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August 11, 2004

Westerberg Can't Sell Out

Rock vet gets personal on new "Folker"
May 12, 2004

Tommy Stinson Rears "Head"

Former Replacements bassist readying solo album
March 29, 2002

Replacements Mull Reunion

After eleven years apart, indie rock heroes may return
June 7, 2001

Replacements Get Reissued

Former manager also promises comprehensive box set

Recordings and Reviews

Let It Be (Deluxe Version)

"Label wants a hit/and we don't give a shit!" Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg once sang. Yet the real miracle of his legendarily self-destructive band is that it created masterful pop in spite of itself. Success wrested heroically from seemingly inescapable failure: that was the Replaceme...

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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In the '80s the Replacements' blend of punk guitar and pop melodies garnered critical acclaim but little commercial success. Hailing from the Minneapolis home base of acts as diverse as Hüsker Dü and Prince, the quartet was seen by its fans as generational spokesmen; Paul Westerberg's angst-ridden confessional songs cast him as a postpunk Bob Dylan and would influence such '90s stars as the Goo Go...

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