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Title: Westerberg is a Genius
Review: Paul Westerberg is condemned to be more influential than famous. Perhaps that's not all bad. If you want to know where big-name bands like WILCO cut their teeth, check out any of the Replacements albums, and you will hear what I mean.Other especially noteworthy Replacements albums are PLEASED TO MEET ME and LET IT BE, both of superb crafting.Westerberg is an expert at exploiting auditory habit -- and diverging from it tunefully. Just when you think you know where a lyric is headed, it bends around and grabs you by the short-hairs. Just when a measure seems predictable, a fresh chord strikes your unsuspectiting ear.Westerberg is a poet and a genius. If you are tired of Westerberg, you are tired of music.This one must be heard. It is a one-in-a-million.
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