The Replacements (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]

the replacements (2000 film) [soundtrack]

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A football comedy about the 1987 NFL players' strike, in which Keanu Reeves plays a scab quarterback on the losing end of a career while coach Gene Hackman and team owner Jack Warden lord over the unfortunate proceedings, features a quirky collection of tracks from the past. Gloria Gaynor's disco anthem "I Will Survive" has more lives than a cat and is sure to go down alongside Queen's "We Will Rock You" as an enduring sports anthem. Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll Part Two" proves the timeless vintage of 1970s glam. But it's Young M.C .'s "Bust a Move" that retains the most flavor, hailing from that late-1980s vantage point when hip-hop was younger and more kinetic. The addition of Orange County, California, alternative rockers Lit is a surprise. Whereas Marky Mark should probably stick to underwear ads and acting, in that order. But, pray tell, why weren't the punk band the Replacements included in what would so obviously be a starring role on this soundtrack? --Rob O'Connor

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The Replacements (2000 Film) [Soundtrack]

Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best of the Replacements

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Love from Minneapolis
What, yet another Mats compilation album?
A Great Best-of
One Historic CD
Great one disc Best of, Excellent with 2 new songs, but so short.

Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best of the Replacements
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ASIN: B000ESSTNS
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Tracks:

Takin A Ride
Shiftless When Idle
Kids Don't Follow
Color Me Impressed
Within Your Reach
I Will Dare
Answering Machine
Unsatisfied
Here Comes A Regular
Kiss Me On The Bus
Bastards Of Young
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Chronicling The Replacements' gloriously tempestuous decade on a single disc ostensibly seems akin to reading Cliff's Notes for the New Testament: No sooner do you grow fond of the protagonist than they've nailed him up. And if that comparison sounds a tad sacrilegious, perhaps you underestimate the Mats' hallowed place in modern rock history--and the hearts of their ardent fans. Yet somehow even this condensed format focuses the songs of Paul Westerberg and playing of bandmates Bob and Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars into a dramatic arc that can't be denied. The initial tracks of this 20-track collection display a band joyously besotted by nascent punk thrash, yet one not so different from the scores of similar bands tearing up local clubs in the '80s.

But by the time of Hootenanny's "Color Me Impressed" and "Within Your Reach," something magical was clearly happening within Westerberg's songwriting and the band at large, even if it was largely inspired by terminal boredom, perpetual discontent, no small amount of alcohol--and an indifference to success that was one of their greatest charms. Within two years they'd produce one of the decade's--and perhaps rock history's--most compelling albums with Let It Be and the indie movement's first grassroots anthem in "Unsatisfied." They followed it up with Tim, a collection where Westerberg seemed able to conjure similar generational marching orders ("Here Comes a Regular," "Bastards of Young," "Left of the Dial") with preternatural ease; enraptured rock critics probably thought harder about his music than he ever did. Though highlighted by such gems as "Alex Chilton," "Skyway" and such pop-smart swan songs as "I'll Be You" and "Merry Go Round," the Mats' third act dissolved into the expected, if equally star-crossed solo career for Westerberg and the tragic death of Bob Stinson, events which can't help but cast a melancholy shadow over the unexpectedly gritty new old stock recordings "Message to the Boys" and "Pool & Dive." --Jerry McCulley

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The ragged and glorious alt-rock of The Replacements made them one of the greatest and most iconic American bands of the 1980s, and inspired countless groups to come. Fronted by lead singer, pianist/guitarist, and principal songwriter Paul Westerberg, these heroes of post-punk/pre-grunge rock `n' roll fused garage band greatness with powerful pop beauty. Fueled by both thrashing energy and a lyrical and emotive sonic flow, The Replacements' kamikaze live shows and richly textured albums made them music legends.

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Love from Minneapolis.......2007-03-25

How can anyone who lives in the muck of a society that prizes commerce, populism, media savvy, and dumbed-down entertainment above all else be surprised how little popular success or money or fame the Replacements achieved in their career? But our same American culture of mass-produced cr*p-by-committee fertilized their existence, out of which sprang this wondrous musical art, an art that is nevertheless woefully underrepresented in this single CD.

Not to bleat too much, but how does Rhino justify the omission of Androgynous and Swingin' Party, which, in all of their weird, surreal, organic, raw, sloppy beauty, epitomized the immediacy that helped make Let It Be and Tim the greatest back-to-back albums by any artist in the 1980s? These songs only get better with repeated listening, unlike the Mats' pre-Let It Be punk efforts that sound like the kind of speed metal that gives skateboarding fanboys hard-ons but grows increasingly tiresome with age.

It is funny to me that as their music matured and became more melodic and interesting, many of these same fanboys accused the Mats of selling out. That instinct to keep bands stuck in perpetual adolescence always drags down great music, but thankfully, Westerberg and Co. resisted, although at the unfortunate loss of a bandmate.

Despite missing some vital tunes, I still give this album five stars for Rhino's good sense to include Answering Machine and Here Comes a Regular, and because it is still the Replacements, who even at their worst could puke out better music than the soulless, high-polish, overproduced dreck that wins Grammy awards. If there is any justice, the Mats will be fast-tracked into the RnR Hall, thus affording them the opportunity to give the middle finger to industry tastemakers who overlooked them in their prime.

What, yet another Mats compilation album?.......2007-01-16

Yeah, Yeah, this has the Twin Tone recordings that All For Nothing did not have. Sure, that makes this a better compilation of hits (what hits?) album. However, where All For Nothing had a disc of rairities, this one hopes to entice Mats fans with two new recordings. Uhh, correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Paul released like four (at least) solo albums since leaving the Mats (one could argue that the last Mats album was a Paul solo album)? I guess, Paul's solo works are different when he attaches the Mats name to it? So, uhhh, why exactly should you buy this CD? Well, if you are a fan and already have all of their stuff, there is no reason to buy this CD. I mean, come on. Chris was so indifferent about this project that he did not even bother playing drums on the two new cuts and Bob is dead. What, did you really miss hearing Tommy's bass-playing that much? Listen to some GnR for crying out loud. LOL

A Great Best-of.......2007-01-11

I'm going to keep this short and sweet: The Replacements are a "glorious footnote" in the history of rock music, a band that didn't sell enough to make an impact when they were together (at least on the superficial charts of the Eighties), but I guarentee every indie band that followed had a record or two and practiced "Can't Hardly Wait" or "Kiss Me on The Bus" to learn their instruments.

So if you're wondering what all the fuss is about, pick up this disc. I owned Hootenanny for a while back in the day, but foolishly let it slip out of my hands. So when I saw this disc, I had to get it. You can't understand alternative rock without the Replacements, REM, Joy Division, and Mission of Burma.

Do yourself a favor and get this, you won't regret it.

One Historic CD.......2006-12-19

For a compilation, this CD is awesome. It follows the Replacements from their punk rock roots to their more polished sound (lyrics and music). One of the best aspects of the Replacements was their refusal to apologize for not being famous rock stars. Sure, the critics loved them, and LET IT BE is on many top spots of top rock and roll albums of all time (as well it should be). Still, they never found the ultra-glamorous rock star lifestyle that so many seek. And their music is better for it.

