THE REPLACEMENTS

Hootenanny (Deluxe Edition)

$18.98 CD

 A garage-punk classic, 1983's HOOTENANNY was The Replacements' third release and second album for Twin/Tone. Featuring the group's legendary founding line-up-lead singer/songwriter and guitarist Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (guitar and bass, respectively)-on signature 'Mats' classics including “Color Me Impressed” and “Within Your Reach,” the brash and stylistically sprawling disc charted the group's growing stature and genre-smashing abandon. Rhino's remastered & expanded DELUXE EDITION also features seven bonus tracks, six of them previously unreleased. 

 When the album first came out, journalist, one-time Twin/Toner (and now educator) Blake Gumprecht wrote, “HOOTENANNY, is a dream come true. It's their first record to show all sides: bluesy rockers, loud fast stuff, poppy, fucking around and almost folky, and Westerberg all by himself. The Replacements fool around all the time with the kinds of things most bands these days don't have the guts to put out as b-sides. HOOTENANNY is an album in the truest sense, and, befitting the title it's a hoot from start to finish.” 

 Rhino's HOOTENANNY (DELUXE EDITION) reissue was produced by longtime Replacements manager and Twin/Tone co-founder Peter Jesperson, who produced the original album as well. Highlights also include the pseudo-surf rock of “Buck Hill,” the haunting “Willpower” and “Mr. Whirly,” a drunken stumble about alcohol-induced bed spins. 

 The band was instrumental in selecting the seven bonus tracks, six of them previously unreleased, including an alternate version of “Treatment Bound” and Westerberg's solo home demo of the lost classic “Bad Worker.” Also featured is “Lookin' For Ya,” a song originally issued on Trackin' Up North, a talent search contest compilation issued by radio station KQDS-FM.  

 Rhino's upgrade of the seminal band's pre-Sire, Twin/Tone-era catalog also includes DELUXE EDITIONS of the EP Stink and the albums Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash and Let It Be. 

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