Paul Westerberg - Stereo
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Music Reviews of Stereo
Music Review: A little perplexed...
Rating: 3 Stars
While I love Paul Westerberg and beleive him to be one of the best songwriters of our era, this album hasn't stuck with me "yet". It is rough "recorded at night" and maybe that is what has me bothered. The songs are good, but their "demo" style leave me frustrated. There are a couple of songs that just end (due to the tape running out while he was recording them) Good songs, but that lack of a conclusion gets me every time. Maybe it is just me and my personality flaws, but I want finished songs. However, I absolutely love the Grandpaboy CD that came with Stereo. If you a Westerberg fan get this album. I am sure with a few more listens I will love it as much as everything else he has done.Music Review: what happened to this guy?
Rating: 2 Stars
i dont know if it was the booze that fueled the genius that was the replacements but this guy has done nothing but go downhill since they broke up a decade ago. his first cd "14 songs" was a little uneven but still had interesting melodies and lyrics. each album since then has disappointed me and his current one is no exception. all the songs on "mono" sound the same to me and formulaic at best. "grandpaboy" at least rocks a little bit but it too suffers from sounding forced and repetitive. i sincerely hope that the replacement reform and the anarchy and rawness that was their trademark returns. i cant stand another solo album from this guy. i expect too much from him.Music Review: grown up but not old!
Rating: 5 Stars
You don't have to be a die-hard mats fan to love this disc, butif you are, it's a can't miss. This is a fantastic record. It's
rock & roll. It's alt-country/singer-songwriter. It's raw and
personal, rocking and wistful and sarcastic. It's Westerberg's
Basement Tapes.
So many of the songs will get inside your head, far more so than
with other Westerberg solo efforts. You'll play it over & over.
It connects in the same way the best Mats, UT and Wilco stuff
do. And, his solo show at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC was one
of the best shows I've ever seen. (I'm 38 and have seen
hundreds of shows, I don't say this lightly.)
Buy this record. It is that good.
Music Review: Paul Westerberg has emerged from his basement...
Rating: 5 Stars
This double album consists of 23 songs recorded entirely in his basement "in the middle of the night," as the liner notes claim. It definately shows, the songs are very rough sounding, even the acoustic songs off of Stereo. Don't worry, it just adds to their charm. Both albums stand alone as some of the best of the past year. My favorite songs off of Stereo are "Dirt to Mud," "Boring Enourmous," and "Mr. Rabbit" (while some people may dislike a nursery rhyme set to music, I love it). The best off of Mono include "Let's Not Belong Together," "Eyes Like Sparks," "Between Love and Like," and "AAA".Music Review: Not Brilliant, but Close Enough
Rating: 5 Stars
And that's it. He comes close to his Replacement highs repeatedly. And that's a good thing. His "Grandpaboy" disc highlights good Stonesy, garage band [music]. Never mind that it's GREAT [music]. OK, maybe it sometimes gets a step above...but I don't hear it, except when the thunder roars.:_)It's on the one you'll skip, his Stereo machinations, that you'll realize that Mr. Westerberg is worthy of respect.
Stereo takes us through a mainly acoustic tour through some swampy lands, but mostly he concerns himself with either generational observations (We May Be The Ones), fatherhood (Mr. Rabbit), or other things.
If you've been deprived, this is your record.