Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Let It Be by The Replacements sounds like the exact opposite of a carefully crafted classic, which is precisely why it became one. The production is rough to the point of sounding half-finished — muffled vocals, flat drums, guitars that blur together into a drunken roar — but the ramshackle feel gives the album its personality. Beneath all the husky screaming and basement-level chaos, you can hear the DNA of ’90s alternative rock being formed in real time. The Replacements weren’t interested in polish; they were chasing emotion, and somehow the sloppiness makes the songs hit harder. The band is at its best whenever it slows down long enough to let the melodies breathe. “I Will Dare” kicks things off with a wiry, almost rockabilly-style riff that feels loose and infectious, while “Sixteen Blue” leans into jangly guitars that practically predict the next decade of college radio. The standout is “Unsatisfied,” a messy anthem of frustration and longing that turns repetition into emotional exhaustion by the song’s closing stretch. Let It Be may sound like it’s perpetually on the verge of collapse, but that instability is exactly what gives it its lasting charm.
terminou o album e eu não soube dizer bem qual a vibe que a banda quis passar. mas é um album okzinho.
Meh, What did they replace? Did they try to replace the Beatles with Let it Be? Probs not, but They're not replacing any of my music tastes.
Enjoyable! But not memorable. Probably deserved a closer listen than I gave it while making breakfast for Mother’s Day. 7/10 Quite Likeable
Just okay - I’m sure it was influential at the time but it sounds quite generic now
At times it sounds like Bryan Adams, and at others REM. There’s a few decent songs: we’re coming out, black diamond, and Gary’s got a boner, but overall it’s very uneven. ⭐️⭐️.5
I quite liked this - quite varied and I liked the raggedness of his voice. Not my usual choice but a 3 nonetheless
A lovely three stars❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.
3,5⭐️ oye muy guai no me mata ninguna canción pero es muy disfrutable
It's alright I guess, kind of annoying and messy.
The Replacements sure have an interesting sound, they first-most have punk attitude but the songs themselves are bit more complicated then that. Like the song "We're Comin' Out" shows more the punk side then that's contrasted with the song "Androgynous" that is a straight ballad track with little - if any - guitar; which quite shocked me to be honest. I think the album got better as it went on, the first third of the album was a bit shoddy and then the second and third thirds only improved. The vocals are top notch and are one of my favourite aspects of the album. The rasp, the ruggedness but yet so, so melodic, he's kind of like the American Joe Strummer - which is a plus from me. One thing to say is that this album - Let It Be - is a hell of a lot better than another album that has the same name that released in 1970 (love most of their other stuff except for their final album.) I suspect this is one of those albums that grow on you rather than one that is an instant favourite. Strong 3 star album. Highlight Song/s: "Favorite Thing", "Seen Your Video" and "Gary's Got a Boner"
3,5
Honesto
Pretty fun listen. I was not big into them at the time, but some friends were. I might some back to this at some point.
Never heard of this before. This peaked in the middle rather with the Androgyny and the Unsatisfied song rather, which is better than peaking early. It had aspects of stuff from 10 years after it's release, which I guess means it's visionary or something, but I don't like the 90s stuff yaknow solo. Overall enough good to give it a pass though and a good length.
I like the sound of the replacements. This album didn’t catch my attention very often though.
fun 7/10
3.5./5
Feels like a good garage band. I would give it 3.5 if I could
I would have enjoyed this more if it was one style the whole way through.
Some of the songs are a little too wild lyrics-wise for me. But the songs instrumentally were good!
Stopped midway for a meeting and forgot to go back and finish it
3.5
3/5
Not bad
I enjoyed the album. The Replacements always seemed to be JUST on the cusp of something bigger.
Needs another listen when I’m not working but enjoyed the parts I could actively listen to.
Geboren in een hardcore-punk klimaat, maar een paar jaar later was daar weinig meer van te horen. Dit is echt een interessant album in de transitie van punk naar indie rock zoals we dat vandaag de dag kennen, en The Replacements neemt een vreemde plek in binnen het 'underground' rock netwerk van de USA zoals ook vaak wordt aangekaart in het boek wat ik lees, waar het indie rock op de kaart zet maar later ook het einde van de letterlijke term 'indie' inluidt. Maar dat moet je zelf maar eens openslaan. Wat ik hoor is natuurlijk meer dan een belangrijk alt music document, want het is ook gewoon een behoorlijk rock album. Het begint met een REM-achtige jangle pop opener, die je direct meeneemt in z'n catchiness. Daarna grijpen ze wat meer terug naar hun punk roots, en vooral 'Favorite Thing' is daar heel effectief in. Maar naarmate de plaat vordert komen er wat mij betreft ook nogal wat fillers langs, waardoor ijzersterke songs als de visionaire 'Androgynous' en 'Unsatisfied' nog meer opvallen dan ze normaal gesproken al doen. 'Sixteen Blue' is een lekker toetje zo laat op de plaat, maar het hielt niet over op kantje twee. Prima bij vlagen maar niet geweldig, wel cultureel significant. 7,5/10 Highlights: Favorite Thing Unsatisfied Sixteen Blue
First I’ve heard of these and curious to see what greets me. Let’s go… Feels a little more well known than first appeared to me and maybe more punk than I was expecting (based on nothing at all!) enjoyed the change of tempo and flow of ‘We’re Coming Out.’ It’s all enjoyable enough, but nothing knocking me over sideways. Which is usually my 3.5 rating. Half way through… Quite enjoy the change up at times. Breaks it up nicely and reminds me it’s one thing missing from some of the more poorly rated albums on here. Maybe close to a 4, but not quite. (3.5)
Highlights: I Will Dare, Favorite Thing, Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out, Black Diamond It began as a couple of standard new wave love songs, but as it progressed it got surprisingly more punk-like while also sounding like Rick Springfield and Weezer at the same time. So just when I thought the band was aiming to make some brainless fun record they start to be philosophical smartasses on Androgynous and a couple of other tracks. The sound was really dope but overall the record was a bit too messy for me to call it a masterpiece. There however are very interesting bits everywhere and I believe that a couple of the highlights will remain in rotation.
