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| 2.9 good | Erwann S. STAFF | July 24th 20 |
"It's a hootenanny", sang Westerberg after switching instruments with Mars and playing a bluesy stumble. The band did not care what they delivered with this second album, and shit you can easily tell that. The label wants an album? Aight, they'll get one. It wasn't just a goof though, some songs revealing the band's more sensitive nature. Although it's a punk record - with some hardcore bursts here and there as well as some gritty 12 bars - one can already feel the singer/songwriter sensibility. Maybe that's what helped the record to get played on college radios. They're on the path to greatness. Imo this is alright but not that impressive - they'll refine their sound with their very next album.
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| 2.5 average | ZSF | May 1st 17 |
One of the Replacements' best, yet critically underrated. "Hootenanny" is an excellent album opener. "Run It" harkens back to the 'Mats' "Sorry Ma"'s inclination to teenaged frenzy. Tries to rock hard, but I just can't get into it. A dud. "Color Me Impressed" is one of the strongest on the album; a sign of maturity to emerge on "Let It Be". Beautiful. "Willpower" tries to be highly intense but I just can't get into it; the Damned did it better with "Feel the Pain". "Take Me the Hospital" is a bluesy punk rocker; similar to "Otto" from "Sorry Ma". "Mr. Whirly" is an intense song; but it's a bit silly. That doesn't stop me from fucking loving it, though. "Within Your Reach" is another ballad of sorts; much quieter than most of the songs on this album. Fantastic and powerful. One of my favorites on the album. "Buck Hill" certainly reminds of "It's A Long Way Back" by the Ramones. Excellent in its simplicity. "Lovelines" is such a stupid song; certainly a dud; pure filler. "You Lose" reminds me of an early Black Flag outtake; horrible. "Hayday" is a quick song; not quite memorable nor a dud. "Treatment Bound" reminds of the Zeros' "They Say That (Everything's Alright)". Still an okay song, though; simply mediocre at best. The preeminent problem with this album is its lack of a discrete, memorable identity. And, although a handful of songs are memorable (great, even), most are not. Problematic. And this is one of my favorites from them. C-r- Zach
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| 3.5 great | failicide | July 20th 15 |
Severely front-loaded! The sequence from Hootenanny - Willpower is fantastic, and the sequencing from Mr. Whirly to the end works well enough, but Take Me Down to the Hospital's length just makes me feel like it's not worth finishing the album! I do enjoy the individual tracks.
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| 3.5 great | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 3.0 good | ArtBox | November 5th 23 |
| 3.5 great | heck | April 4th 22 |
| 3.5 great | TwigTW | December 1st 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Fort23 | November 12th 20 |
| 3.5 great | BigHans | February 27th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | solrage | September 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Lakes | November 29th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Lodger | August 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | mrfixit | February 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bobby72 | February 12th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | February 3rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | MattyF | August 8th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | theyam | February 27th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Willdo | February 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | krka | March 5th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Ringo00 | December 31st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | October 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SamPJ93 | February 14th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Hep Kat | January 10th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Mac666 | November 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | January 22nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | narpet | December 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | divoz | October 15th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Thef | April 19th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | April 5th 11 |
| 2.5 average | IAJP | August 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Ayon | June 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cake37 | June 1st 10 |
| 3.0 good | Ricven | October 15th 09 |
| 2.5 average | purvis | April 29th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Heffro | October 31st 07 |
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