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Music CD - The Replacements: Let It Be
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Music CD: Let It Be
Artist: The Replacements
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $12.12
Your Save: $ 6.86 ( 36% )
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Manufacturer: Rhino / Rykodisc
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Tracks:
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1. I Will Dare
2. Favorite Thing
3. We're Comin' Out
4. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
5. Androgynous
6. Black Diamond
7. Unsatisfied
8. Seen Your Video
9. Gary's Got a Boner
10. Sixteen Blue
11. Answering Machine
12. 20th Century Boy
13. Perfectly Lethal (Outtake)
14. Tempatation Eyes (Outtake)
15. Answering Machine Listen Listen
16. Heartbeat-It's a Lovebeat (Outtake Rough Mix)
17. Sixteen Blue (Outtake Alternate Vocal )
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227993658
Label: Rhino / Rykodisc
Manufacturer: Rhino / Rykodisc
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Rykodisc
Release Date: 2008-04-22
Studio: Rhino / Rykodisc
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Summary: Let It Be
Comment: The Replacements-Let It Be *****
The first time I listened to Let It Be by The Replacements the first thing that ran through my mind was "Kurt Cobain is the biggest fraud I have ever heard in my life!" Now every time I hear Cobain all I can think is that he was just ripping off Paul Westerberg.
But back to the album. This was my first introduction to The Replacements. It came along at the perfect time. I was seventeen when I first heard it and I really felt a connection with everyone of the songs, which I am sure is what a lot of people say. I now own all the bands albums. From `I Will Dare' which features a guest spot from the great Peter Buck from R.E.M. through `Favorite Thing' which is easily one of the greatest punk songs of all time as well as just one of the greatest songs of any genre. The angst of `We're Coming Out' which boasts the classic lines "One more chance to get it all wrong," to the humor of `Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out' something the band was known for. I assume the song is about bassist Tommy Stinson having his tonsils removed, being as he was only about seventeen or so when this album was released. `Androgynous' is pure Westerberg, pure poetry with a slice of humor thrown in for good measure. `Black Diamond' which seems like the most obscure of covers for a band like The Replacements being as it is a Kiss song, but for those who know anything about the band realize it fits perfectly, and in fact The Replacements do it much better then the original. `Unsatisfied' more or less describes Westerberg's permanent state of mind. `Seen Your Video' really is a song that everyone can relate to when bands they love become to big for their original fan base. `Gary's Got A Boner' is pure punk. Great lead guitar work from the great Bob Stinson, and excellent drumming from Christopher Mars. Great fun. `Sixteen Blue' is more or less Sixteen Candles put to music, and really a song everyone in their mid-teens should be required to here. `Answering Machine' ends the album with perhaps the indie anthem to end all indie anthems. It may be the most tortured love song of all time, and ends the album like no song ends any other album.
Let It Be is one of those albums that should be in everyone's music collection. It is easily one of the greatest and most important albums of all time and should be required listening, even over such albums as Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Let It Be
Comment: It's a shame that "Let It Be" is getting anything less than 4 stars. I don't think this is the place to air grievances against the record industry. Whether or not this reissue is a rip-off, that doesn't make the album any less great. So I'm giving it 5 stars to even out the ratings here, but the reissue probably deserves about 3.
That being said, I wouldn't bother buying this re-release if you already have the 2002 Restless reissue, but it is worth updating if you still have the original TwinTone CD.
The liner notes represent the worst kind of musical nostlagia, complete fluff. I found the bonus tracks rather underwhelming and they really don't add anything at all. "20th Century Boy" is a rather tired performance, lacking the energy of the original and probably of the Mats' own live versions. The sole new original song among the bonus tracks, "Perfectly Lethal" boasts a few good lines, but was left off the album for good reason. "Temptation Eyes" and "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" are solid covers but hardly required listening. And the two alternate versions of "Sixteen Blue" and "Answering Machine" add nothing.
The real problem with reissues like this (when the bonus material kind of stinks) is that now you can never just listen to the whole album by itself, but the bonus tracks will always come on after "Answering Machine" if you just let the disc play. So it is probably smarter to stick to the 2002 reissue.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Like the 'Mats themselves, a mixed bag
Comment: For those of us hoping that the Ryko/Rhino would give the Replacements the same treatment they gave Elvis Costello, LET IT BE and their other reissues are something of a disappointment.
The sound is great, no question. But there are two main shortcomings. One of which has rightly been noted already: there is too much wasted room on these discs. With all the boots extant from throughout the 'Mats career, there is a literal goldmine of material out there that could have been included to get these timings closer to 80 minutes -- and, more importantly, give a more complete picture of what the Replacements were all about. Without some chunk of concurrent live material, there is something important missing. For those of us lucky to have seen the band live over the years, that void is all the more glaring.
Second, the liner notes are mediocre to downright bad. There are some great bits from Peter Jesperson. The LIB essay is a navel-staring disaster. How anyone could have let that stand as a "tribute" to one of the greatest albums in rock history is beyond me. Again, unlike the gold standard that both Ryko and certainly Rhino had set with their reissues of Costello's work, there is absolutely no input from the artists themselves. No words/thoughts/remembrances from Paul, Tommy, or Chris. And maybe this was their choice. But it certainly makes for a less-than-definitive reissue of this work.
The music does sound great. Bottom line. And I don't mind paying a little more for a great repackaging of important music -- and both Ryko and Rhino have done this very well in the past. Unfortunately, this effort doesn't live up to that same standard.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Too Bad for the whiners... 5 Stars
Comment: Too bad for everyone that complains about the price. Purchase it from amazon and you won't have to pay
18 bucks or whatever you paid. This is a great CD. Remastered so we can enjoy the music the way it was suppose to be.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great album. Terrible price
Comment: Remember when CD's were coming out for the first time and the mafia, oops recording "industry" trumpeted the price drops that would occur because CD's were soooo much cheaper to produce than vinyl? Problem is they kept price fixing like they always have done and prices actually went up. Remember Best Buy's 11.99 CD's? The "industry" got a hold of them and threatened to pull all of their POP (point of purchase) materials if they didn't price fix like they wanted them to. No posters, no displays, etc. The "industry" payed a fine for price fixing, which was like me paying a days wages. These guys are finally getting their payback with stock prices in the tank, and a consumer that wont take what they're shoveling. All they do these days is redo old product to keep their cash flow up, while at the same time blaming pirating on their problems. The real problem is there is little talent out there and they know it. They do an open call audition with 300 boys, pick 4 for a boy band, write some crap and see if it sticks to the ceiling, repeat with girls, etc.
Their business model is a dinosaur and I hope to be alive to see them fold up their tents. Bands are releasing their own material, which has to scare the living crap out of those idiots. Radiohead's pick your price model was brilliant.
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