The best way to listen to this is on a long, autumn drive on backroads, with the windows down and the volume loud. If you still have one of those archaic tape recorders, record a compilation tape and throw in some greats from this album. It only gets better with age.

And to address my own review title, I wish this had been two CDs. Or three.

Great one disc Best of, Excellent with 2 new songs, but so short........2006-12-05

This ablum is the cream of the Replacements catalog, but its hard not to want all of their music on this. It does not hit their twintone years, which I am suprised has not been done yet (the did it for soul asylum). But, this covers their sire years well, and is greatly complimented by the best of Paul Westerberg CD. A good starter CD, but also check out the "all for nothing/nothing for all" greatest hits released years ago, 2 cds of music with the second disc being B sides and rare recordings. You'll want all the replacements Albums after you get this one anyway, their addicting.

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"I ain't gonna never change" (* * * * 1/2)
Why We Remember This Band
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Possibly the finest punk / Alternative record ever

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On their first releases, even amid all the smirking irreverence, the Replacements seemed to have more ambition than other post-punkers, but it wasn't until Let It Be that they actually realized it. There's still plenty of smirking here--"Seen Your Video" is a great snotty taunt--but there's also smartly-crafted pop like "I Will Dare" and not-quite-love songs like "Answering Machine," not to mention a rocking cover of uncool Kiss that's played perfectly straight. This is classic, all-over-the-board indie rock, especially the angst-ridden empathy of "Sixteen Blue," where Paul Westerberg, all of 23, remembers just how it is to be a teenager. --David Cantwell

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Remastered reissue of their 'five-star' 1984 album. RestlessRecords. 2002.

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"I ain't gonna never change" (* * * * 1/2).......2007-01-07

Let It Be is not as consistent as its follow-up, Tim, but it contains more of the band's best songs than that album does. It also contains filler in the worst sense of the word, but that is forgivable since it is surrounded by wonderful hardcore and straightforward rockers, as well as sincere acoustic guitar and piano based-ballads.

"I Will Dare" - featuring old-timey guitar and even a mandolin - and "Favorite Thing", also with a twangy guitar, are cleaner (but hardly pristine) updates of their earlier sound. After these opening tracks, the band revisits that earlier sound with the album's hardest-rocking numbers, "We're Coming Out" and "Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out". (The latter provides two minutes of comic relief, but it's too bad that Westerberg stumbles over the lyrics in the second verse.) Following these four rockers, the rest of the worthwhile tracks are basically ballads, and are just as good and sometimes better than the disc's rock songs. "Androgynous", which follows on the heels of "Tommy", is a stunner. Musically, it is shoved along by a weeping piano. Lyrically, it vividly portrays the desolate streets of a small Midwestern town, where anything other than stiflingly normal is suspect: "Kewpie dolls and urine stalls/Will be laughed at/The way you're laughed at now". (I am originally from such a town, so I know what I mean.) This song shows the influence of the more haunting moments of the Big Star record Third/Sister Lovers. The acoustic "Unsatisfied" and the electric "Answering Machine" makes Westerberg's influence on the alternative scene that blossomed in the early 90s blatantly obvious.

The album is not perfect, of course. "Seen You're Video" and "Gary's Got a Boner" are the previously mentioned offending filler. The cover of Kiss's "Black Diamond" isn't terribly bad, but it isn't terribly inspired, either. Finally, "Sixteen Blue" is often praised for its portrayal of "the hardest age". Granted, it makes some accurate enough observations, but as a song, it isn't really anything special (except for Bob Stinson's cool fade-out guitar). This is one of several songs on the disc that indicate that Westerberg was looking to his teenage years for lyrical inspiration. However, the Kiss cover and Ted Nugent riff on "Gary's Got a Boner" suggest that he and Stinson may have relied too much on their teenage record collection for musical inspiration. Nevertheless, there are several more palpable points of reference, too, such as the New York Dolls, Alex Chilton (duh), and that other Minneapolis post-punk outfit, Husker Du.

I was only 8 years old when Let It Be was released, and too into classic rock when my high school classmates got into The Replacements via Paul Westerberg's solo work. For both reasons, I don't have any memories of listening to the band when I could have really related to their songs. In fact, I didn't really start listening to them until I was in my late 20s. The fact that they can be appreciated so many years after the fact is evidence of the timeless quality of their songs, and proof that they were as responsible for albums that were as essential to the 80s as those by American peers such as Husker Du, R.E.M., and The Pixies.

Why We Remember This Band.......2006-09-27

The Replacements are probably one of the greatest hidden treasures to be dug out of the 80s. They were a band that could easily have been shoved aside, but those of us who found what made this band great, we knew they could never be forgotten or put to the bottom of any pile.

Granted, The Replacements were dirty, nasty, drunken, and did about as much to destroy their fame that they could. And sure, on half of this album, one can hear a band that surely were quick and dirty and had a devil may care attitude and perhaps the listener could be forgiven for asking why should we care too? These songs are at the best just simple fun and at their worst a dirty joke that isn't funny or even boring.

However, there is that other half of the album which is why we remember this band. The fact is, Paul Westerberg could be brutally honest and sometimes showed us the pain he felt which was the pain we all felt. All the posturing to be tough boys on tracks like "We're Coming Out" is quickly forgotten with "Androgynous", which he looks at the social outcasts and wonders why they are laughed out when all they've done is dropped one of the seperators in the world.

Towards the end of the album, they drop "Sixteen Blue", which in 4 minutes puts the social awkwardness of being a teenager onto the track, the whole too old to be a kid but too young to be an adult. Anyone could write "Everything's sexually vague" but who else could follow that with "And you wonder to yourself that you might be gay"? That track alone shows us why people love this band. Paul Westerberg had something to say about being human.

This album is a perfect split between mindless fun songs and deep introspective songs. They hadn't dropped that dirty riotious attitude that they were infamous for, and they were beginning to show off that introspection that they became one of the greatest rock bands for. Purely, one of the greatest albums ever.

wanna hear a little bit of gossip?.......2006-05-24

okay, okay, okay: everyone knows this is a classic garage/punk/whatever album. of course it is. buy it! but i've heard some information about the band itself that you may find interesting: it seems that back in the day, when they made this album, they consumed alcoholic beverages to a degree that was not entirely healthy for young men. somehow, despite this behavior, they still made great rock 'n' roll records. go figure!

Every current so-called punk band owes thier careers..........2006-05-06

To these guys! Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, etc...This is the blue print for you guys. What else can you say about "The Replacements" except this is pure genius and pure rock and roll. Anyone that doesn't own one of their albums just doesn't like music. They were the best band of the 80's. I think I've listened to "Unsatisfied" about 100 times in my lifetime and get goosebumps everytime!

Possibly the finest punk / Alternative record ever.......2006-04-02

The Replacements were one of the 5-10 greatest rock bands ever. This is arguably their greatest album.

Their entire career (1981-1991) was sadly during the era when radio was dominated (obliterated..) by the retro "Classic Rock" format. As a result, the 'Mats were never heard by most people. Their legacy is the dozens of major bands who, by their own admission, owe part or all of their sound to the influence of the Replacements ( including: Nirvana, Wilco, Goo Goo Dolls...)