3/5
pleasant punk
Pretty good, just some stinkers that lowered the rating
This album is making me understand what people see in the band. There is a wide range, strong songs and some fun. Will return.
It’s good, but nothing “grabbed” me. I can imagine having it on in the background and leaving it at that.
Sounds a little generic, but it still enjoyed it. Feels pretty ahead of its time, especially with tracks like Androgynous.
a band of heard of but never listened to and I wasn’t aware that Paul Westerberg, who I do know from his 2 songs on the Singles OST is the vocalist and guitarist here. I can hear the lineage from this to those as the brand of post punk here definitely has a poppier edge to it. It’s a cool listen, I’d be interested to hear more.
I've seen this album while flicking through my copy of the book, though aside from that I've never heard of this band or album before. Going off of the album cover, I think it's pretty obvious that this is going to be a punk album thanks to those hideous mullets. Here goes. Yep. On the money, though I do hear a bit of a jangle pop sound tucked in here. This was a competent album. Certainly a decent listen with a short and sweet runtime. It's a little hit or miss, however. Westerberg's vocals are a real polariser. I alternate between thinking that they're either competent or a little too much by the track. He has a squeaky breathiness which really gets on my nerves sometimes. Fortunately, the instrumentals are more on the straight and narrow. The guitars are decent. They have a lot of bite and kick to them, and I appreciate the variety across the tracks. I just don't feel too strongly about this kind of music, which is what significantly drags it down in my eyes. Still, this album was decent. Book time. "It has been well documented that, depending on what night you saw them, The Replacements could have been the world's best or worst rock band. Their unpredictable and often very drunken antics meant that anything could and often did happen during their live shows." That's funny. I wish I could see what a trainwreck concert of theirs looks like, but I doubt I'd be successful in finding any footage. The book also says that this was their breakthrough release and was "...an album that straddled the band's punk days and the more melodic and sensitive songs that would come to define their later career." Topped many year-end charts for critics and helped to establish the burgeoning genre of college rock. Their cover of "Black Diamond" by Kiss caused Gene Simmons to storm out of a club upon hearing it being performed live. That's funny. Anyways, this is a solid pick. I cosign this inclusion.
It is, I suppose, the 2nd best album called Let it Be. Is it garage music if that's where it sounds as if it was recorded? Energetic and enthusiastic, sloppy stuff. Apart from Androgynous, which sticks out like the proverbial, this seems a lot like stuff others have down better. The two covers are a case in point. KISS did Black Diamond and T-Rex did 20th Century Boy with a degree of polish these guys don't seem capable of. It's enjoyable enough and simple, Dumb fun, but I might stick with the Rooftop Concert, thanks.
If every track was as good as the the first one, I Will Dare, this would be five stars. Unfortunately, they are not. Five star song, the album is like, 3 1/2 stars.
Decent enough. Bros got a boner - better make a song about it. 2.5/5
I prefer albums like Tim, or Hootenany. This is fine though, but don’t get too much of the hype
Ok, but nothing special - missed why it is seen as a great album
*1984. American punk. *This got old fast. This is the type of aggressive, chaotic punk I just don’t love. *Androgynous is an oddly good song. *Enjoyable in small doses for me. RATING - 5.5
Decent 80s punk, not ground breaking or unique, but enjoyed it.
I definitely preferred the more "sincere" songs, those caught in the middle between punk and hair rock. This album was a pleasant surprise.
Good album but I feel like it was missing something
Okay
Fun album
Some tracks were better than others. Sounded like a transitions album between 80s rock and what was to become 90s indie at times.
There were tracks on this that were really quite good, it started off as a nice surprise. But then there were some absolute dumpster fires on here too which completely ruined it
Album 65 Top 3 favorites off the album: Androgynous, Answering Machine, Sixteen Blue My dad has this album, and I think it's in his car right now. He skips around a lot though, like a manual playlist across the 6 CDs he has in his car, so I've never gotten the chance to listen to the album all the way through. Thanks to my dad, I know The Replacements were influenced early on by Hüsker Dü and the hardcore punk scene up in Minnesota around that time, but then kind of went off in their own direction instead of staying hard and fast. I'm glad they did, because I don't think I would've been able to do a full album of them at their heaviest today. Or at all, maybe, but that's okay. I think the variation made it a much better album. It kept me more engaged I have a fondness for them because of my dad. I don't have anything incredible to say. I think there's good guitar work, I like that there's variation in the amount of distortion, I like that some songs are funny, and it's a good album. Yay!
Decent album. Some good songs but nothing great.
This was a solid little pop rock item. Not super memorable. Well made, a little garage-y. It was all decent with some good moments and solid playing throughout.
