Monday, January 14, 2019

The 1983 Listening Post - The Replacements - Hootenanny

The Replacements - Hootenanny


April 29, 1983
The Replacements
Hootenanny
3 out of 5
Highlights:
Color Me Impressed
You Lose
What the hell are The Replacements, anyway? Are they a punk band? Cow-punk? Do they secretly wanna be a country band? Can they actually write songs? Are they just a bunch of drunk guys who shambolically stumble around in a studio while someone presses play and when they have enough songs, they put out an album?
That’s what Hootenanny sounds like. I really liked Sorry, Ma, but after the highly mediocre Stink and this, I’m losing my patience with these guys.
I don’t get the hoopla.

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