Caught between the bar-band rawness of their Twin/Tone Records roots and the major-label ambitions that would eventually take them to Sire, the Minneapolis foursome made something accidental and irreplaceable with *Let It Be*. Westerberg's songwriting hit a new emotional register here, mixing teenage wreckage with genuine vulnerability in ways that hit Minneapolis kids and small-town outsiders equally hard. Four decades on, the cracks and contradictions are exactly what make it hold up.
The Replacements' 'Let It Be (Deluxe)' 3xCD archival edition celebrates the seminal 1984 album, 'Let It Be', widely hailed as an indie rock cornerstone and consistently ranked among the greatest albums of the 1980s by AllMusic and Rolling Stone. It features a new remaster of the album from the original two-track analog stereo tapes, alongside previously unreleased and rare studio outtakes and intimate Paul Westerberg home demos. Delve into the band's infectious live energy with a complete, previously unreleased concert recorded in March 1984 at Cubby Bear in Chicago, IL on Disc 3. Don't miss your chance to gain a fresh perspective on timeless anthems like "I Will Dare", "Androgynous", "Unsatisfied", and "Answering Machine". Complete with a 24 page booklet with liner notes by music journalist and singer and songwriter from the critically acclaimed DC-based pub-rock band the Paranoid Style, Elizabeth Nelson. Get your 3xCD now October 2025.
Tracklist
Disc 1
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
Disc 2
1. Gary's Got A Boner (Alternate Version)
2. Favorite Thing (Alternate Version)
3. Perfectly Lethal
4. Temptation Eyes
5. Who's Gonna Take Us Alive
6. Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat
7. Answering Machine (Home Demo #1)
8. Answering Machine (Home Demo #2)
9. Street Girl (Takes 1 And 2)
10. Sixteen Blue (Alternate Version)
11. Unsatisfied (Alternate Mix) (Full-Length Version)
12. Androgynous (Alternate Version)
13. 20th Century Boy
14. Hey Good Lookin' (Live At Merlyn's, Madison, WI)
Disc 3
1. Can't Hardly Wait
2. Left In The Dark
3. Unsatisfied
4. I Will Dare
5. Favorite Thing
6. Kids Don't Follow
7. Run It
8. Color Me Impressed
9. Hayday
10. Nowhere Is My Home
11. Love You Till Friday
12. Help Me Rhonda / Little G.T.O.
13. Takin' A Ride
14. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
15. Gary's Got A Boner
16. Johnny's Gonna Die
17. Can't Get Enough
18. I'm In Trouble
19. Don't Ask Why
20. Take Me Down To The Hospital
21. Shiftless When Idle
22. Mr. Whirly
23. Hitchin' A Ride
24. Black Diamond
25. 20th Century Boy
26. Go
27. Gimme Noise
28. White And Lazy
UPC: 603497811670
Label: Rhino / Rykodisc
Release Date: 11.21.25
Format: CD
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