Album · Paul Westerberg
14 Songs by Paul Westerberg
14 Songs is an album by Paul Westerberg, released in 1993. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 50 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “World Class Fad”, on 15 lists with a best position of #75.
14 Songs, Paul Westerberg's first record without the Replacements, arrived on Sire in June 1993, after All Shook Down and the band's final crack-up. Matt Wallace produced, and the title is a sly nod to J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories; the CD even came bound as a little book in which every numbered page is page 14.
Westerberg first tried jamming with drummer Josh Kelly and ex-Georgia Satellites bassist Rick Price, decided it wasn't clicking and went hunting for other players, so only the opener, "Knockin' On Mine", carries that pair. Ian McLagan, once the keyboardist in the Faces, one of Westerberg's favorite bands, sits in. It keeps the scruffy heart of his old band while tidying up the edges: "World Class Fad" snarls and struts, "Runaway Wind" aches, and "First Glimmer" goes soft and small.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from 14 Songs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Class Fad | 15 | #75 | – | 1993–2014 | |
| 2 | First Glimmer | 15 | #1050 | – | 1999–2014 | |
| 3 | Runaway Wind | 15 | #82 | – | 1993–2014 | |
| 4 | Knockin' On Mine | 5 | #1902 | – | 1999–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.