Stereo is the fourth solo album from Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band...

. At this point in his career, the former Replacements leader was entering a new phase. He said goodbye to professional studios and big-name producers like Brendan O'Brien

Brendan O'Brien (music producer)

Brendan O’Brien is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician.At age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the Samurai Catfish band...

 and Don Was

Don Was

Don Was is an American musician, bassist and record producer.-Life and career:Was was born in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year...

, recording the album in his basement by himself. As detailed in the liner notes, he made no effort to fix imperfections like the tape running out in the middle of a song. Stereo was packaged with Mono, which he credited to his Grandpaboy alter ego.

"Postcards From Paradise," a cover of a Flesh for Lulu

Flesh for Lulu

Flesh for Lulu was an Alternative rock/Gothic band formed in Brixton, London, UK, and was active between 1982 and 1992. Their music was a mix of the New York Dolls and Rolling Stones with gothic rock's gloomy atmosphere and aesthetics.-History:...

song, is located on the same track as "Call That Gone?"

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Westerberg, except were noted.

1. "Baby Learns to Crawl"
2. "Dirt to Mud"
3. "Only Lie Worth Telling"
4. "Got You Down"
5. "No Place for You"
6. "Boring Enormous"
7. "Nothing to No One"
8. "We May Be the Ones"
9. "Don't Want Never"
10. "Mr. Rabbit" (Traditional)
11. "Let the Bad Times Roll"
12. "Call That Gone?"
13. "Postcards from Paradise" (Hidden Track)(Barker/Marsh/Mills/Mitchell)