The post Every Album by The Replacements Ranked From Worst to Best appeared first on Consequence. Since then, there have been two sides to the fan base. Those who would rather crush cans to “Kids ...

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the fifth full-length album by The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me. As a Midwestern male of the Gen X persuasion, this qualifies as a holiday. And, as is ...

Rock and roll is a business largely founded on a kind of voyeuristic cannibalism: Take the most vulnerable, volatile performers you can find, place them in the most intense circumstances imaginable, ...

Rhino Records has issued some very expansive archival collections of the Replacements' music, and, at least in terms of heft, ...

The Replacements have announced a "Deluxe Edition" box set of their 1981 debut album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash. The collection, which celebrates the album's 40th anniversary, will be ...

That’s an easier conversational icebreaker. Beyond the fact that the two original releases might be right next to each other in your collection, if you happen to be insane enough to alphabetize albums ...

Both collections featured a remastered version of the original album, 14 rare live, studio, and home-demo recordings from the band’s Let It Be era, and a previously unreleased 28-song performance ...

When Warner Bros. Records first began reissuing the Replacements' albums in 2008, Peter Jesperson tried to sell the company on expanding the Minneapolis band's raucous and rowdy 1981 debut record into ...

It’s a story as old as time, or at least as old as rock and roll. A band with a decent-sized following reaches a higher level of success, and longtime fans feel cheated. The increase in popularity is ...

In hindsight and on paper, it actually makes a lot of sense: The Replacements were a notoriously volatile and sometimes downright magical live band, so why not put out a live album to help sell them ...

“I hate music / sometimes I don’t / I hate music / it’s got too many notes” – fewer lyrics sum up the pure essence of their creator more than Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg‘s on “I Hate Music,” ...