Open Season [Soundtrack]

Paul Westerberg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Lost Highway
• ASIN: B000HT35ZG
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Though major stardom remained elusive for the Replacements, the band still has those who love them in the way others love the Beatles or the Stones. Paul Westerberg, Bob and Tommy Stinson, Chris Mars, and Slip Dunlap were distinct individuals--characters--larger than life, and a bit cartoonish. It's fitting, then, that Westerberg now finds himself behind the soundtrack of a major animated feature. Open Season features nine new songs, two of which team him up with Tommy Stinson (another one, "I Belong," appears a second time, performed by Pete Yorn). Lyrically, Westerberg manages to serve the needs of a family movie yet still sound like himself (granted, meadows and bears are new to his lexicon). Standouts include the upbeat-with-an-underbelly-of-melancholy "Any Better than This" and the stomping singalong "Right to Arm Bears." --David Greenberger

Product Description

Track List - Side A 1.) Love you in the Fall 2.) Right to arm Bears 3.) Whisper me Luck 4.) Wild as I want to be (replacement version) Side B 1.) Meet me in the meadow 2.) Any better than this 3.) I belong (piano/vocal version) --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Paul!, September 27, 2006

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Carl P. Carrasco "carl13273" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Open Season (Audio CD)

Heart wrenching, fun, clever, beautiful! A must own for a Westerberg fans. My only gripe is the three non-paul songs; you can't have it all but pretty darn close!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best in a long, long time, September 27, 2006

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[e-mail] "aka B. D. Love" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Open Season (Audio CD)

The Paul songs on this are really amazing, some of his best songwriting since the Replacements. It's really fun, and the production hits all the right places. I'd see the movie just to hear these songs on a really big loud system. I can live with the non-Paul stuff, like the previous reviewer. And it's good to hear Talking Heads, actually. Wonderful. I never like soundtracks, but this really is best viewed as a Westerberg CD. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Paul EP...., October 11, 2006

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xxxfreekxxx (San Diego,Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Open Season (Audio CD)

I was a little afraid when i heard about this release. I never really wanted Paul to come out of the basement. But, I was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this stuff. Track by Track:

1. Meet me in the Meadow - A great leadoff track. Worthless yet fun and energetic.

2. Love you in the Fall - Perhaps the catchiest song on the album. A great pop song. Cheesy? Sure. But undeniably infectious. Tommy Stinson plays Bass on this one and sings backups.

3. I Belong - A tear jerking naked ballad that only Paul can deliver. (a stripped down version is available on the vinyl release)

4. I wanna Lose Control - Deathray - A dancy throwaway. It's fine, but it's just an irritant when i want to hear more Paul.

5. Better than This - This song sound like it could've been on Eventually. Really poppy and snappy. Great Bass Sound.

6. Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads - Meh!

7. Right to Arm Bears - Paul and Tommy on a straight ahead rocker. It sounds like the two new 'Mats tracks on the Best of.

8. Good Day - It's a great song, but previously released years ago.

9. All About Me - Sounds like a "Folker" outtake. Filler, but good filler.

10. Wild as I Wanna Be- Deathray - These guys take on this song that Paul wrote and make it boring. (Paul's version is only on the vinyl release)

11. Whisper Me Luck - Another Ballad. Shaky and Solemn. Great song.

12. I Belong (reprise) - Pete Yorn - Pete's take on Paul's song. He does a decent job and switches it up a bit.


Overall, it's a bummer to skip tracks, but Paul's songs are great and worth the price of admission.