Saturday, May 19, 2007

The Replacements - "Tim"

This album came out in October 1985. I think it was ahead of it's time.

From Wikipedia: "The band drew most of their limited popularity from teenagers and people in their early twenties, as a huge bulk of their songs pertained to teenaged angst and desired independence, especially in their earlier days. Songs such as "Kids Don't Follow" and "Bastards of Young" showed the band's desire to almost remain as free-spirited children. The band showed up drunk to many of their live performances in which they just did drunken covers of songs."

About "Tim": Tim's mainstream commercial success, like its predecessors, was moderate at best, despite the critical acclaim it garnered. Stylistically, the album shows Paul Westerberg's diverse influences, including Alex Chilton's Big Star on "Hold My Life", Roy Orbison and Duane Eddy on "Swingin' Party" and Chuck Berry and Nick Lowe on "Kiss Me on the Bus". Lyrically, the album is typical of Westerberg's style. The songs are an assortment of alienated narratives from a motley crew of low lifes and losers, often tragically unable to function as a responsible adult."

Discover for yourself I guess. I've been really into it the past few days.

  1. Hold My Life
  2. I'll Buy
  3. Kiss Me on the Bus
  4. Dose of Thunder
  5. Waitress in the Sky
  6. Swingin' Party
  7. Bastards of Young
  8. Lay It Down Clown
  9. Left of the Dial
  10. Little Mascara
  11. Here Comes a Regular
My favorites are Here Comes A Regular, Kiss Me on the Bus, Waitress in the Sky, and Bastards of Young.

The Replacements - "Tim"

1 comment:

Michael said...

This album is definitely growing on me