I feel like if I was 10 years older this is the kind of music I would've listened to. It's like almost pre-grunge, just not sad enough really. I normally don't bother with outtake and bonus tracks, but I let this one play accidentally and it turns out I liked all the bonus stuff more than the content of the original album. Maybe I should give their older stuff a listen. As for this album, it's solidly fine, bordering on good. It wasn't unique sounding enough to really grab me but I liked it anyway. I think if they added the rest of the band outside of the guitar on "Answering Machine" that would've been the best song, but obviously it would sound completely different.
Mjög fín plata en vantar svolítið hittara
This was a good one! I enjoyed it!
опять тюнфайнд не помог и чуть не свёл меня с ума) но это не мой жанр (пения чуть мимо нот потому что от души)
gostei um algumas mas maioria tava ok
Gutsy title
6.5/10
80’s pop rock, a few stand out songs for sure and makes me want to dance out with a air guitar.
I liked the energy but it didn’t feel special. 2.5/5
Pretty high energy, not bad.
This felt a bit music by numbers. It was fine, but the best song was a T-Rex cover that wasn't a patch on the original.
Pleasantly surprised by this album, although it's not particularly remarkable music. I appreciate what it was angling for even if it's nowhere near the best post-punk of its age. Fav tracks: Seen Your Videos
I liked some aspects of their no frills sound. At times I thought I was in an actual garage.
The Replacements are a band that should be up my alley, yet they never fully land with me. Maybe it’ll happen over time, but I’m not there yet. This being said, still an enjoyable listen.
Scrappy, and and interesting mix of sloppy and locked in…”Unsatisfied” is a banger
3 Stars (8/15)
Cool
The songs I loved, I really loved. And the songs I hated made my ears bleed. I think this might be too heavy rock for me. "I Will Dare" and "Androgynous" are my favorites.
This album kinda flew by and I already don't remember any of it. It sounded good but wasn't memorable for me. Standouts are "I Will Dare" and "Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out" It's got a cool sound and I'd like to probably come back to The Replacements at some point in time, but for now it's an average 3/5 for me.
Kind of felt like a lot of other punk albums
I Will Dare to say that you should let this one go to the Answering Machine.
it got better as it progressed, some nice punky sounds and interesting lyrics
Great music for shoveling snow to. I'm living in a virtual time loop of shoveling the same area every 2 hours. This provided good energy for such a task. Sounds like this influenced stuff I was listening to in the late 1990s early 2000s. Not bad. Androgynous stands out. Is the answering machine at the end of the album saying "If you need snow?" over and over again?! What is happening!?
Decent 3,5
There's a loveable earnestness to this album that is impossible to shake.
This one is borderline for me on an all-time list. From a historical standpoint, I suppose it warrants entry. The bands' straddling of punk and a more melodic rock sensibility was a herald of alternative rock's emergence. Songs can be loud and defiant without disembling into a jangled cacophony of noise. The better songs on this album are the ones that showcase Westerberg's more honest and heartfelt songwriting, along with the more melodic sensibility from the rock side of their formative influences. This might be said to be the comments of someone who simply doesn't like punk music, but that's not the case. Bands like NOFX or Social Distortion that are often mentioned alongside The Replacements are better, as far as I'm concerned. Naturally, these things are a matter of preference. I just don't think the punk side of their persona is anything but flippant and brash. In short, those aren't their great songs. I can't rate this album highly as a whole, even if I am happy to listen to it.
Gary’s got a boner lol.
I always want to like the Replacements, but it never comes together for me. Some of the songs in here are great. Others are just noisy.
Sorry, Joe!
A Forest the standout track. Worth 3.5 stars really.
I was scared when I discovered that this album contains punk as I’m not the biggest fan of it BUT I was pleasantly surprised when solid rock and chiller songs strated playing.
nothing special but quite enjoyable
Obviously not the Let It Be everyone is familiar with but it’s a cool album
This album is highly regarded, but too early for me to be cognizant of it. Still, I can appreciate its influence, and think it's very solid. High 3s.
Mixture of punk, ballads, and other rock. I'll come back and listen to this full deluxe version.
very of its time. Nice base lines. Nothing super memorable.
Good, but, like any A&R man, I kept looking for a single.
First "older" Replacements album I've listened to and I like it. I need to return to it to get more out of it. Love the mix of punk and indie (for lack of a better word). I might change my rating after listening more. I like it!
3/5
I feel like one of the trickiest things a band with a punk sound can do is "mature." Often that means sanding off the sonic and emotional rawness, leaving songs that feel sort of light and middle of the road. Though I'm not familiar with their previous two albums, I feel like that might be what is happening here, based on the Wiki. Still enough good stuff here to keep it from drifting into 2 star range, but I doubt I'll remember much about it after posting this review
seminal bad, lots of tunes did not know they did. They are listed as punk, but I consider more like post-New Wave Pop
A post-punk album with coming-of-age themes. Nothing special to my ears. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
Fucking weirdo rock, fuck yes.
3.5
Good punk but far from mind blowing.
A mix of punk / rock anthems- typically not my go-to genre but I did appreciate the topics covered by yhe band having a more serious tone. Overall- decent
Ah, these guys. I have a friend who swears by them, his favourite band ever. Truth be told, I don't know much about them or many of their songs. This will be my maiden voyage. Well, it's a bunch of three star songs with a couple of four stars in Unsatisfied and We're Comin Out. With added weight for obviously being ahead of the Zeitgeist. Also, for a bunch of punk guys who can barely play, having an almost complete instrumental track is buck nuts. It's noisy, it's less serious and posing than much of the punk which had come out a few years earlier, but it also lacks the tunes of what the alt genre would become.
