The Replacements - Let it Be (Deluxe Edition) (2008 Reissue) (CD)

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Let It Be is the third studio album from the American rock band The Replacements, released in October 1984 on Twin/Tone Records.

Those still looking for the perfect garage may misconstrue this band's belated access to melody as proof they've surrendered their principles. Me, I'm delighted they've matured beyond their strange discovery of country music. Bands like this don't have roots, or principles either, they just have stuff they like. Which in this case includes androgyny (no antitrendie reaction here) and Kiss (forgotten protopunks). Things they don't like include tonsillectomies and answering machines, both of which they make something of. A+

Details

Artist: The Replacements
Country: United States
Genre: Alternative rock
Year: 1984
Label: Rhino Entertainment
Format: CD
More info: External

Track listing

I Will Dare
Favorite Thing
We're Comin' Out
Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
Androgynous
Black Diamond (Kiss cover)
Unsatisfied
Seen Your Video
Gary's Got a Boner
Sixteen Blue
Answering Machine
20th Century Boy (T-Rex cover) Bonus
Perfectly Lethal Bonus
Temptation Eyes (The Grass Roots cover) Bonus
Answering Machine Bonus
Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat Bonus
Sixteen Blue Bonus

Review

Possibly the only band since The Clash that really mattered in music... Let It Be originally was released in 1984 to numerous critical acclaim, even earning the rare A+ from esteemed rock critic Robert Christgau. Regardless, the original album launches missile after missile into the human heart with no signs of letting go. In an era of pop new wave tearing up the Top 40 charts across the States, The Replacements proved to be one of the truly last bands that never sold their integrity to anyone and put up one helluva fight until the end; think Leonidas against the massive Persian army. - Consequence of Sound 5/5

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