Stereo
- Paul Westerberg
- Band Name: Paul Westerberg
- Record Label: Vagrant
- Release Date: Apr 23, 2002
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Thankfully, our hero hasn't lost his knack for breaking your heart with a turn of phrase or a gauzy guitar motif. [26 Apr 2002, p.148]
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91[Stereo] is brimming with expressive, beautifully articulated songs that speak to both sides of his personality.
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80A record that grows on you slowly but surely. [May 2002, p.104]
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Stereo is the first Westerberg solo disc that captures the elusive feel and emotional resonance of his best Replacements tunes.
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80The most honest-sounding collection of songs Westerberg has penned in years.
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80These two albums are the strongest contribution to Westerberg's canon since The Replacements' days.
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The reason to get excited about this release, the reason to wake the kids and call the neighbors, is the second disc, Mono.
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80Stereo/Mono is less polished than Westerberg's other solo efforts, but the song quality is consistent.
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The off-the-cuff approach results in some daft lyrics and dud moments, but when Westerberg finds his feet in this mode, he has few rivals in summoning up the sound of loneliness.
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A strong batch of Dylanesque songs.
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77Mono and Stereo would be fine records from any musician-- that Westerberg himself is the source makes it all the sweeter.
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With a voice that aches like a hangover, Westerberg has long sounded like he's had an album of post-punk saloon ballads in him. Stereo is that album, and it's his best collection of songs since the Eighties.
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70Just as the busking, basement-tapes balladry of Stereo feels wan and undercooked, the rough-and-ready rock of Mono brims with the thoughtfulness and soulful energy of Westerberg's 1993 solo debut, 14 Songs, and his ever-influential Replacements catalog.
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70Two CDs that brim with primitive optimism, as the music shuffles between naked, moody pop (Stereo) to gritty indie rock (Mono) -- like the Replacements, but with half the noise on hold.
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A disheveled collection.... Westerberg's muse seems to switch on and off, from inspired to bored. [Jun 2002, p.90]
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60Westerberg delivers a hook, an idea and a subtle emotion on nearly every track. [Jun/Jul 2002, p.116]
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60This is aching ramshackle folk rock. [June 2002, p.124]
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50These songs move so languidly they seem self-pitying. [July 2002, p.104]
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jj10I forgot i had this great piece of art in my collection
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MatthewH.10This is the best album I've picked up in a long time, who cares if its demo quality, when did recording quality make a song good or bad....huh?