I could listen to 1 or 2 of these songs. A whole album turns into noise. Does make me want to drink whiskey though
Fun. Too long Christ
This was fine. I know they influenced some of my favourite bands. I liked it, but wasn’t blown away.
There's a lot to like here. And then there's the rest of the album.
fine enough but pretty bland. already heard a ton of british post-punk from this list and idk why we need so much
I have to re-listen to judge, didn’t leave me anything much
Used to really like this album. And its peaks - Androgynous, Answering Machine - remain high. But there’s too much Status Quo or Guns n Roses style mindless riffage on songs like Gary’s Got A Boner and that stops this album from being as good as, Halo of Flies or the Minutemen or every Husker Du album and a 100 other mid eighties post hardcore pre grunge LPs from the states.
Enjoyable enough
Not too familiar with The Replacements. Reminded me of The Stray Cats. Liked it
Gary's Got a Boner merits 3* by itself.
Encore un groupe de rock sympa à écouter mais oubliable
high 3 another decent one, but the singer was a bit annoying
I really liked this, but I feel like it's just a little too hit or miss for a stronger rating. I like the sort of post-punk/Green Day/rocker vibe going on here, but it's not super...consistent? Which isn't a bad thing, per se. I don't know. The musicianship comes and goes, and when it's here, it's solid. Again, I liked this. Fave tracks: - I Will Dare - We're Comin' Out - Androgynous - Black Diamond - Unsatisfied - Gary's Got a Boner - Sixteen Blue
2,9 - Normales Punkalbum für seine Zeit. Nichts stört wirklich, aber nichts sticht besonders heraus Highlights: Black Diamond, Unsatisfied
Few good songs. Interesting sound for a rock album in the middle of the 80’s.
Some cool songs on here but others are just filler.
I wasn't sure what to expect from these guys... pretty solid. Definitely a 3.
decent but nothing that got me too excited
Also British sounding
fine sprightly rock, maybe don't need to know Gary had a boner. The song about the answering machine didn't age well. Still, good period piece.
Diverting and unpretentious collection of power jangle bangers.
Pretty good punk-ish rock album that really feels like its from the 80s but not in a good way. The songs vary in how good they are quite a lot with some that I wont be listening to the good songs are really good and that I've added to playlists straight away.
Great guitar, horrible vocals
Fine! I think I would have liked it more when I was younger
Fun album. chaotic at times.
Garage band
Album 950 of 1089 The Replacements - Let It Be (1984) Rating : 3 / 5 A nice listen overall - some solid indie rock that never really goes past the “this isn’t too bad” level for me. It’s got that scrappy, unpolished charm that made The Replacements who they were, but it just didn’t stick with me beyond the moment. There’s no doubt they had the attitude and energy that influenced a lot of later bands, and I can respect that. The musicianship is good, the songs flow well enough, but nothing here really jumped out as something I’ll be replaying often. It sits squarely in that “good but not great” category - enjoyable while it’s on, but not something that’ll linger.
I will let it be, sure.
There were about 3 songs I really liked.
Fan av stilen, tidlig punk rock. Ein aen ting eg e blitt veldig fan av e når ingen av sangene har tittelen te albumet. Beste sang: Answering Machine
Some hits, some misses
Pretty solid post-punk but nothing too memorable
well, its aight. its one of those albums that has a very strong feeling of "timeliness" like its being bounded to that one era it was created it or whatever. still solid
Pretty run of the mill
another MASSIVE gap in my pop music knowledge. I've never listened beyond the Replacements' big songs and singles. I don't know that I would have the nuts to say this in the company of other music fans but I think it stands out more within its moment in history than it does as an all-time great album. It is a great album, but it's more of an evolutionary step than a standout creation? That said, Paul Westerburg is one of those songwriters where if I had written even just one of the all time brilliant classics he dropped a couple at a time on some of these albums, I'd retire and weep every morning with satisfaction. "Unsatisfied" is absolutely perfect.
Blending punk energy with heartfelt pop melodies,
it's okay enough, I'd throw it on again for sure.
Great Proto Punk. 3.5/5
Ajoittain hyvää rokkia. Ei silti taivu 4 tähdelle eli 3,5 tähteä.
Like many people, my only knowledge of The Replacements were their songs “Alex Chilton” and “Can’t Hardly Wait”. This was a nice way to hear more of their material; something I wouldn’t have or ally sought out. I liked this album, but not so much that I’d become a super fan. Strong 3 stars.
later
Meh
Mostly fine. Some questionable lyrics here and there. 3/5
Surprisingly great for the 80s. Feels like quite a modern band. fav = Androgynous
Very hit and miss, but, “Gary’s Got a Boner” aside, had enough about it to deserve the benefit of the doubt and settle at a 3.
Not as "punk" as some of their stuff. Not bad, but not their best IMO.
Another 'nothing special here' album for me. Again, thankful this one was a short listen. 3/5
#100 oppsummerer egentlig lista perfekt. Helt ok album for de som liker sjangeren, har sikkert inspirert mange, og har en og annen allmenn hit. Men må noen høre på dette i løpet av livet? Neeeei.
Nicely spirited punky pop music. Liked the T.rex cover!
Grungey rock
Minnesota light punk
Favorites: 'Favorite Thing' (ironically), Androgynous, Black Diamond, Gary's Got a Boner (instrumentals are sick).
one of my favorite songs with a jane in it
I like some of the replacements' songs, but what the hell do they know about the beatles? Fav song: Unsatisfied
Pre: Heard one of their songs before!