If you are a fan of punk, grunge, or Alt Rock, you should own this record.

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"Give my regards to Boston" (* * * * 1/2)
I didn't like this at first, but over time I grew to love it! This is great 80's indie rock!
This is one of the greatest albums ever made! Buy this!!
An absolute masterpiece, and I was there.

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The middle title among the triad of seasoned-but-not-depleted mid-'80s Replacements albums, Tim isn't as inspired as its predecessor, Let It Be, nor as involving as its successor, Pleased to Meet Me. Still, it's the work of a wondrous foursome near the peak of its powers, and, as collections of songs go, it may be Paul Westerberg's crowning achievement. "Kiss Me on the Bus," "Swinging Party," and "Here Comes a Regular" pretty much set the standard for the sloppy-drunk college-rock romanticism of the '80s. "Bastards of Young," "Lay It Down Clown," and "Left of the Dial" proved that the hard-charging Midwesterners were still scamps at heart...or at least could still fake it. This is the last album made by the original quartet (the excesses that would lead to guitarist Bob Stinson's early death prompted his dismissal after Tim came out) and provides a key to understanding the appeal of an astonishing band that did everything right except figure out how to become stars. --Steven Stolder

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Piling On.......2007-01-27

I missed the Replacements entirely when they were extant, probably because I was mostly out of the country in their working years. Bought Tim a couple years ago, hadn't listened to it for some time, so took it along on a car trip to New England this week. And indeed, they did have it all -- brash, messy, hooks in every song, and funny. But all that is really a brave but futile front against the nihilism that haunts some of their best work -- Swinging Party and the amazing Here Comes a Regular with its bar-sotted turn of a season and (down)turn of a life. So in the overwhelming face of that emptiness, what to do aside from drink? Get mad and funny, Waitress in the Sky (my guess is she cut him off at six drinks or so on a two hour flight), celebrate the radio noise, Left of the Dial, and produce some great radio noise of your own, Little Mascara and Kiss Me on the Bus.

Great stuff, period.

"Give my regards to Boston" (* * * * 1/2).......2007-01-14

The Replacement's 1985 release Tim lacks some of the muscle of 1984's Let It Be. Fortunately, it makes up for that by erasing the odious filler that marred the previous year's album. Yes, there are some weaker tracks on Tim, but they are not rubbish of the sort that reared its ugly head before. Interestingly, even though it was produced by a member of The Ramones (Tommy Erdelyi), Tim shows fewer elements of punk than the band's albums had to this point. Lyrically, Paul Westerberg reflected more on being the young adult that he actually was, rather than on the teenager that he had been.

Although Tim never rocks as hard as it predecessor, it maintains the same dynamic of rock songs interspersed with ballads. The record hits the ground running with the confident rocker "Hold My Life", and the pace is kept up for the first half of the record. The best song among these first five tracks is "Kiss Me On the Bus", an ornery advance to a female passenger whose admirer who may or may not be secret. The first half also includes the closest thing to filler on the record, "Waitress In the Sky". This is an okay song to singalong to, but I don't understand why being a waitress - on an airplane or in a restaurant - is a bad thing. And do flight attendants ever claim to be anything more important than they actually are? (I am guessing that Westerberg wrote this song after a bad flight.)

"Swingin' Party" divides the disc down the middle. This melancholy ballad is about two people - not necessarily a couple - who are outcasts, whether they are around other people or just one another. But however lonely they may be, they always have each other. Again, Westerberg paints a vivid picture of a desolate Midwestern town, where there is little for the young loner to latch onto. "Left of the Dial" is a musically crisp and lyrically earnest valentine to underground radio, and maybe even to a particular female artist whom he heard on one of those stations. The album's closer, "Here Comes A Regular", is Tim's "Androgynous". This is one of Westerberg's best songs, ballads or otherwise. "A person can work up a mean, mean thirst/After a hard day of nothin' much at all" introduces the song's narrator as someone who has only his nightly trip to the watering hole to look forward to each day. Is he actually thirsty? Yes, but more for somewhere to go and someone to talk to rather than for alcohol. For all the goofy, sloppy rock songs that Westerberg writes, it is songs like this one that demonstrate his worthiness of being treated as a serious songwriter.

Speaking of goofy, sloppy rock songs, there is no shortage of them on Tim. Not surprisingly, these are the tracks on which Bob Stinson's guitar shines through the most brightly. Among these are "I'll Buy", "Dose of Thunder", and "Lay It Down Clown". But the best of these rockers is "Bastards of Young", which isn't really goofy or sloppy at all. In fact, it is as anthemic as the clarion call opening riff suggests it is. This is not a teenage anthem, but a twenty-something anthem, with its references to "the ladder of success", "graduat[ing] unskilled", and "income tax deduction". It seems that Westerberg dares skeptics to write him off with songs like the three above, only force them to reconsider with ones like this one, as well as "Kiss Me On the Bus" and "Here Comes A Regular".

Let It Be and Tim, taken together, secured The Replacements a spot among the pantheon of great American indie rock bands. 1987's Pleased To Meet Me continued their winning streak, but would be the last in a trio of great albums. Fans and critics can argue over which of these albums was actually their best, but I think that they would all agree that Tim was their most consistent collection, even if the best songs on Let It Be were better than the best ones on Tim.

I didn't like this at first, but over time I grew to love it! This is great 80's indie rock!.......2005-12-29

I'll admit that the first couple of times I heard "Tim" that I only liked about five songs ("Hold My Life", "Kiss Me On The Bus", "Waitress In The Sky", "Swingin' Party" and "Here Comes A Regular"). These are obviously the standout tracks here and the ones with the best musicianship and lyrics, but the others are also good - they will definitely grow on you. The problem with most of the album is (and this is the reason it took some time to like) is that singer Paul Westerberg has a kind've unlikable voice at first (he sounds like he's been drinking whisky every day for the past 10 years). He's not horrible, but I can certainly see some people not liking him on their first listen (you'll grow to like him, though - he definitely has a very cool personality). Thankfully all the songs here are good, and the musicianship and lyrics are fantastic. The five songs I mentioned before all have very deep and memorable lyrics that will definitely grab your attention - "Here Comes A Regular" is an especially classic track. Unfortunately the production isn't all that good (I don't think this has been remastered yet), but it isn't bad enough to annoy anyone. The album itself came out in 1985, and you can imagine the impact it had (NOTHING sounded like it (or still sounds like it) - many bands even today are influenced by The Replacements). It has a sort of raw and edgy indie rock sound with a folk and country twist - it's pretty unique, basically. Overall I think that indie rock fans and those interested in music's history will love this album (eventually)! Absolutely recommended!

