Post by kgp on Jun 15, 2005 17:03:42 GMT -5
Hit-and-miss compilation of the post-Replacements years
Attempting to cover all Westerberg bases from 1992 onwards is commendable but ultimately flawed. The 1993 debut 14 Songs and Eventually ('96), both strangely adrift in Petty/Mellencamp heartland rock, are liberally plundered here, but 1999's classic Suicaine Gratifaction gets short shrift (only 'It's a Wonderful Life' (sic) and 'Lookin' Out Forever'). Ditto the Grandpaboy records and 2002's Stereo. For completists, though, the addition of three unreleased rarities--an alternate mix of 'Once Around the Weekend' and Eventually outtakes 'C'mon, C'mon, C'mon' and' All That I Had', the latter a genuine lost treasure--make this essential.
Rob Hughes.
Attempting to cover all Westerberg bases from 1992 onwards is commendable but ultimately flawed. The 1993 debut 14 Songs and Eventually ('96), both strangely adrift in Petty/Mellencamp heartland rock, are liberally plundered here, but 1999's classic Suicaine Gratifaction gets short shrift (only 'It's a Wonderful Life' (sic) and 'Lookin' Out Forever'). Ditto the Grandpaboy records and 2002's Stereo. For completists, though, the addition of three unreleased rarities--an alternate mix of 'Once Around the Weekend' and Eventually outtakes 'C'mon, C'mon, C'mon' and' All That I Had', the latter a genuine lost treasure--make this essential.
Rob Hughes.