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Title: not my favorite mats album by any means
Review: I've never understood why so many people place this at the top of the Replacements canon. The songs are fantastic, but the album sounds like the producer (Tommy Ramone by the way) put a layer of plastic over the recording. The lead guitar is never allowed to roar, and the sloppiness that made the Replacements so fantastic is reigned in. That being said, "here comes a regular" is one of the greatest songs ever written, and the rest of the album isn't bad, but it could have been much better since the songs are there. The next album is way over produced, but the sound is way more open, making it a far better album, even though they kicked Bob Stinson out after Tim. Personally, I like all the early albums a lot better. The early "hardcore" stuff isn't really that much different from the later stuff, its just less polished. I really can't get past the horrible production. This album is way overrated as is and would be vastly improved by a remix!
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