Highlights include:
"Hold My Life"
"Kiss Me On The Bus"
"Waitress In The Sky"
"Swingin' Party"
"Here Comes A Regular"
the rest are good, too

This is one of the greatest albums ever made! Buy this!!.......2005-11-20

My words cannot appreciate this beautiful piece of mid-eighties rock n' roll glory. This was my first Mats album and after becoming a big fan, I have noticed that Paul Westerberg has became this metaphysical saint-like figure in the audible cosmic atmosphere called "rock music." From talking to different sorts of people, I have noticed that Westerberg has activated two extremes within the hearts of folks who have heard the Mats or Westerberg's solo stuff... they love him or hate him. How on God's green Earth can you hate a genius like Westerberg? From those who adore Paul, they have noticed that Westerberg has the ability to write songs that are about what an individual has felt or is currently feeling or going through. This is done in such a deep way, his lyrics are connected online to the human heart, mind, and nervous system.

All these songs are good. "Hold My Life" kicks off the album and this particular track is one of those songs that I am attached to. The Replacements dive into a pool of diversity on this album, beautifully blending the elements of popular American music past and present. "I'll Buy" is a rockabilly/country rocker, "Bastards of Young" is an electric anthem that is timeless, full of distorted rage and the acne of innocent youth. "Kiss Me On The Bus" is a romantic ditty, placing the listener into a realm where you mystically envision a first kiss, or remember your own. Country, folk, rock,...whatever it is. The Mats took these genres and made them their own.

Tim is the last album to have guitar-wildman, Bob Stinson, and their first major label debut on the then-hot Sire Records. I should also mention the album is produced by Tommy Ramone.

Maybe someday, Sire or Warner Bros, will rerelease this album with bonus tracks, not to mention the rough version of "Can't Hardly Wait."

God Bless Paul Westerberg

An absolute masterpiece, and I was there........2005-11-08

Among Mats fans in Houston Tx, this was regarded as their crowning jewel by unanimous account! Recognizing its brilliance, feels like having seen Van Gogh for a genius before the world took notice, and then seeing the bandwagon begin.

Westerberg achieved high art when he expressed the sorrow and pain and joy of growing up, all at once. So complex for such simple songs here.

My favorite line of all time 'little girls keep growing up, playing makeup and wearing guitar'. Was that not growing up 'punk rock' before it became a shopping mall fad?

In the summer they played a show in Galveston, if 'played', =30 minutes of missed bar chords before PW crashed into the drum kit. Shows over punkers! Wow, what a privilege to experienced this moment in history, the beginning and end of American underground rock, and this their crowning jewel.

It is so good, any cool 15 year old can pick it up and instantly get why it is brilliant.

It is timeless, like any great work of art, music or otherwise.

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ASIN: B000002LB9
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

I.O.U
Alex Chilton
I Don't Know
Nightclub Jitters
The Ledge
Never Mind
Valentine
Shooting Dirty Pool
Red Red Wine
Skyway
Can't Hardly Wait

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While some continue to champion the Replacements' Don't Tell a Soul and All Shook Down exit albums, Pleased to Meet Me truly represents the last vital effort of a great band beginning its descent. The first album released after founding lead guitarist Bob Stinson's official departure, Pleased nevertheless retains plenty of the Mats' innate punky drive, albeit here more focused and tempered. Group avatar Paul Westerberg feuded with Memphis producer Jim Dickinson (brought in because of his production of Big Star's melancholy classic Third/Sister Lovers) over what he considered Dickinson's civilizing touches. In retrospect, however, the brass-and-string flourishes on the catchy coda "Can't Hardly Wait" and the more disciplined drumming of Chris Mars make Pleased a more comfortable reconciliation of the group's raw roots and musical maturity. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Lovable Imperfection.......2007-06-08

The Replacements are irresistable and their music grows on you with each listen, yet it is hard to explain why. They were ragged, uneven, and not particular skilled musicians who couldn't quite figure out whether they were a punk or rock band who were often awful onstage, never made it big, and fell apart messily. Yet they put it together to produce several heartbreakingly beautiful songs. They were a garage band who did well and left us with a handful of albums that are essential for any partisan of the music of the 1980s. This album was made as the band had begun its implosion, that would drag out for three more years and two more good albums (Don't Tell A Soul, All Shook Down).

This album features "Alex Chilton," which is usually at the top of the favorite song list for most fans of The Replacements. "The Ledge" is an edgy, good song, "Skyway" is an example of Westerberg when he got soulful and acoustic, and "Can't Hardly Wait" is the sort of effortless pop song that The Replacements probably could have made it bigger by doing more of. There are clunkers -- every Replacements record had them -- like "Nightclub Jitters" and "Shooting Dirty Pool," but there are buttons on your CD player that will solve those problems. This band was perfect in their imperfection. Imagine listen to a garage band practicing next door and realizing that they were surprisingly good. That's The Replacements.

A Track by Track Appreciation.......2007-02-24

PLEASED TO MEET ME: A track By Track Appreciation (I haven't listened to it in a while, and this sorta got me thinking wistfully about it. . .)

SIDE ONE (The Good Side)

1) I.O.U. A slamming punk stomper. Sounds like a statement of purpose to prove they can still rock after firing lead axeman Bob Stinson--a move many fans never forgave. Actually, the weakest song on the record.
2) Alex Chilton--perfect ragged power pop paen to alt rock patron saint. ("I never travel far/Without a litte Big Star"). If you were cool, you couldn't escape this song in 87-88.
3) Nightclub Jitters--cool change of pace with this cocktail jazz inflected slow burner
4) I Don't Know--boredom and ennui collide with a stripped to the bones rocker punctuated by Teenage Steve Douglass' sweet baritone sax bleats.
5) The Ledge : tense suicide suicide note where Westerberg's spiraling guitar is as tightly wound as the narrators emotions.

SIDE TWO (The even better side --and yes, like in the old days, a record with distinct sides)

1) Never Mind: Great power popping, heart-on-the-sleeve love song. And it rocks in an endearingly sloppy sorta way.
2) Valentine: more of the the same with great lines thrown out like they come from an endless stream("Well you wish upon a star/That turns into a plane". . . "If you were a pill/I'd take a handful at my will/and knock you back with somethings sweet as wine).
3) Shooting Dirty Pool. Down and dirty rocker--a great illustration of how Jim Dickinson's production is perfect for this record--the bass is muddied, the treble in the guitar is jacked up and the drums are given a huge, sledgehammer whallop. The song itself isn't Westerberg's best, but the sound is great--a wonderful change-of-pace album cut.
4) Red Red Wine (not the Neil Diamond classic but another searing rocker that just sounds balls-out perfect at Max volume).
5) Skyway: Out of nowhere, Westerberg slows down for his most beautiful solo-acoustic ballad. A simple heartstopper, whispered over a delicately picked guitar figure. A million lovesick teenage boys made mix tapes for unattainable girls in the late 80s. This song figured prominently in 94% of them.
6) Can't Hardly Wait: A hopelssly romantic pop-rocker over another bubbling guitar line and a swinging rhythym section. The chorus totally gushes and although some people hate them , I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Memphis Horns on the backing part. A perfect end to what is, to me, a perfect record.

Overall, my favorite mats record. There might be more peaks on Tim (Bastards of Young, Left of the Dial) or Let it Be (I will Dare, Unsatisfied, Answering Machine), but there are also some valleys there as well.

