Paul Westerberg Come Feel Me Tremble CD

Paul Westerberg's COME FEEL ME TREMBLE is a companion album to the documentary of the same name, which follows the legendary Minnesotan singer-songwriter as he records songs in his home studio and tours across the country. These tunes are the result of those home recording sessions, and they continue in the ramshackle yet pop-perfect vein of Westerberg's previous album(s), STEREO/MONO.

The former Replacements frontman gets off to a grimy start with the Stones/Faces stomp of "Dirty Diesel," but he follows by switching gears to the lo-fi pop of "Making Me Go," which recalls his "Dyslexic Heart" from the SINGLES soundtrack. Westerberg also offers up two back-to-back versions of "Crackle & Drag," a nicely landed stunt that reveals two very different songs based on the same theme. Rather than trying to relive his glory days in the 'Mats, our indie-rock hero has found himself at comfortable yet confident point in his solo career--a place that just happens to be his own Minneapolis basement.

New studio album from the ex-Replacements frontman featuring 14 all new tracks. Vagrant. 2003.Rolling Stone (11/27/03, p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Some of the loveliest work of Westerberg's career. He may portray himself as a drunken wreck, but judging from COME FEEL ME TREMBLE, Westerberg's neither down and out nor anywhere near finished as a songwriter."
Entertainment Weekly (10/24/03, p.106) - "...The scratchy voice still aches, the guitar riffs still gleefully rip off the Faces, and the songs sound like they just fell out of bed: scruffy, endearing, occasionally stunning..." - Rating: B
Uncut (01/04, pp.84-7) - Ranked #9 in Uncut's "Albums Of The Year 2003"
Uncut (1/04, pp.102-3) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...It's an album of rebirth, renewal....COME FEEL ME is brazenly exclamatory."
CMJ (11/10/03, p.6) - "...The album rides on the artist's recent (and welcome) spurt of creativity...TREMBLE finds its soul in a mix of tender moments and plenty of rock..."
Mojo (Publisher) (12/03, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[E]ngaging..."