Beauty & Ruin by Bob Mould

Beauty & Ruin, Bob Mould's 11th solo album, came out on Merge in 2014, and it gave the old Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman his best showing on the Billboard 200 under his own name, peaking at No. 38. Wedged between Silver Age and Patch the Sky, it drew warm reviews, with Metacritic's average settling at 76.

This is the Mould sound fans have followed since the '80s: a wall of roaring, overdriven guitar with a melody buried at its heart, and a voice that still sounds like it's shouting across a crowded room. "I Don't Know You Anymore" is the one that broke through to the countdowns.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.