Very Pleased to Meet Paul, Tommy, Bob and Chris.......2007-01-10

It's not Let it Be. Closer to Tim, but certainly a definitive Replacements album in style and arrangement. Excellently produced sound, vocals, sweet solos and well harnessed power. Reminiscent of the best thing that came out of the eighties. This band! I liked it the first time I listened. Loved it by the tenth time. Hard to replace with another artist in your CD player once you're hooked.

"I want it in writing...." The 'Mats best effort.......2006-12-07

A great blend of who-gives-a-$&# attitude and melodies. The band was at their peak here. If you like rock and roll get this. If you don't like it, you're an idiot.

Wicked Back Flip.......2006-06-18

"Wicked Back Flip" is a statement made by Paul on a bootleg when he is stone cold d-runk.

The Replacements. What hasn't been said that I could say? They got me through many deep, dark, hard and lonely nights. I drank with them, smoked with them, cried with them, and survived with them.

This album moved me in a way few have, or ever will. All I can say is thanks for allowing me the privilege of listening to this.

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

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A good value
The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
Good mix of film music
A mixed collection of movie music
Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores
In Session: Film Music Celebration
The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
Music In Film (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium)

ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

Average customer rating:

Some of Paul Westerberg's Best Songs
Solid Album from a Great Band
My God...this Album is killer from start to finish
This should have been a Westerberg solo album
Underrated!!!!

Don't Tell a Soul
The Replacements
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002LGD
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Talent Show
Back To Back
We'll Inherit The Earth
Achin' To Be
They're Blind
Anywhere's Better Than Here
Asking Me Lies
I'll Be You
I Won't
Rock 'N' Roll Ghost
Darlin' One

Customer Reviews:

Some of Paul Westerberg's Best Songs.......2007-06-08

This penultimate Replacements album could be considered Paul Westerberg's first solo album, because he had seized complete creative control over the band by this record. That was a good news/bad news situation. The band lost some of the stormy collaboration that produced great songs like "Alex Chilton." But Westerberg was free to fill the record with the sort of wistful songs at which he excelled in writing, such as "Talent Show" and "Achin' To Be" -- the latter being my personal favorite Replacements song. The band also does get loud and raucous on a couple of good rockers -- "I'll Be You" and "We'll Inherit the Earth." "Asking Me Lies" is another Replacements classic, bouncy and clever. As with every Replacements record, there is a clunker or two that costs the album a star -- "Rock & Roll Ghost" is a throwaway track and "Anywhere's Better Than Here" is nearly unlistenable. But this was my introduction to the band and remains a personal favorite, with plenty of great songs that I still listen to repeatedly.

Solid Album from a Great Band.......2006-06-12

I've always wondered why people dislike this album. To me, it seems to be one of the Mats' finest efforts. Four of the songs are instant Mats classics ("Talent Show," "We'll Inherit the Earth," "Achin' to Be," and "Rock and Roll Ghost") and all of the other songs are very good. The production does sound a bit too 80s on some songs (i.e "Asking Lies"), but the songs are good enough to overcome any production flaws. The disc also happens to be The Replacements' most mature album. There are no songs like "Gary's Got a Boner," which is probably for the best. "Don't Tell a Soul" picks up where "Can't Hardly Wait" and "Skyway" left off, meaning that the album is more subdued than their previous efforts, yet the band can still rock, as evinced by the songs "Anywhere is Better Than Here" and "I Won't." If you like The Replacements, then buy this; if you don't like The Replacements, buy this album and see the light.

My God...this Album is killer from start to finish.......2006-05-05

Time for an honesty check. My friend introduced the replacements to me years ago and I remember him getting excited about letting me hear "let it be" and "sorry ma, I forgot to take out the trash." I liked them...intermittently...some brilliant stuff, some noise and covers that I didnt really get or enjoy but overall it was good. It wasnt until he played me "Dont tell a soul" that I perked up like a shot of caffiene in the neck and found myself enthralled with the album. I remember being spellbound and after I heard the last song I asked to go to wherehouse to buy the record. I found it for .99 on casette and the reason it was so cheap was because the case was cracked. Big deal. I listened to that album so much and it was just pure crack cocaine for my ears. This was part of my holy trinity..the other two albums...depeche modes..Violater and the cures disintegration. The songs are BRILLIANT...BRILLIANT....BRILLIANT. How anybody could hate this album or say its overrated is truly plexing. It is an absolute joy from start to finish. The replacements should have been huge stars!!!

This should have been a Westerberg solo album.......2006-03-21

I don't mind Paul Westerbergs attempt at maturity or growth as a songwriter, but did he have to remove all the sly humor and fun as well? Way over-serious and WAY overproduced, Don't Tell A Soul is just not as satisfying as most of their previous work. Sonically it's slick and impersonal and more importantly that who the f*ck cares? swagger is largely missing. There are some very good songs that harken back to the Mats heyday such as Talent Show, but before they sobered up and Paul Westerberg started to think of himself as a serious "artist", the Replacements were a hell of a lot more fun and emotionally powerful. I can't complain about the musicianship, the band plays fine, but the soul just isn't there. I think that the firing of original lead guitarist Bob Stinson has a lot to do with it. He was eased out of the band before their previous album Pleased To Meet Me supposedly for alcohol and drug abuse but I've heard stories indicating it was more a grab for control by Paul Westerberg. But even though Bob isn't on Pleased To Meet Me, the band's spirit is still intact. Pleased To Meet Me sounds like the Replacements. The problem with Don't Tell A Soul is that it doesn't sound or more importantly feel like The Replacements. On previous albums the Mats always seemed suspicious of success whether it be artistic or monetary and retained a kind of distrustful outsiders stance. For me that emotional confusion or distrust and self deprecating humor was a huge part of their charm. On Don't Tell A Soul they embraced their professional musician status, got serious, and lost a lot of that charm in the process. Unfortunately while they gained confidence, they lost their innocence and soul. They went pro. Call me crazy but I would have liked Don't Tell A Soul a lot better had it been released as a Paul Westerberg solo album 'cause the little tribe that used to be the Replacements was slowly dissappearing right before our ears.

Underrated!!!!.......2005-10-12

"We'll Inherit The Earth" is the title song and one of the best songs ever written. The profound lyrics build to a powerful climax that can't be ignored. "Anywhere Is Better Than Here" rocks hard and carries on the powerful grip of this awesome band. "Rock 'n' Roll Ghost" and "Darlin' One" stand alongside Paul's best ballads. "I'll Be You" and "Asking Me Lies" both carry on the fun. The rest may be filler, but isn't bad. Another strong album, with some truly great work.

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Worthy Swan Song
Worthy of any 'Mats collection
It really isn't a Replacement album at all
The hit that never was
A fine rock and roll moment...