Solid post punk album, some songs were good, others were ok, not essential imo to get a feel for the genre as a whole
Pretty consistent, the songs are just not so memorable for me. Liked the raw and dirty "post-punk" style.
Feel like I should like this More than I do, but it’s p good
nicer and cuter than i remembered !! i liked the part where gary had a boner
I know I am supposed to like this but some of the songs just are not great.
In theory I should like this one, its a genre I like, the premise sounds cool.. But, I dunno I didnt really. It was alright.
What a wild ride of an album. It felt so angsty and counter to everything I usually enjoy, but right after "Androgynous" hits, the album opens up into a more mellow, introspective version that I really enjoyed. 3.5/5.
3.5
I always found them slightly overrated
Would listen again but nothing too special. Black Diamond my highlight. Preferred the faster stuff.
This album shines in the slower moments
This album is a little bit all over the place. Punk, post punk and alternative in one place. However, it is not cohesive and I dtrugglwd to have a good time listening to it
Interesting take.
This album is nice. Musically talking, it is more or less the same than other musical projects of the same style. I wouldn't say it is innovative in any aspect, which is not bad at all, but, then, it has to impress me much to really appreciate it. So, it is not much interesting in the musical aspect, but it has some good songs though. I guess I liked it, but just that.
Don't know anything about this band and have not listened to much of this genre, and being my first album was not knowing what to expect. I will dare you (the first song) sounded decent and got me excited but then the next 3 songs got me worrying and wondering whether to continue or not. But credit to them the next songs redeemed the album. And songs about gender identity in the 80s was quite something. Adrogynous was one of the better songs of the album and the song that forced me to listen to the whole thing. I dont see the hype of this album to be honest, there were a few good songs but i dont know if they were memorable enough for me to go back to the album. Songs that i liked : Adrogynous, Unsatisfied, Answering Machine, and weirdly enough Gary's Got a Boner.
Nettes Rock-Album aus den 80ern. Gut hörbar, mit den Texten müsste ich mich näher beschäftigen. 3/5
This had to be a favorite of Kurt cobain - very punky alternative. Very raw and to the point. The kiss cover of black diamond took me by surprise. I didn’t hate but won’t go back to it.
pa čak i okej, nije loše, ipak mi fali ono nešto za četvorku, ne znam
Maybe it’s the passage of time and you just had to be there. But this album feels like fairly middle of the road 80s rock to me. I don’t get the hype. Maybe like a cross of REM and Bruce Springsteen. Which sounds cool on paper but I’d rather listen to Springsteen instead. Lead singer has a cool voice though.
Good old rock, nothing too special imo tho
2.8 Some fairly run of the mill punk/post rock it sounds like. Nothing really stands out. Black Diamond is an alright metal song randomly plonked in the middle. But still not great. Not really arsed hearing about someone having an erection. Don't think this changed music, but will now probably read a wiki page about how this impacted everything.
Overall, I like the Replacements’ Let It Be. I like Paul Westerberg’s voice, and I always enjoyed the whole lo-fi, indie slacker type bands. That said, I’m not quite sure that I understand how Let It Be got to be quite so highly regarded as an indie darling record. I imagine it had something to do with the year of its release; I imagine it was pretty counter cultural at the time. But it starts a little slow, and I almost never say this, but this record might actually benefit from some slicker production. But it is what it is, and probably represents who the band was more accurately than some polished studio production. Anyway, it’s a pretty solid record that was probably a really big deal just a few years too early to really connect with me in a really nostalgic way. 3.7/5
great album. reminds me of a lot of the pub rock albums from the late 70s early 80s.
Like this one!
One of those US bands that didn’t really register in the UK. So the nostalgia and youthful support of this passes me by. I enjoyed it but it’s not going to stick.
Pretty good.
The boys are singing about boners. Was this a special event for Gary? Had he been struggling and finally got there? This was a fun record, but not too much stood out to me. The song "Androgynous" was good. I can see that it might be popular today, it seems very ahead of its time. 6/10
Mouais franchement c'est du rock plutôt classique rien de transcendant et j'ai pas écouté les sons de la version expanded peut être qu'il y avait des pépites mais pourquoi elles ne seraient pas dans l'album
Ca va mais moyen
Was alright, some waffle but also some cool tracks
Dijeron que había buenas melodías, pero no las encontré en este disco.
Pretty good album that I have never heard before today. It has some nice punk vibes without being too over the top. A nice variety of songs to keep things going. Not bad, it's something that I should have heard when I was younger but didn't have the chance.
I really enjoyed this, and I wasn't expecting to given that it's punk, and I haven't enjoyed the past punk albums I've dove into during this project. My favorites were: "Sixteen Blue," "Androgynous," "Favorite Thing," and "Unsatisfied." Really enjoyed the percussion, guitar licks, and bass in a lot of these tracks. Thoroughly enjoyed this project on the whole, despite not being a huge fan of the wider genre.
just feels a little dated
I liked it! It was a change from my usual music; however, I am unsure if I would return to this album (unless for a specific mood!) I think it sounds like other songs of the same genre (a bit too similar)
Punks get serious about their lives. There’s a world where this album is flabby and boring, but they successfully mix raw guitar music with smooth balladry. I liked it.
