This weeks recommendation is “Let it Be” by Minneapolis’s own The Replacements. Alright, I feel if you are a Minnesotan and you don’t own a Replacements album you should be forced to pack up and move to Cedar Falls, Iowa. If you are my friend and don’t have anything by The Replacements please come and see me immediately because I really don’t want to have to visit you in Iowa.
I struggled picking which Replacements album to suggest and not take the easy way out and recommend their greatest hits album. I think 1984’s “Let it Be” is the best representation of the band. It has a good combo of their earlier album’s punk rock edge and there later album’s genius pop song ability. “Let it Be” opens up with what could be my favorite album openier of all time “I Will Dare” which Features Peter Buck of REM fame on guitar.
I don’t know if I’ve ever heard a perfect album but this is about as close as you can get. Rolling Stone magazine rated “Let it Be” #15 on their list of 100 greatest albums of the 80’s.
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