All Shook Down
The Replacements
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14 Songs

ASIN: B000002LM8
Release Date: 1990-09-17

Tracks:

Merry Go Round
One Wink At A Time
Nobody
Bent Out Of Shape
Sadly Beautiful
Someone Take The Wheel
When It Began
All Shook Down
Attitude
Happy Town
Torture
My Little Problem
The Last

Customer Reviews:

Worthy Swan Song.......2007-06-08

Maybe the last Replacements album was so good because Paul Westerberg intended the songs to be his debut solo effort. After all the stormy angst of The Replacements, these songs are breezy, bouncy and largely cheerful -- perhaps no coincidence given that Westerberg was finally dealing with his alcoholism when he wrote these songs. "When It Began" is a lovely little pop-rock song, as is "One Wink At A Time." "Bent Out Of Shape" is another good song and "My Little Problem," with Westerberg joined by Johnette Napolitano, is the second best duet of 1990. (It had the bad luck to come out the same year Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson did the incomparable "Candy.") The album is chock full of good songs that are easy on the ears, and that is really my only criticism. In what was probably a healthy move for himself personally, Westerberg lost a lot of his edge, or maybe Chris Mars had supplied much of the band's edge all along, because "All Shook Down" is missing a lot of the angry passion that made so much of The Replacements' music so good.

Worthy of any 'Mats collection.......2007-01-20

A Replacements album by name only, as Westerberg's first solo LP but he owed Sire one more so the other guys play on various tracks. John Cale, Steve Berlin, and many others drop by too. The songwriting is moving forward from the brash rawk 'n soul of the earlier 'Mats. All the crucial elements are still there on most of these songs. The title track is a low-fi rambling downer, but it works. Despite some folks whining about the loss of Bob Stinson, Westerberg did just fine to remove the explosive/destructive chemistry those two shared in the early days. Superb, this still sounds good after all these years.

It really isn't a Replacement album at all.......2006-02-07

This was in effect Paul's first solo album. I guess, in a sense, it was his best solo album, but the worst Mat's album. It is sappy pop and anybody that came up with the boys in the early '80s would never believe that this was the same band. The fact of the matter is that this was not the same band. Bob Stinson the driving force behind the power that symbolized the Mats was gone and with his absence was any kind of check on Paul, for when Paul started to cross too far over to the pop side. Drummer Chris Mars had lost interest in keeping this charade going either. Paul should have just put his name on it and forgotten using the Replacement name, that way the Mats would have had only one bad album, "Don't Tell a Soul."

The hit that never was.......2004-11-17

I got to the Replacements a few decades too late. The first I ever heard of Paul Westerberg was on the "Singles" soundtrack, which is one of the first CDs I ever bought when I was fifteen in 1992. "Dyslexic Heart" made an impression, but I didn't think about Paul and his music until I developed a taste for "Alt-Country" (bands influenced by Uncle Tupelo and the Jayhawks) later in the 90s. I found out that the Replacements were kind of an influence on some of the music I was listening to, so I went out and bought "Tim." I liked it well enough, but didn't really get anything else by them for a while.

Then, somehow, I found out that this one existed, read some glowing reviews, and thought I'd take a chance when I saw a copy sitting in my local indie record shop for $8. Let me tell you, the best $8 ever spent. This is one of the most complete albums I have ever heard, with a solid feel or mood throughout. It is also very honest, as it shows a very self-critical man looking back on the choices of his youth, not always pleased with the outcome. If the early Replacements work was the drunken party, this album is the morning after when you wake up with a bad taste in your mouth and a headache, wondering where your life is headed.

It's really a timeless record, with a sound that is similar to the Westerberg-penned tracks on the "Singles" soundtrack but not so uniquely "90s" that it won't be just as meaningful ten, twenty, or thirty years down the road. There's no one standout track either, no obvious single, just a song cycle that is best listened to as a whole. Want an album that makes it OK to look back on your mess-ups with a smile? Want to feel less alone as you find yourself creeping into adulthood? Try this disc.

A fine rock and roll moment..........2004-10-22

Some claim this to be Paul's first "solo" record. While others claim a final whimper from an incredible rock and roll band. When it's all said and done it's 13 more beautifully crafted Paul Westerberg songs. Listen to the words sung in "Nobody". Facing marriage and still flipping it the middle finger. The longing and desire for a woman in "Bent Out of Shape". The frightening "All Shook Down" which to me really describes what this band state of mind/shape it was in when this was recorded. Then to the final song on the record,"The Last". Total closure on a ten-year ride in rock and roll.

The great thing about Paul's songs is that you do not need to know what he was writing about or what his feelings are about a specific song or record. I truly believe more than any other rock band on this earth that no one has written songs where once you let them into your life those same songs when heard ten years later you still feel that same emotion that you first felt when it reached your ears.

It's amazing that this man, his band and his music fell through the cracks. The biggest crime of all is that not enough people were aware of a band in a decade of vapid pop and schlock heavy metal bands that all sounded the same and looked the same. A true original goes unnoticed again. Isn't that always the way.....

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Still one of my favorite Replacements CDs
sorry fans, forgot to take out the trash
Poineers of garage sound / 1 of the greatest albums
A Classic Post-Punk Text
Anyway I Ain't Got Noplace Else To Go

Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out The Trash
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ASIN: B00006FSQ6
Release Date: 2002-09-03

Tracks:

Takin' A Ride
Careless
Customer
Hangin' Downtown
Kick Your Door Down
Otto
I Bought A Headache
Rattlesnake
I Hate Music
Johnny's Gonna Die
Shiftless When Idle
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Don't Ask Why
Somethin' To Du
I'm In Trouble
Love You Till Friday
Shutup
Raised In The City

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The Replacements' 1981 debut, like the Stink EP that came on its heels, is laden with hardcore punk that was the flavor in underground rock of the time, albeit of a customized strain. Oddly enough, that sense of compromise is the source of the charm to both early Mats titles. The Minneapolis quartet play fast and loose here but aren't inclined to display the discipline the leading lights of the movement boasted. Raggedness and humor are their fortes. One can almost picture Paul Westerberg smirking a bit at the sanctioned snotty sentiments he's voicing. "I hate music!" he bellows in the song of the same name, only to add cheekily, "Got too many notes." "Customer," too, undermines pure-punk ethos with wisecracks. Though he more often writes screeds than actual songs, Westerberg's burgeoning skills nevertheless surface in "Johnny's Gonna Die," "Shiftless When Idle," and "I'm in Trouble." Sorry Ma isn't necessarily a superior punk album, but it's an exceedingly likable one. --Steven Stolder

Album Description

Full Title - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash. Remastered reissue of their angry 1981 debut album. Restless Records. 2002.

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Still one of my favorite Replacements CDs.......2006-05-31

When I was in high school, I bought this as a tape first and I couldn't stop listening to it. It was hardcore and fast enough to pump the adreneline but it had enough hooks and great songs (even great lyrics if you can hear them sung very very fast) to distinguish it from the skater punk crap which always played the same couple of chords in the same deadly dull rotation with the same vocalist (can't call him a singer) trying to sound tough. "Taking a Ride", "Something to Do" and "Hanging Downtown" were those tracks that spoke to me in a way that only Holden Caulfield could otherwise (yeah I didn't realize that I was a little stereotypical in the teenager department - I also wore my hair long and greasy and refused to cut it until after Freshman year in college. Oh shut up.)

