When Workbook Was 25

American music doesn't get much better than Bob Mould's Workbook.  Part of it was the unexpectedness of it.  Part of was the sense of loss we all felt.  Part of it was the place and time.  But the music on Workbook remains transcendent.  The songs remain vital.  It was the surest sign that we'd never see Husker Du again, but the album was a promise that something glorious was just beginning.  Mould delivered on the promised glory again and again.