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 enlarge | Manufacturer: Dry Wood Music
Category: Digital Music Album
This item is no longer available
Rating:  53 reviews
Genre: alternative-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0
ASIN: B001CZCBEA
Release Date: July 19, 2008
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 No Joke... and at $0.49 just buy it!! July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You might think this album is a joke because of the 49 cent price tag and the bad "cover art"... but this is a really great album. Without having "tracks", it does force you to listening to it all the way through, but I enjoyed it so much that the 49:00 of my life that I spent listening to it didn't seem nearly that long (and yes... I was even into the parts where there are two songs playing at once!). IMHO, this one is right up there with "Stereo/Mono"... fighting it out for the prize of being Paul's best solo work. And while I probably rated it 5 stars partly because of the insanely low price; I would have considered 5 stars just on content alone... this is a great uncompromising rock n' roll record!
What a surprise. 49 cents and Paul's first great post Mats album July 30, 2008
What a stunning surprise. Here I was buying this thing for the price and it turns out to be his best solo album yet... by a mile. Paul had some great songs on his previous albums but nothing as cohesive and solid as this. The way it flows like a somewhat broken record is brilliant even in 2008 when everything's been done already. Songs drop off in one channel and a new song takes over. Some songs play simultaneously in opposite channels. But the songs are so great that you just hear one beaytuiful, fglorious mess. I'm reminded of Guided By Voices at their sloppiest (and greatest).
 Innovative Approach and a Pretty Good Album July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The future of music is still unfolding. The whole idea of creating and selling music has become a difficult likelihood. A variety of solutions have cropped up by the likes of the Eagles, Radiohead, and Trent Reznor. Westerberg's new album provides another example. It's an uptempo rocking farrago, with both complete songs and bits and pieces of others, sort of like (but not as good as--what could be?) side 2 of The Beatles' Abbey Road, that edited together a series of song fragments into somewhat of a suite. But what's notable about Westerberg's album is the new approach to the music business. He's made the album one continuous track. If you want to hear all the songs, you're in for a 43 minute, 55 second journey, but one that is worth the effort. I've found it encourages listening, rather than simply background music for cleaning the house (although it works that way, too). I think that was his intent.
I imagine the album might be released later in a traditional format, or maybe not. But Westerberg has succeeded in getting his work noticed in a time when record companies are not adequately promoting artists and, given the available inexpensive, do-it-yourself recording techniques these days, he'll probably make more money than most of his other albums. We need good ideas like this so that good music continues to be available.
Kudos Paul! July 30, 2008
Thank you Paul Westerberg, for bring back the "album" !! As a long-time fan of The Replacements and Paul Westerberg, I am pleasantly rewarded by this destined-to-be-classic album. Immediately listenable and thoughful, this album restores my faith in American music. If you miss the days when you would listen to an entire album in one sitting, this single-track-album is for you - and at $.49, how can you go wrong?! Thanks again Paul!
Serendipitous Gratification July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have adored Paul and his assorted vehicles since my freshman year in college in 1986. Tim awoke me from a bad dream called life. PW has always functioned as that lynchpin to bring me back to music whenever I lose my way--be it Tim, be it 14 Songs, be it Come Feel Me Tremble, and now, eventually, let it be 49:00.
I had the pleasure of meeting Paul during the Folker Tour and he signed my Come Feel Me Tremble CD on my birthday in Vancouver, BC shortly before midnight. It was one of the happiest moments of my life.
A masterful mixture of art and sentiment, 49.00 brings into focus all the great things we love about Paul--his body of song, his unpredictability, his uncompromising originality, his heartbreaks, and yes, his potential.
Goodnight, Sweet Prince is so good is gives me chills each time I listen -- which is often. It appears that Paul lost both his parents in his arms and saw those last breaths. It is clear he loved them both dearly. This song moves me and chills me to the bone; that is, for me, as good as music gets--as good as life gets.
I've listed to the entire track dozens of time and I don't like to be interrupted during these 43 minutes and 55 seconds.
I love this collection of songs. I view the tracks bleeding into one another and layers of songs not as discord; but, rather as shifting plates of nuanced Westerberg dancing beautifully suspended on the stage of life. Color me more than impressed!
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