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- From: schrey@oak.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Timothy M. Schreyer)
- Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative
- Subject: Re: Replacements
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.212342.3843@gvl.unisys.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 21:23:42 GMT
- References: <1gofk4INN2n1@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> <1992Dec18.142038.2359@sbctri.sbc.com> <1992Dec20.052232.10400@u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec20.052232.10400@u.washington.edu>, jganson@stein.u.washington.edu (Jeffrey Ganson) writes:
- |>
- |> In both cases, the band wasn't really "together". REM was said to be on the
- |> verge of a breakup. As we now know, the Replacements were "breaking up", in
- |> a sense, and Don't Tell A Soul was really Paul Westerbergs album. After
- |> rearranging and turning back into a band, they released All Shook Down, which,
- |> while very loose, is a much better album because you can tell that it was made
- |> by a real band. It's a much more fun album, and more cohesive. The same
- |> can be said for REM's post-Reconstruction albums.
- |>
- I don't buy it. All Shook Down is like "The Paul Westerberg Show". He
- wrote all those songs himself and just got the boys to back him up.
- Thus all the fine whispering songs on the album. I love All Shook Down
- but I wouldn't call it a "band" album.
-
- I personally like Pleased To Meet Me!
-
- TIM
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