- Folker
Infobox Album
Name = Folker
Type = studio
Artist =Paul Westerberg
Released =September 7 ,2004
Recorded =
Genre =Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Vagrant
Producer = Paul Westerberg
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifwxqesldke link]
*"Rolling Stone " (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulwesterberg/articles/story/6420503/westerberg_cant_sell_out link]
Last album = "Come Feel Me Tremble "
(2002)
This album = "Folker"
(2004)
Next album = ""
(2005)"Folker" is
Paul Westerberg 's sixth solo album. It peaked at number 178 on theBillboard 200 and number 18 on the Top Independent Album charts."Folker" marks the final chapter in a trilogy of albums for the previous leader of
The Replacements , which started back in 2002 with the release of the double album "Stereo/Mono". Much like that set, "Folker" was entirely written, produced and recorded by Westerberg in his basement studio, with the recording kept as simple and lo-fi as possible. Westerberg has stated in interviews that he wanted to create a folk album in the vein of Rod Stewart's earliest solo work, consisting of an acoustic base with minimal instrumentation layered on top of the tracks.Westerberg shopped "Jingle" around to major retailers like
Target andBest Buy for use in advertising, but they passed. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulwesterberg/articles/story/6420503/westerberg_cant_sell_out Rolling Stone Magazine article. "Westerberg Can't Sell Out". August 11, 2004.] Accessed June 30, 2008]Track listing
All songs by Paul Westerberg.
#"Jingle" – 1:28
#"Now I Wonder" – 4:35
#"My Dad" – 3:28
#"Lookin' Up in Heaven" – 3:12
#"Anyway's All Right" – 4:41
#"$100 Groom" – 5:15
#"23 Years Ago" – 5:35
#"As Far as I Know" – 3:03
#"What About Mine?" – 3:43
#"How Can You Like Him?" – 4:04
#"Breathe Some New Life" – 5:30
#"Gun Shy" – 3:14
#"Folk Star" – 4:17References
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