''District Line'' is the seventh solo album from former

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. Returning from his previous solo album, ''

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fame, and cellist Amy Domingues. Mould handled all of the other instruments himself. The closer, "Walls in Time," is actually a track that failed to make his 1989 solo debut, ''

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Release

"The Silence Between Us" was released as a single on January 8, 2008. ''District Line'' was released on February 5, 2008; Mould promoted it with a US tour in the following month. Following this, he appeared at the

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Track listing

All songs written by Bob Mould. #"Stupid Now" – 4:06 #"Who Needs to Dream" – 3:57 #"Again and Again" – 5:21 #"Old Highs New Lows" – 4:00 #"Return to Dust" – 4:24 #"The Silence Between Us" – 3:34 #"Shelter Me" – 3:53 #"Very Temporary" – 3:11 #"Miniature Parade" – 3:34 #"Walls in Time" – 6:12

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming *

– drums, additional engineering *

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– cello ;Technical *Frank Marchand – recording *Jim Wilson – mastering *Brett Marden – artwork *Peter Ross – portrait

Charts

References

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