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

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+

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Track listing

  1. I Will Dare
  2. Favorite Thing
  3. We're Comin' Out
  4. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
  5. Androgynous
  6. Black Diamond (Kiss cover)
  7. Unsatisfied
  8. Seen Your Video
  9. Gary's Got a Boner
  10. Sixteen Blue
  11. Answering Machine
  12. 20th Century Boy (T-Rex cover) Bonus
  13. Perfectly Lethal Bonus
  14. Temptation Eyes (The Grass Roots cover) Bonus
  15. Answering Machine Bonus
  16. Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat Bonus
  17. 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. - 5/5