14 Songs - Paul Westerberg 1993 Sire CD. World Class Fad! Excellent Condition

Description: First solo effort from Paul Westerberg. Features World Class Fad and Knocking On Mine. Minor surface marks on Disc and Minor shelf wear to case. Plays perfectly. Insert like new. Found this: Paul Westerberg's first official solo album, 14 Songs, is a curious disappointment. Expectations were perhaps unreasonably high after 1990's brilliant All Shook Down (credited to the Replacements but a Westerberg solo album in all but name) and the soundtrack for Singles (supposedly a showcase for the Seattle sound but stolen by two songs from Minneapolis's Westerberg). 14 Songs is not so much a bad album as an underwhelming one from the best singer/songwriter to emerge from the post-punk underground. There are enough flashes of the old talent to indicate that Westerberg is simply confused rather than burnt-out. Pianist Ian McLagen helps a sax-blowing Westerberg through an inspired Stones imitation, "Silver Naked Ladies," and guest singer Joan Jett helps him through a smart Clash imitation, "Someone I Once Knew." The first single, "World Class Fad," boasts a great rock & roll hook to go with its sneering putdown of sell-out musicians, but the best song is "Something Is Me," which manages to be both a full-tilt punk charge and a telling confessional: "Something going wrong; my name is Paul. Something always happens eventually; the something is me." --Geoffrey Himes Track Listings 1Knockin' On Mine 2First Glimmer 3World Class Fad 4Runaway Wind 5Dice Behind Your Shades 6Even Here We Are 7Silver Naked Ladies 8A Few Minutes Of Silence 9Someone I Once Knew 10Black Eyed Susan 11Things 12Something Is Me 13Mannequin Shop 14Down Love

Price: 4 USD

Location: Onset, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-11-27T13:01:28.000Z

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