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, made up of

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singer-songwriters

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and

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. The album contains a mix of songs: original material written by the duo, "never-before-heard gems from Westerberg’s basement archive, and re-recorded solo tunes from his back catalog." It has received positive reviews from critics.

Critical reception

The editorial staff of

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gave the album four out of five stars, with review

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praised the musicians' opportunity to have fun with the recording, summing up his review, "All the mess, from its demo-quality fidelity to its throwaways, is intentional and the album is better for it: it's two old pros having a good time, so it's hard not to have a good time too". In an overview of Westerberg's career for ''

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'' in 2016, Drew Fortune calls the collaboration a natural fit and characterizes the album as "just as loose and ramshackle as the band’s name implies".

Track listing

#"Back"– 3:52 #"Wear Me Out Loud"– 2:41 #"Born for Me"– 4:08 #"1 / 2 2 P" (Westerberg)– 2:44 #"Sorry for Tomorrow Night"– 2:41 #"Dance to the Fight" (Hatfield and Westerberg)– 2:16 #"Kissing Break" (Hatfield and Westerberg)– 3:18 #"Just a Phase" (Hatfield and Westerberg)– 3:25 #"Outta My System"– 3:40 #"Need the Guys"– 2:27 #"Love Out Loud"– 2:14 #"King of America" (Westerberg)– 3:29 #"Little People"– 1:42 #"Whole Lotta Nothin'" (Hatfield and Westerberg)– 3:51 #"Done Done Done"– 2:18 #"Hands Together"– 6:51

Personnel

The I Don't Cares *

– guitar, vocals *

– guitar, vocals Additional personnel *

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– drums

References

External links

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Info on The I Don't Cares from Westerberg's site
{{Paul Westerberg 2016 debut albums The I Don't Cares albums