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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Whoa!, April 2, 2002
I love the Replacements, but like most fans, haven't been fully satisfied with Paul Westerberg's solo work. One thing I can say about it, though, is that whenever he puts out an album, there's always at least one or two songs on it that are the best that I've heard in the past couple of years. Anyway, this album is a stunner. I never thought I'd hear anything out of him that was as consistent as the Mono album. It'll definitely be a great summer album. It was warm last weekend, and I was driving around town with the windows down, and Mono cranked up high. Every song rocks, and it's clear that Paul does better when he's got a solid band with him, especially with Tommy Stinson playing bass and singing those gawdawful, but wonderful harmonies that I haven't heard in too long of a time. The music reminds me of the more rockin' songs on PTMM and All Shook Down (which I listen to all the time).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Back to the Replacements Sound, September 21, 2002
By A Customer
Paul has turned back more to the Replacement's style on this cd and its noticeable immediately. He skips the drunken, 'howling into the mike' tunes and as a result has put out a more 'grown up' release. The last song, 'AAA' sounds as though it could be a song off one of the mat's later albums, a sound that Paul has admitted to trying to ressurect on this cd. Speaking from a die hard Replacements fan's point of view, this is the first of Paul's solo releases that I'd insist you buy.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
GrandaPaBoy: "Mono" (Vagrant Records, 2002), August 30, 2002
By A Customer
Maybe, just maybe, I had way too many expectations for this CD? It just
doesn't hold up (in my ears) to the heaps of praise that has been hoisted
upon it since it's release a few months back. Yeah, it's better than that
last god-awful record that Paul made, "Suicaine Gratifaction" (SG), but
really, how could it not be? This CD sounds like Paul wrote a bunch of songs
while he was bored out of his mind & then waited until he felt somewhat like
rocking out a tad & then recorded them. This CD has been called the greatest
thing Paul has done since "Pleased To meet Me"... I don't hear it. In my
opinion that falls on the CD "Eventually". Hell, even the last 2 Replacements
albums were better than this (If you count "All Shook Down" as a Replacements
album - it was meant to be & recorded as Paul's first solo album) & so was
"14 Songs". Are we so afraid to admit that Westerberg ... now that we'll
heap tons of praise upon such a lack luster affair as this? Admittable it's
GOOD but it's just not that damn good! Oh well, he sounds like he's having
some fun & that's more than it sounds like he's having on the "Stereo" CD
which is just "SG" volume 2.
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