Suicaine Gratifaction | ||||
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Released | February 23, 1999 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 45:08 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Paul Westerberg, Don Was | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Suicaine Gratifaction is the third solo album from former Replacements leader Paul Westerberg.
Co-producer Don Was had admired Westerberg for years. He used Westerberg's solo debut, 14 Songs , as daily inspiration while producing the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge. [2] Westerberg once claimed that he had originally been interested in working with Quincy Jones. [3]
Regarding the album's strange title, Westerberg said, "I don't want to think about it too deeply other than the fact that it seems wrong, and therefore it's attractive to me." [4]
The piano solo in the middle of "Born for Me" is the subject of a chapter within Nick Hornby's Songbook , where its simply played, undemonstrative character, of a piece with the song as a whole, is contrasted with virtuosic solos that use the underlying song as a jumping-off point to some unrelated destination. Hornby describes Westerberg as a "born musician" and suggests that he's "a man who thinks and feels and loves and speaks in music." [5] "Born for Me" was rerecorded on I Don't Cares' 2016 album, Wild Stab.
Bonus Track Europe
“Wonderful Copenhagen”
Bonus Track Japan
“33rd of July" – 3:00
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979 after nineteen-year-old Bob Stinson gifted his eleven-year-old brother Tommy Stinson a bass guitar. The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of its existence. After two albums in the style of punk rock, they became one of the main pioneers of alternative rock with their acclaimed albums Let It Be and Tim. Bob Stinson was kicked out of the band in 1986, and Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist. Steve Foley replaced Mars in 1990. Towards the end of the band's career, Westerberg exerted more control over its creative output. The group disbanded in 1991 and the members eventually found various projects. A reunion was announced on October 3, 2012. Fans affectionately refer to the band as the 'Mats, a nickname which originated as a truncation of "The Placemats".
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