Hey, where's Tommy? Someone find Tommy We're out on the road Moving equipment Where's the equipment? Soon we're going home Then we'll have a party (then) Then we'll have a party (then) Then we'll have a party (then) Rock and rollin' 'til the break of dawn (Rock'n'rollin' 'til the break of dawn)
i enjoyed actually!
This album is a typical one from these days, I think, but these usually sound a bit outdated nowadays, so I feel like the songs were nice as a background listen, but properly listening to this would be a bit too much and nothing too exciting, apart from a couple of decent ones, but I would say a bit meh.
A couple of good songs bring this rating up, but I couldn’t really get into most of it
Ain't got time for this
Rauer Indie-Rock mit Charme – „Let It Be“ mischt Punk-Spontanität mit Ansätzen von Tiefe. Einige Songs glänzen, andere stolpern. Kultig, aber nicht makellos.
In theory I would have expected to like this, but I just didn't connect with it. I found it to be doing a lot of similar things with bands that were doing them better, like Nirvana, say. I found "Androgynous" to be so out dated it was hard to listen to and "Gary's Got a Boner" ???? What was that supposed to be. The one track I connected with was "Unsatisfied." But unfortunately it got buried in a bunch of songs that were either forgettable or annoying.
Dieses Album entstand zwischen August 1983 und Februar 1984 im Blackberry Way Studios in Minneapolis. Die Replacements stammen aus den USA und gelten als prägende Band des Alternative‑ und Indie‑Rock. Ihre Mischung aus roher Punk‑Energie und eingängigen Melodien findet sich deutlich auf Let It Be wieder. Bekannte Stücke wie „I Will Dare“ zeigen mit klarem Gitarrenriff und auflockerndem Jangle‑Sound den Wechsel vom Hardcore zu melodischeren Strukturen. „Unsatisfied“ reflektiert mit melancholischer Intensität persönliche Zweifel, und „Androgynous“ bringt überraschende Vielfalt durch Piano und sozialkritischen Text. Daneben stechen humorvoll-provokante Songs wie „Gary’s Got a Boner“ heraus, die die punkige Seite der Band nicht verleugnen. Das Album bewegt sich klar im alternativen Rock‑Spektrum, berührt aber auch College‑Rock und Post‑Punk – eine stilistische Bandbreite, die den Reiz ausmacht. Persönlich gefällt mir, wie sich die Band zwischen ungeschliffener Direktheit und empfindsamen Momenten bewegt, ohne ihre Ecken und Kanten zu verlieren. Insgesamt ist Let It Be ein solides, vielseitig gestaltetes Album mit Tiefgang und Energie – eine empfehlenswerte Station auf dem Laufweg der Band.
Not bad. Not sure I concentrated hard enough for a better appraisal but I enjoyed having this on
I liked it more than I expected, but not my normal jam
Very good record.
This is very quintessential 80s college rock. It's very much a product of a certain time and environment. A handful emerged from that scene to become major bands, like R.E.M. But there were others like The Replacements who were loved by their early adult cult followings and college radio stations. I was only aware of this band before because They Might Be Giants (who opened for The Replacements in their very early days) wrote a song in tribute to them. Not that there aren't any good songs here. There's some decent indie rock here with elements of punk (most notably in a couple of songs that you definitely wouldn't play for your grandparents). I did find some filler here but there were still good tracks among them.
Liked the first song, kinda fizzled out after
Decent album - quite enjoyed 6/10
not a fan of all songs but a few real bangers on here. I will daaaaaare!
Enjoyed the lyrics on this one. “Androgynous” was the highlight.
carini
I enjoy the punkier sounds of this more than the folk-rock-esque sections. Knowing nothing about this group coming in this was surprisingly good.
Great rock’n’roll band. Too bad chart success evaded them due to bad decisions on their part. Enjoyed this quite a bit.
Liked it
For the time, it’s a pretty innovative album. Not a super big fan though, but wouldn’t skip it if it came on the radio.
I got Spotify ad so I didn’t really listen to just this album, but they passed the vibe check as white men
I can't lie, I didn't not like it... Will definitely give it a second listen, could tell it was a US punk rock outfit.
Paul Westerberg, at the start of an actual songwriting career – that is writing songs rather than riffs – is messy. Paul Westerberg at the height of his songwriting career is messy. I haven't heard anything he's done lately, but I bet it's messy too. None of my favourite Replacements songs are on here. Neither are the catchiest. But it is joyful, reckless, open-minded and messy, much like the life stage it successfully describes. Honestly, I prefer my college rock to have more mystery than messiness, but it would be churlish to disregard the Replacements – it's sincere, it's spontaneous, and it's sloppy. Westerberg becomes more of a craftsman later, but the satisfying ending to Androgenous could never be achieved with craft. 3 This Replacements album is good but it is much cooler than it is good, which makes me quite suspicious of it. There’s a lot of being bored and not caring on this album. ‘I don’t care’ (I Will Dare) ‘I don’t give a single shit’ (Favorite Thing) ‘Let's get this over with, I tee off in a hour’ (Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out) ‘We don’t wanna know’ (Seen Your Video) We are also invited to grasp how little The Replacements care in the ‘live-feel’, complete with a tinny, cheap-sounding delay on the vocal and noisy, random breakdowns and in the grab-baggery of the shifting tempos, genres, instrumentation etc. Oh look - an old piano; why don’t I just do something bouncy and sweet? Um…I dunno let’s do a Kiss cover next or whatever. Dare we listen to Unsatisfied and believe that it was the result of more than a single take of genuine, visceral unsatisfaction after which the producer said ‘So are you happy with that take?’ and Paul Westerberg shrugged? Audibly not-caring has been cool as hell in rock music ever since Bob Dylan stopped trying to sing and started not-really-singing about women that he didn’t care about, in place of political causes that he seemed to. There have been many genuine not-carers since then but I’m not sure that The Replacements are among them. The not-caring here is so multifaceted, so plainly thoughtful, that it comes across as interested. Even the title ‘Let It Be’ is more than just a form of words to not-care by; they picked the title of the last Beatles album because they wanted to show that they didn’t care that the Beatles had it first. Clever squares. 3.5/5
a pleasant and calm listening
ok not really my bag. A bit forgettable could have been better but seemed lazy
Will need to listen to again, I really appreciated some of the more punk tracks.
