14 Songs

May 2025 14 Songs Album Paul Westerberg 14 Songs (Paul Westerberg album - cover art).jpg June 15, 1993 Coast Recorders (San Francisco, California) The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California Record One (Sherman Oaks, California) Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California) RPM Studios (New York City, New York) Paisley Park (Chanhassen, Minnesota) Rock 47:57 Sire/Reprise Paul Westerberg Matt Wallace Eventually 1996 14 Songs studio World Class Fad 1993 Runaway Wind 1993 14 Songs is the first solo album by the American musician Paul Westerberg, released in 1993. It followed the final Replacements album, All Shook Down, and the dissolution of the band. The album features contributions from Ian McLagan, former keyboardist for the Faces, a band that Westerberg has often cited as a favorite. In an interview included with a special edition of the album, he explained that he started the record jamming with drummer Josh Kelly and former Georgia Satellites bassist Rick Price, but found that the combination wasn't working, requiring him to seek other players. (The only song featuring Kelly and Price is the opener, "Knockin' On Mine.") He also revealed that the album title was a reference to Nine Stories, by J.D. Salinger. The CD version was packaged in book form, with the disc in a pocket inside the front cover. All numbered pages in the book are page 14, including six pages at the back for "Notes." Reception AllMusic 4 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/14-songs-mw0000619343 14 Songs – Paul Westerberg AllMusic January 14, 2009 Rabid Jack Entertainment Weekly Bhttp://ew.com/article/1993/06/18/14-songs/ 14 Songs Entertainment Weekly June 18, 1993 May 9, 2017 Flaherty Mike The Indianapolis Star 4 4 Los Angeles Times 4 4https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-06-ca-76-story.html The Accidental Poet Laureate of a Generation Los Angeles Times June 6, 1993 May 9, 2017 Willman Chris NME 7/10Paul Westerberg: 14 Songs NME June 12, 1993 35 Q 4 5Paul Westerberg: 14 Songs Q 82 July 1993 101 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4 5Paul Westerberg Sheffield Rob Rob Sheffield The New Rolling Stone Album Guide The Rolling Stone Album Guide Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian Simon & Schuster 4th 2004 0-7432-0169-8 868 Select 4/5Paul Westerberg: 14 Songs Select 37 July 1993 Cavanagh David David Cavanagh 95 The Village Voice B+https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv993-93.php Consumer Guide The Village Voice September 28, 1993 May 9, 2017 Christgau Robert Robert Christgau Stereo Review wrote that "Westerberg writes about everyday things without pretense, taking comfort in the ordinary and passing on wisdom in small doses... Perhaps consequently, if anything rings a little hollow here it's rockers like 'Silver Naked Ladies' and 'Something Is Me', which aim for a rambunctious 'Mats/Faces devil-may-care feeling but sound a mite forced."Paul Westerberg takes it easy Stereo Review Oct 1993 58 10 96 The Indianapolis Star opined that "while it's lamentable that Westerberg continues to put distance between him and that true Mats sound, it's good to have rock's sublime poet/jester back."Bacon Scott Rock's poet/jester back with serious songs The Indianapolis Star July 2, 1993 F18 Tim Murphy of the Ridgefield Press gave the album a B-, citing that it was not as good as Replacements drummer Chris Mars' solo album, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and that it didn't seem as if Westerberg enjoyed making the album.https://books.google.com/books?id=_WlEAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA28&dq&article_id=2374,225464&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj82vGgqJ6XAxW04MkDHTngJfoQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false Murphy Tim July 1, 1993 Paul Westerberg The Ridgefield Press 5 Associated Press writer Richard Ruelas found just the opposite, saying that 14 Songs reflects new optimism from the artist who once made songs title "Unsatisfied", "Within Your Reach" & "If Only You Were Lonely".https://books.google.com/books?id=AsBEAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA23&dq&article_id=4601,443431&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj82vGgqJ6XAxW04MkDHTngJfoQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false Ruelas Richard September 3, 1993 A Happy Paul Westerberg? The Albany Herald 4E By March 1996, 14 Songs had sold over 161,000 copies in the United States.https://books.google.com/books?id=YA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 Paul Westerberg's 'Eventually' Is Now Billboard Los Angeles 108 11 March 16, 1996 July 3, 2020 Rosen Craig 14, 22 0006-2510 Track listing Paul Westerberg Knockin' on Mine 3:43 First Glimmer 4:55 World Class Fad 3:27 Runaway Wind 4:23 Dice Behind Your Shades 4:11 Even Here We Are 1:39 Silver Naked Ladies 4:38 A Few Minutes of Silence 3:17 Someone I Once Knew 3:06 Black Eyed Susan 3:33 Things 3:21 Something Is Me 2:18 Mannequin Shop 3:11 Down Love 2:15 47:57 Personnel Musicians Paul Westerberg – vocals, guitars, keyboards (2, 8), bass (3, 5, 12), saxophone (7, 13), tenor saxophone (9), handclaps (13), whistle (13), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7–9, 12–14) Joan Jett – backing vocals (9) Charmony Brothers – backing vocals (11) Suzanne Dyer – backing vocals (12) Josh Freese – drums (3) Josh Kelly – drums (1), backing vocals (1) Laurie Lindeen – backing vocals (5) Brian MacLeod – drums (4, 5, 7–9, 11, 13, 14), handclaps (13), whistle (13), backing vocals (7, 14) Ian McLagan – acoustic piano (2, 7), backing vocals (7) John Pierce – bass (2, 4, 5, 7–9, 11, 13, 14), strings (5), shaker (7), acoustic piano (9), handclaps (13), whistle (13), backing vocals (7, 14) Rick Price – mandolin (1), bass (1), backing vocals (1) Susan Rogers – backing vocals (12) Michael Urbano – drums (2) Jim "Watts" Vereecke – backing vocals (14) Matt Wallace – percussion (2, 5, 8), bass (6), drums (9, 12), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14) Production Paul Westerberg – producer, concept, design, mixing (1, 4–14) Matt Wallace – producer, engineer, mixing (1, 2, 4–14) David Bryson – mixing (2) Brendan O'Brien – mixing (3) Susan Rogers – additional engineer Suzanne Dyer – assistant mix engineer Steve Holroyd – assistant mix engineer John Jackson – assistant mix engineer Dave Kent – assistant mix engineer Mike Krowiak – assistant mix engineer John Paterno – assistant mix engineer Mike Pre – assistant mix engineer Jim "Watts" Vereecke – assistant mix engineer Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Kim Champagne – concept, design, booklet photography (pages 2, 6 & 11) Frank W. 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