14 Songs
by Paul Westerberg
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14 Songs is ranked as the best album by Paul Westerberg.
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14 Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
14 Songs rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 95 Music Albums of 1993 | 6/95 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Numbers | 14/32 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1993 | 9/30 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 101-200 | 16/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 163 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/07/2025 22:54 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2025 00:37 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2025 23:11 | culwin | 1,573 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Romanelli 01/02/2026 16:18 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 06/29/2025 14:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)14 Songs comments
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Brad1770 06/26/2019 12:28 | #238308 | TOP COMMENT
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Having thoroughly mined The Replacements entire catalogue and squeezed every bit of juice from that gem it's time to go solo starting with Westerberg's '14 Songs' (note 'Singles Soundtrack' to follow even though it was released before 14 Songs)
Timeline
04/09/90: 'All Shook Down'.."Replacements" final album released
30/06/92: 'Singles Soundtrack' released
15/06/93: '14 Songs' released
And my opinion of '14 Songs' ? Not too bad , not too bad at all !! A very pleasant surprise
Album highlight for me was the crunchy riff driven "Silver Naked Ladies" clearly inspired by the wonderful "Shooting Dirty Pool" from 'Pleased To Meet Me' , followed by "Runaway Wind" , the 1.40 track "Even Here We Are" recalls memories of "Skyway" (Awwwww) and closer "Down Love" with its anthemic chorus
It would be remiss of me to not mention a couple of misses in the awful "Dice Behind Your Shades" and whilst the subject matter for "Black-Eyed Susan" is important musically its rather flat
It's such a shame this wasn't The Replacements final album and who knows what could have happened? But that's The Replacements isn't it ?
TheDude85 04/21/2019 15:43 | #235341 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm one of the lucky few consumers who went out and purchased Westerberg's 'debut' solo album (some would argue that "All Shook Down" by the Replacements was his solo debut). I was delighted by his continuing snarky lyrics, rocking tracks and a maturity that he ws growing into. The song "First Glimmer" is one of my all time favorites. My wife and I danced to it at my wedding. (Edited)
Romanelli 12/31/2010 19:21 | #17308 | TOP COMMENT
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After the breakup of The Replacements, singer Paul Westerberg, an early influence for Kurt Cobain, released 14 Songs, his solo debut. It's a very cohesive and listenable album. "Knockin' On Mine" should have been a hit, but no one seemed to want Westerberg without the rest of The Replacements. There are acoustic songs and punk raves here, and the lyrics are great. Westerberg has been recording solo since, but his album sales still pale in comparison to his old band. 14 Songs is a treasure you probably haven't heard, and it's well worth a listen. (Edited)
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