Pretty good
I’ve not heard of the Replacements before listening to this album, but Apple Music told me that this was their third album with a more mature approach. However, the songs mostly deal with teen angst and one of them has the marvellous title of Gary Got a Boner. Good natured punk fun!
Sounded like an album that would be playing at the record store while I looked through the selection. 3 stars
Not my favorite kind of music. Some songs were ok, a couple I liked, some I didn’t like.
These guys feel like Replacements. The music, sound, and overall vibe are really good, but they don't inspire great investment. Still, you kind of think that if they grew up a little, polished up their writing, they might be great.
Fun sound, but it didn’t really stand out to me in the world of punk/rock. Favourite song: Sixteen Blue
Good, for the most part
Didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it. Pretty decent stuff
Probably would benefit from a relisten but didn’t really jump out at me
Very disjointed. A lot of styles that change without rhyme or reason. None of it's bad but only a couple songs really stood out to me
Tämähän on tällaista punkkariem AOR:ää. Soundi paikoitellen jopa aika Perl Jam oudolla tapaa. Mä ihan tykkään kyllä! En oikein osaa valita riittääkö nelosen asti 3:5
a rowdy goofy album for teenage boys only
I feel like the vocals on this album felt really muted? I wish they were more prominent because I couldn't focus on much else.
A pretty solid punk album. Perfectly fine for what it is. High 3.
Either this album is so familiar to me, or this is the second time it’s been suggested. Overall, I like this album. I don’t love it, so it’s a solid 3 for me
Overall decent album, but a lot of mixed personality. Does it want to be pop/punk/metal/grunge? I’d listen again tho
I liked this album . They had some cool songs.
Decent but not great rock/alt. Nothing super unique or outstanding
One terrible punk song and a bunch of not horrible. The last couple of songs removed me of Nirvana (particularly the singing style), which I found interesting.
Great punk album. Not quite in the sub zone of what I'm into and a bit hard to be fair to it after listening to The Minutemen as yesterday's album. I'm going to hit the three star but it may deserve better.
Pretty good and definitely better than a lot of the post punk stuff on the list. However, I still find it a bit forgettable outside of Unsatisfied, which is a great song.
Not bad but not something I’d turn on.
I like hearing the bridge between punk and what would become alternative. This album seems to be one men in their 50s would like because it's from their youth.
Helt ok sound, några låtar som ändå var rätt najs. Inget märkvärdigt men definitivt en trevlig genomlyssning.
Helt okej
Jorå! Pretty good! Korta låtar :okhand:
“I will dare” didn’t do much for me. It sounded like The Clarks from Pittsburgh. “Favorite Thing is a great track. This band gets talked about a lot. I don’t know if I’ve ever listened before now. I was not expecting “Black Diamond” to be a cover of the KISS song. This is one of my favorite KISS songs and I’m not sure how I feel about this cover. Ok. The cover was alight. Not my favorite, but the spirit was there. “Unsatisfied” grabbed me from the start. Great tune. “Seen your video” is a fantastic instrumental. “answering machine” sounds like Kurt Cobain singing. At the end of this record I’m understanding their influence.
Decent, recognized a couple of songs we didn't expect to reliable indie.
Another one I was pleasantly surprised by. Androgynous feels about 40 years ahead of its time politically, and Answering Machine is cleverly constructed. I was skeptical early, but this won me over by the end.
This was an enjoyable rock album overall. Answering Machine stuck out to me, because it made me wonder how many people are confused by what that even is at this point. Lol. Doubt I’ll go back to it, but I had fun with it.
I can see how this influenced a lot of music I like, and I enjoyed listening to it, but it left me a bit cold.
Although it's not close to being as good as the Beatles' "Let it Be", it does have "Gary's Got a Boner"
Album no. 1001 and the surprise is, there's still more to come. At the moment I have a love/hate relationship with this list, so another 100 albums to go causes some mixed feelings in me. They are exacerbated by records like Let It Be - a random and uninteresting punk album with no punk features in it. Atypical and boring - you can describe a lot of records here this way. Well, I guess I'll just have to push it through.
Lively and solid album. Punky sound. Some silly songs. 3 side of 3.5.
A nice pop/punk rock album
This wasn't bad.
Я слушал этот альбом в своей музыкальной молодости после того, как какое-то солидное издание назвали его "величайшим музыкальным альбомом". В тот момент я не понял нихуя, не воспринял ни одной песни и жил себе с уверенностью, что я просто не секу, и это я хуевый, и так далее, но вот мы здесь, и я до сих пор не вижу, в чем величие этого альбома. Это хороший, добротный альбом с приличными песнями, который хорошо течет, и делает все эти альтернатив рок вещи где-то на пять-десять лет раньше всего света, но как бы... Лучшая песня - Favorite Thing.