Obviously this is not your usual Replacements album, and the flashes of craftsmanship that would start with Hootenanny were not yet formed. But it's great on its own merits. So much so, that I spent years claiming that this was the only decent Replacements album before a stultifying descent into dullness (well that one with the sheep was pretty bland.) So maybe this should be your first Mats album and maybe you should be 15 to love it like I did, but it's still a great album. And the songs are some of the best crafted pieces of music in punk history.

sorry fans, forgot to take out the trash.......2004-12-02

Yes, I am glad there are a few good reviews here that slate this weak lp.
The thing you have to know about 'westerberg' (lead singer of this band) is that he has these die hard followers who love everything he has done (and does now-worse) full stop. I'm sure there are some that say they are only replacements fans, but then they probably love everything that the replacements have done.
This album is practically ready for the bin.
Bar about three tracks out of twenty- It always sucked (and I got it in the peak of my replacements listening/loving days)- it is never hardcore, just unlistenable.
Want hardcore, get 'husker du - new day rising' or 'Stink' by replacements' or even indeed, like some other good fellow said 'Tim' and then 'Let it be' by this band - they are the two best.

You have careless/johnny's gonna die/shiftless when I'm idle and maybe 'takin a ride' too (notice these are the ones that other anti 'sorry ma' revierwers picked) - they are the only half decent tracks on this.
It's a very weak record from production to playing (but most of all, westerberg ruins it with his hideous vocals on the most of the stuff.
I really just would'nt bother pal. It'll be one to throw away, or worse give away to some other poor soul who won't understand.

This band went major label and really changed in a good way-showing a new and incredible side to themselves after 'let it be', unlike a band like husker du - who became anti-political and began talking rubbish after they left for warner.
Lucky to get two stars.

Poineers of garage sound / 1 of the greatest albums.......2004-04-14

This band defined garage fast & hard, shun the mainstream sound. This 1st album is probably my favorite Mats album but I like them all. This cd is one of those rare albums where you will not skip a track on this. Every song is appealing in it's own way. The guitar riffs are sketchy but thats the beauty of this album it's so raw and unpolished. I have to say this album is their most Punk sounding. It came out in 1981 so far from the New Wave that was on the airwaves. Westerburg's voice goes right through you. I can't possibly list standout tracks because like I said every song is good. But "Customer" is a funny tune, opening track "Taking a ride" such a catchy song, "Kick your door down" great chorus track."Shiftless when Idle, "I hate Music" such a Punk Rock tune. If you truly like real garage/punk sound this album is essential to collection. This CD is in my top 5 of all time.

A Classic Post-Punk Text.......2004-04-11

When this came out, Rolling Stone took a moment to turn away fromarticles about Jann Weiner's 60's party pals to give this amazing disc three of five stars, asking "Who knows if they'll make any more albums? And who cares?" The Replacements went on to become a booze soaked sonic legend. And now people only read Rolling Stone to ogle the cover phots of Britney Spears.
It's all there in "Sorry Ma" -- the hooks, the clever lyrics, the Westbergian angst, long before it turned into post-Replacements self-pity and general crappiness. With the rest of the band (fueled by the late flamethower lead guitarmaster Bob Stinson) compelling him to rock, Paul did. And how.
They took punk and made it relevant to suburban kids who didn't feel like dressing all in black -- "Customer" has more truth in its 68 seconds than a crateful of "real" punk. "Kick Your Door" down is a straight ahead rocker that hits you in the gut; "Shiftless When Idle" is a powerpop marvel. "I Hate Music" is a sonic declaration of war on pretense. The only weakness is "Johnny's Gonna Die," lauded by most, but actually embodying Paul's worst musical instincts. The rest of the band propbably let it in in exchange for Paul kicking butt on the rest of the album.
You cannot understand or experience American post-punk pop without "Sorry Ma..." Rolling Stone be damned.

Anyway I Ain't Got Noplace Else To Go.......2004-02-09

I'm (ironically, I guess) replacing this with a new copy for the third time. It's crude, it's rough, it's loud, it's obnoxious, it's funny and it's great. This release and "Hootenanny" are wonderfully Midwestern surly snot-faced kid-like and I could not live without them. They have defined what this sound is/was and possibly always will be. It's as close as you'll ever get to what an early live Replacement's gig was like. I suppose if you weren't around when they were fresh and new it may sound a little....no...wait a minute....that's not true....I cannot stoop to any kind of mealy-mouthed defensiveness. This album is great. Not charming. Not friendly. Not just a display of Westerberg's burgeoning songwriting talents. It's great all by itself. I proudly know the lyrics (such as they are) to all the songs and I will spit them out with vigor until the day I die. It's unbridled, undisciplined and unruly. You know....PUNK.

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Only Half Of The Soundtrack
replacements soundtrack
A Mixture of The Best of the Melting Pots
John Debney's score for this movie is GREAT!
Best stuff was left out!

The Replacements (2000 Film)
Various Artists - Soundtracks
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004XR5P
Release Date: 2000-09-19

Tracks:

The Replacements Remix
I Don't Want To Be Your Girlfriend - Kelli Owens
Second Chance - Bret Domrose
Bust A Move - Young MC
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
The Dallas Game
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Strikebreakers - Font 48
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A football comedy about the 1987 NFL players' strike, in which Keanu Reeves plays a scab quarterback on the losing end of a career while coach Gene Hackman and team owner Jack Warden lord over the unfortunate proceedings, features a quirky collection of tracks from the past. Gloria Gaynor's disco anthem "I Will Survive" has more lives than a cat and is sure to go down alongside Queen's "We Will Rock You" as an enduring sports anthem. Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll Part Two" proves the timeless vintage of 1970s glam. But it's Young M.C .'s "Bust a Move" that retains the most flavor, hailing from that late-1980s vantage point when hip-hop was younger and more kinetic. The addition of Orange County, California, alternative rockers Lit is a surprise. Whereas Marky Mark should probably stick to underwear ads and acting, in that order. But, pray tell, why weren't the punk band the Replacements included in what would so obviously be a starring role on this soundtrack? --Rob O'Connor

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Only Half Of The Soundtrack.......2006-11-20

The Replacements is a great movie with a soundtrack that absolutely pumps. Unfortunately there are quite a few tracks missing from this CD. A number of them are original pieces that were never released elsewhere. The rest are popular dance and rock tracks, most of which can be found elsewhere. Of the tracks that are included, several are compilations of instrumental cues from the original score. It would have been nice for them to have been included as stand-alone tracks.

For those who are interested, I took some time to document all of the songs listed in the film's end credits. Songs which which are unreleased have been marked as such.

