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Stereo (CD)

By: Paul Westerberg (Artist)

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Paul Westerberg Artist Snapshot:

As the frontman of Minneapolis's beloved Replacements, Paul Westerberg gave voice to thousands of frustrated and restless young people with his boozy anthems and bruised laments. While he'll forever be associated with the 'Mats, Westerberg's solo career, which began with a pair of songs on the SINGLES soundtrack, has been as long and prolific as the Replacements'. Musically, his solo material is still rooted in the power pop and classic rock radio that marked the 'Mats at their best; however, there is a maturity and sense of self-understanding present in his songs that can come only from years of traveling music's hard-luck roads.

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DISC 1 for Stereo (CD) Album By Paul Westerberg (Artist)
1   High Time
2   I'll Do Anything
3   Let's Not Belong
4   Silent Film Star
5   Knock It Right Out
6   2 Days 'Til Tomorrow
7   Eyes Like Sparks
8   Footsteps
9   Kickin' The Stall
10   Between Love & Like
11   AAA (Anything, Anyone, Anymore)
 
DISC 2 for Stereo (CD) Album By Paul Westerberg (Artist)
1   Baby Learn To Crawl
2   Dirt To Mud
3   Only Lie Worth Telling
4   Got You Down
5   No Place For You
6   Boring Enormous
7   Nothing To No One
8   We May Be The Ones
9   Don't Want Never
10   Strike Down The Band - (hidden track)
11   Mr. Rabbit
12   Let The Bad Times Roll
13   Call That Gone
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (5/9/02, pp.74-76) - 3.5 out of 5 stars - "...MONO [is] the louder half of this double-disc release....[STEREO is] an album of post-punk saloon ballads..."
Spin (6/02, p.109) - 6 out of 10 - "...Thoughtfully observed, carefully played, and achin' to be respectable..."
Q (6/02, p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Chiming with the sound of Westerberg's signature irreverent guitar and topped off by half-sung, half-drooled lyrics, it's just fine..."
Uncut (1/03, p.95) - Ranked #28 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "...The first features lovely, home-recorded ballads. The second bristles with punk exuberance..."
Alternative Press (6/02, p.90) - 6 out of 10 - "...His melodies are golden, and he occasionally demonstrates why one major magazine once labeled him the embodiment of rock'n'roll..."
CMJ (4/29/02, p.12) - "...An acoustic-based introspective work..."
Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.104) - "...The singers in these songs look an awful lot like a fella we know who had the misfortune of being stuck post-punk and pre-emo..."

Title Note

Initial pressings of STEREO will include the album MONO by Grandpaboy.

STEREO contains the hidden track, "Strike Down The Band," which occurs between "Don't Want Never" and "Mr. Rabbit."

Personnel includes: Paul Westerberg, Elrod Puce, Zeke Pine, Henry Twiddle, Luther Covington.

This is the album that Paul Westerberg's admirers have been wishing he would make ever since his solo career arose out the ashes of the Replacements. While inconsistent songwriting and questionable production decisions marred much of the legendary singer/songwriter's previous solo releases, STEREO (and it's accompanying disc MONO) represents a glorious return to form not just on a sonic level, but in terms of song quality as well. Ironically, STEREO is a literal solo effort, with most of the songs centered around Westerberg's craggy voice and (predominantly acoustic) guitar. Most of the tunes are ballads that will bring a smile to the face of anyone who ever shed a tear for "Skyway" or "Swingin' Party."

On the other side of the coin, MONO is a straight-out rock album, full of the kind of raw, unkempt guitar din bands merely think they have a handle on. A proven master of such aural carnage, Westerberg joyously tears into such tunes as "Footsteps" (whose main riff bears echoes of the Who's "Substitute") with the sort of abandon for which Replacements fans spent years vainly sifting through previous Westerberg albums. Most emblematic of Westerberg's new/old gestalt is the gloriously reckless, self-explanatory "Knock It Right Out," and thank goodness he finally did.

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