It was ok.
2.5ish
After reading the Wikipedia article about the band and the album, I was curious. Well, you can hear the echoes of punk. I can't recognize a really big development like with other post-punk bands. I didn't find the album annoying but boring. There wasn't a track that made me sit up and take notice and that I would have wanted to listen to again. 3/5
Pretty good. I need to give it another listen though.
The first few songs had me thinking we were heading in some kind of punk-rock direction, which worried me a bit. The album took a left turn though, and I found some safe ground in the trio of 'Androgynous', 'Black Diamond', and 'Unsatisfied', where especially the latter one was very good. The rest of the album continued along this trajectory: some punk-ish rock songs with 'Sixteen Blue' between, which sounded completely different (in a good way). Keep making these types of quite dramatic switches makes the album feel a bit in-cohesive to me. At the end I very much enjoyed the tracks I stated, but the more energetic post and rock songs were not for me at all. In summary I think this puts it at a weak 3. There were some good songs, but most were not to my liking, sadly.
More American Post-Punk / Indie Rock / Alternative Rock / College Rock from the mid-1980s. It's OK, but nothing special.
I have an emotional antipathy to The Replacements. They were the paradigmatic cool-kids bank when I was in high school (that I didn't even hear of until well after high school). While the kids smoking clove cigarettes were listening to The Replacements, I was listening to Billy Ocean. In any event, this was just okay. I can see how a disaffected teenager in 1984 would have loved it, particularly compared to the bulk of music on pop radio at the time. But not earth-shattering.
Not for me but had a bit of life. Earns its 3 for "Gary's got a boner"
I see why this is so influential among the punk scene. I don't love it personally, it is a little rough for my taste, but Androgynous is an all timer.
Kinda punky rock
Fun 80s rock, pretty mellow, nothing stands out, the songs all sounded fairly similar, but it was enjoyable.
Okay, good
This album was very up and down for me. One minute I was loving it the next I wasn't. Also why do I need to know about Gary's boner?
I liked some bits. I didn’t like others. It was short at least?
Nice and fun rock here. A little punk, power pop kinda thing. Nice guitar layering. Might ne the better 'Let it be'
Punk ochentero con bastante sensibilidad emocional, acercándose en ocasiones al post-punk. Buena mezcla de temas punk típicos ("Gary's Got a Boner") con temas musicalmente más interesantes ("I Will Dare") e incluso baladas, y con letras adelantadas a su tiempo ("Androgynous"). Original, fácil de escuchar e interesante. Buen álbum.
Has a lot of elements I live (punk, rock, a bit quirky) but for some reason it doesn't move me at all. I think it's the songwriting, the songs just aren't great. Should have been great in a live setting though.
OK, I can hear the 90s grunge right around the corner from here, but this is basically boring.
This was good! Very breezy alt rock new wave sound. They didn't take themselves too seriously and you wanted to keep listening. I would definitely listen to this again.
I have a friend that has his own band and this is one of his favorite inspirations so I had to listen to them but for some reason it just didn't excite me like it did him. Maybe he got to see them live or something I don't know.
Meh
Not bad at all
Nothing special
I don't know. Pretty standard rock. Nothing exceptional. Three.
Well worth a listen
The Replacements show up with some range here. “Androgynous” is not a song I expected and this album but was pleasantly surprised. “Unsatisfied” and “I Will Dare” are solid rock staples. Even the goofy songs ‘Gary’s got a boner’ and ‘Tommy gets his tonsils out’ aren’t bad or lacking.
Good listen! Like soft-core punk. Nothing crazy stood out but I would listen to again.
I didn't hate this, but pretty forgettable rock with punk influences. I can't imagine ever going back to this, but again, not terrible.
An enjoyable punk album, from a very neat act. The replacements, for an 80's group has a for me succesfully captured the counter culture idea. The pure rock idea of the album and the polarizing lyrics make it unique for its time period, which I liked. Overall pretty great piece of music. Favorite track: androgynous. Overall score: 7.2.
I don't know this band, and I don't know why, maybe slightly before my time. Quite enjoyed this album
Same hair evolution, same build evolution
alright, fine bus music
6/10 - There were some very interesting titles but not very interesting songs. Overall it was fine
very good
Solid post-punk 7/10
pretty cool rock and roll album with a kick ass cover of “black diamond” by KISS.
3.5
It's alright. I guess for it's time it was something different.
I believe this band influenced some of my favourite bands, but I struggled to really get into it. Top track: Unsatisfied
I guess it’s OK in the ‘post-punk but still a bit punk while being a bit hard rock/pub rock sounding a bit springsteeny’ genre. I did really like ‘We’re coming out’ and was childishly amused by the boner song. Otherwise not particularly memorable.
I have been sleeping on The Replacements for a really long time. Maybe this was not the best album to start on (? I don't know, gotta go ask for fans) but it was pretty enjoyable. Sounds so ahead of its time for the early/mid 80s but occasionally slips into sounding characteristic of that, which is strangely endearing.
As a punk lover, post-punk was never my cup of tea, but I found this album quite enjoyable. I give it a 3 because it's nothing special. I will listen to it again for sure, but I just found it quite mediocre, which is not bad, but there are better post-punk albums than this
Favorite Track: Unsatisfied
The music was pretty good and I didn't mind listening, but nothing really hooked me in. I would be willing to listen again, but right now this is a 3.5 rounded down.