
10. "Tomorrow Morning"   2:18
11. "Let the Beauty Be"   3:16
12. "Fix It"   3:25
Total length:
36:16

Personnel

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
AlternativeNation[2]

Upon its release, Beauty & Ruin was met with positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favourable reviews".[3] Also, on Alternativenation.net, the album was met with positive reviews of 7/10 (or 3.5/5 Stars).[4]

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[5] 96
UK Alternative Albums 16
UK Rock Albums 8
US Billboard 200[6] 38
US Billboard Independent Albums[6] 5
US Billboard Alternative Albums[6] 9
US Billboard Top Rock Albums[6] 9

References

  1. Allmusic review Retrieved 14 August 2015
  2. AlternativeNation.net Review Retrieved 26 October 2015
  3. "Beauty & Ruin Reviews". Metacritic. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  4. http://www.alternativenation.net/bob-mould-beauty-ruin-a-track-by-track-review/
  5. "The Official Charts Company - Bob Mould". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "allmusic ((( Bob Mould > Awards )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
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