Zip-Lock - Lit
Can You Feel It - 3rd Party
On Wisconsin - Carl Beck and W.T.Purdy
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Moon Is Up - Rolling Stones
Ole, Ole, Ole - We Are The Champions (Unreleased)
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C&C Music Factory
Ride - Amanda Marshall
Kick The P*** Out Of It - Font 48 (Unreleased)
Bust A Move - Young MC
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Second Chance - Bret Domrose
Unbelievable - EMF
I Don't Want To Be Your Girlfriend - Kelli Owens
R.O.W.D.I.E. - Font 48
Get Ready For This - Countdown Mix Masters
Rock And Roll Part 2 - Garry Glitter
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch
If Everybody Looked The Same - Groove Armada
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Blinded By Rainbows - The Rolling Stones
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
We Will Rock You - Queen
Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols
Pump Up The Volume (Remix) - M/A/R/R/S
You Got Me Rocking - The Rolling Stones
Heart - written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Heroes - Marc Bonilla and Font 48 (Unreleased)
Jenny Take A Ride! - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
The Look In Your Eyes - Bob Schneider and Font 48 (Unreleased)

Best of luck gathering the missing tracks!

replacements soundtrack.......2006-01-17

I would have ordered this soundtrack except I actually took the time to check out the list of "songs" that were on it and to read a couple of the reviews. Sure enough, it was exactly as I thought myself....there was only one song that I actually recognized from the movie itself, Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive", which is a good song, but not even close to all the other great songs which were in the movie itself, but NOT in the actual "SOUNDTRACK"! What's up with that??? Great movie, great songs, should have a great soundtrack that is available to the fans, but it does not. Too bad. I understand that the person who wrote the actual "musical score" for the movie wants his due, but the fans want "their" music, too. Do the fans not have a right to what they actually expect on the soundtrack of a movie??

A Mixture of The Best of the Melting Pots.......2003-06-28

I thought the soundtrack (not the music from CD) was great. Every song was appropriately placed and mixed in a way that you
felt the scene as it should have been felt, not an easy thing to
accomplish! High 5!

Also a High 5 to whoever included in their review of the soundtrack some of the songs that weren't familiar, i.e. "Bohemian Like You" Thank you ! THank you ! THank you!
I really like the song (what I heard of it anyway) and coulndn't find out the title for over a year now, so again thank you!

John Debney's score for this movie is GREAT!.......2003-06-20

Like a few other reviewers before me, I want to strongly emphasize that the term "SOUNDTRACK" does not automatically translate into "Only the popular/rock songs that were played on the film." It does not necessarily mean that. A soundtrack is the music used to support the film, whether it be the instrumental score, various popular songs, or a combination of the two.

In this soundtrack CD's case, a lot of esteemed film composer John Debney's works were included. Just to make it more clear, this movie was *scored* by John Debney. He's the guy who wrote the supporting instrumental score in this movie. He's scored many films--he's a great composer who is highly regarded in the business. It is perfectly appropriate that this soundtrack CD include his music. He scored the movie, for crying out loud!

It's too bad that some buyers assumed that their favorite pop song was on there when they bought the score, and now they are disappointed. However, they could have easily looked at the titles of the tracks before they bought--Amazon lists them and sample audio tracks, so there's really no reason to not know what was on the CD.

I hope more people will realize that when a film is released, there usually is this instrumental *score* that is written for the movie. Perhaps some people weren't paying attention, but yeah. It's there. The studio paid this composer a lot of money to write this score. And every year, the Oscars give out awards to the people who write the best film scores. So why is it so beyond comprehension for these scores to be released on the soundtrack CD? Why would should anyone assume that if there were a few pop songs included in a movie, that they *must* automatically all be on the CD, while none of the composer's work should be on the CD? As if the composer's work isn't part of the "real" soundtrack?

Best stuff was left out!.......2003-01-15

This is more of a score than a soundtrack.

Some of the best music (Rolling Stones, EMF, Marky Mark, etc.) didn't make it into the CD.

I know that these issues are usually legal and having to do with royalties and all, but the disappointment is real nonetheless.

Coulda been great...instead, it's ok.

Hootenanny
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Transitional, yet Enjoyable (3.5 stars)

come on do the whole thing

It's Fun!

Not for everyone

Great band just not their best work

Hootenanny
Replacements
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006FR74
Release Date: 2002-09-03

Tracks:

Hootenanny
Run It
Color Me Impressed
Willpower
Take Me Down To The Hospital
Mr. Whirly
Within Your Reach
Buck Hill
Lovelines
You Lose
Hayday
Treatment Bound

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Hootenanny is the last album on which the Replacements fully embraced recklessness as a recording tactic; consequently, it's their last love-it-or-hate-it LP. Here's one vote for love. As with the band's disorderly (but damned entertaining) debut, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, Hootenanny is enlivened by the odd hardcore thrasher ("Run It" and "You Lose"). Frontman Paul Westerberg stretches out here, however, with the bluesy "Willpower" and "Take Me to the Hospital" and unveils his sensitive side on the one-man-band avowal "Within Your Reach," a taste of things to come. The title track opens the album on a haphazard note, and the Mats barely hold things together with the sodden closer, "Treatment Bound," but that damn-the-tempo-let's-just-play spirit is what makes Hootenanny a better record than a latter stab at stardom like Don't Tell a Soul. --Steven Stolder

Album Description

Remastered reissue of their reckless and silly 1983 album. Restless Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Transitional, yet Enjoyable (3.5 stars).......2006-07-20

"Hootenanny" can't touch the 'Mats best work, but it's always a fun listen. Three of the songs here ("Willpower," "Color Me Impressed," and the gorgeous "Within Your Reach") hint at greater things to come on their next album. The remainder of "Hootenanny" ranges from enjoyable punk ("Take Me to the Hospital" and "Run It") to listenable filler. It's this eclecticism that prevents "Hootenanny" from matching the sheer joy of "Sorry Ma.." or the indie pop of the 'Mats later albums. Nevertheless, "Hootenanny" belongs in the collection of every true Replacements fan.

come on do the whole thing.......2004-06-16

"ramshackle,raucous,raw. the three r's." Pope John Paul announced this into his microphone after hearing this album at some event in 1983. All I hear is four snot-nosed punks putting their lives on the line in some doomed attempt to save rock & roll from 1980's Sting and his wretched Police.

It's Fun!.......2004-05-02

The Replacements' second album sounds like a fun time. It also sounds like they had a fun time recording it with funny tunes like "Hootenanny", a nice hardcore song "Run It", the huge spin-off "Mr. Whirly", a song making fun of love shows on the radio "Lovelines", the hard-rockin' "Take Me Down to the Hospital" and practically every song they did on here has some kind of joke in it, which some people may not like. But there is one serious song on here-"Within Your Reach". It's a sad song that Paul Westerberg did on his own and it's a good tune.

So, all in all it is a huge step up for the 'Mats and paves up a way to the supreme "Let it Be".

Not for everyone.......2004-01-26

Look, you either get this album or you don't. People who rate this album low don't get it - and consequently they don't understand what made the 'Mats a great band in the first place. To me, owning only the major label Replacements albums is like reading half of a novel. It's raw and unpolished - yeah, the sound quality is lacking, obviously - the 'Mats were 4 kids from Minneapolis on a small-time label back then. I wouldn't change a thing - consider it a timepiece, an artifact of an era. Great stuff.

Great band just not their best work.......2003-11-27

I had heard that this cd was The Replacements at their punk best.
Excited I purchased the cd immediately. I already own the Replacement's don't tell a soul, all shook down, pleased to meet me and Tim. This was the worst cd of theirs. Production value was miserable. The songs themselves sound rushed. None of the lyrics are memorable. If 4 drunk guys grabbed some instruments and started playing at a bar it would sound like this cd.
Don't buy it.

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