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Post by headlightbeams on Jun 13, 2006 23:09:15 GMT -5
www.laist.com/archives/2006/06/13/new_release_tuesday.phpDo you realize that The Replacements' "Let It Be" is 22 years old? Indeed, if "Unsatisfied" was a chick, she could buy you a drink at the swinging party. In 1997 Warner Bros put together a 34-track double disc of Replacements "hits" called "All For Nothing / Nothing For All" but none of their earlier groundbreaking Twin/Tone material was included. Today the skies have parted and the angels are looking down lovingly on us as Rhino releases a genuine 20-track Greatest Hits collection that spans the entire career of the Minnesota godfathers of grunge, PLUS includes two new tracks. Finally you can put on a disc that nicely segues from the raw punk of "Kids Won't Follow" to the innocently sweet and sad "Color Me Impressed" to the drum machine-aided "Within Your Reach", without having to have your pal burn it for you first. These Replacements nuggets still hold up beautifully on the nicely titled "Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?" And even though the band refuses to reunite for a money-grubbing tour, you can see and hear their former bassist Tommy Stinson in Guns N' Roses -- meaning if Axl finally gets around to releasing "Chinese Democracy", little Tommy would be on two of the most anticipated CDs of the year.
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