Condition: Used
The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
Label: Sire 92 55571
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Record: VG VG+ several visible light marks ( listen)
Cover: VG+ slight ringwear, two 2 inch stickers right edge, cornerwear, 2 inch sticker top left back cover, sticker on both sides of label, two inch stamp on one side of label
Country: Canada
Released: Apr 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
Tracklist:
A1 I.O.U. 2:57
A2 Alex Chilton 3:12
A3 I Don't Know
Saxophone [Baritone] Steve Douglas 3:19
A4 Nightclub Jitters
Saxophone Prince Gabe 2:44
A5 The Ledge
Flute [Bass] Steve Douglas 4:04
B1 Never Mind 2:47
B2 Valentine 3:31
B3 Shooting Dirty Pool
Guitar Luther Dickinson 2:20
B4 Red Red Wine 2:59
B5 Skyway 2:04
B6 Can't Hardly Wait
Guitar Alex Chilton
Trumpet Ben Cauley
Saxophone [Tenor] Andrew Love
Strings Max Huls
Saxophone [Baritone] Steve Douglas 3:02
Credits
Keyboards East Memphis Slim (tracks: A1, A5, B2, B5, B6)
Mastered By Ted Jensen
Mixed By Joe Hardy, John Hampton
Producer Jim Dickinson
Notes
Recorded and mixed at Ardent Studios, Studio B, Memphis.
Digital recording.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
©1987 Sire Records for the US & WEA
International Inc. for the world outside of the US. 1987 Sire Records for the US & WEA International for the workd outside thof the US.
Distributed by WEA Music of Canada Ltd.
Barcode: 0 7599-25557-1
The alternate versions for "Alex Chilton" and "Can't Hardly Wait" (both previously unreleased) aren't that impressive - they're not better than the album versions, but they let you hear these songs with less overdubs, etc.
Paul wasn't a combination of Mick and Keith, he was more like Keith without the Mick. They (intentionally) lacked the stylistic showmanship that would make them that big. They were more stagger than swagger, and the fact that they could do an album this perfect sounding proved what the fans knew already: they had it in them.
I feel sorry for those who believe this to be the beginning of the end for the band. This album actually shows the boys writing several songs together, and the production may be dated, but by 1980's standards it isn't overdone at all. What I think of first when reflecting on this album is that Bob's "removal" was a blessing in disguise: who knew Paul could play guitar this good? Although I love Slim Dunlap, I simply don't know why they bothered to get a fourth person. This album has the best guitar playing of all their albums. The solo at the end of The Ledge? Skyway's delicacy? I.O.U. demonstrating that the crunch didn't follow Bob out the door
The variety of styles on this album is also surprising. Nightclub Jitters perfectly reproducing that intimate and cheap setting, the studio sing-along trash of Red Red Wine, the pop brilliance of Alex Chilton and Valentine. Skyway is the greatest American standard that no one's ever heard, a classic in every sense of the word. And the lyrics feature some of Paul's greatest lines, Can't Hardly Wait possibly being his finest hour. I Don't Know tells you the band's lack-of-mission statement is the same as it ever was.
The Replacements - Alex Chilton - Original Music Video
The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
Every time I hear this song I seriously get chills. It makes me feel like I am going 45 miles an hour on an open highway with on one else on the road and the sun is setting.
The Replacements - Red Red Wine
The Replacements - The Ledge - live 1991
Ragged and raw and real...
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