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Released
  
February 23, 1999

Suicaine Gratifaction(1999)
  
Stereo(2002)

Release date
  
23 February 1999

Length
  
45:08

Artist
  
Label
  
Capitol Records

Producers
  
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Paul Westerberg albums, Alternative rock albums

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Suicaine Gratifaction is the third solo album from former The Replacements leader Paul Westerberg.

Contents

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. Westerberg once claimed that he had originally been interested in working with Quincy Jones.

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."

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.

Track listing

  1. "It's a Wonderful Lie" – 2:47
  2. "Self-Defense" – 3:15
  3. "Best Thing That Never Happened" – 4:31
  4. "Lookin' Out Forever" – 3:41
  5. "Born for Me" – 4:00
  6. "Final Hurrah" – 3:27
  7. "Tears Rolling Up Our Sleeves" – 3:26
  8. "Fugitive Kind" – 5:54
  9. "Sunrise Always Listens" – 4:17
  10. "Whatever Makes You Happy" – 3:15
  11. "Actor in the Street" – 3:24
  12. "Bookmark" – 3:11

Personnel

  • Paul Westerberg – guitar, vocals
  • Shawn Colvin – vocals
  • Don Was – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Suzie Katayama – accordion, cello
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Benmont Tench – keyboards
  • Richard Todd – French horn
  • Dave Pirner – backing vocals
  • Songs

    1It's a Wonderful Lie2:47
    2Self-Defense3:15
    3Best Thing That Never Happened4:33

    References

    Suicaine Gratifaction Wikipedia


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