The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
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Artist: The ReplacementsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Soundtracks:
- I.O.U.
- Alex Chilton
- I Don't Know
- Nightclub Jitters
- Ledge
- Never Mind
- Valentine
- Shooting Dirty Pool
- Red Red Wine
- Skyway
- Can't Hardly Wait
Music reviews of Pleased to Meet Me
Music Review: 3 Classics in a Row
Rating: 5 Stars
Following Let it Be, Tim and the departure of Bob Stinson who would have thunk that the Mats would blaze back this hard?
Well they did with Pleased to Meet Me. This was the first Mats album I bought back in 88. I kept reading about them in Rolling Stone where I discovered most of left of center bands that I listen to now. Back when Rolling Stone was a semi-respectable rag that wrote about music and other relevent stuff, didnt have more adds than print and had a little integrity.
Well, when they wrote the review on this album, basically explaining that it was the greatest rock album of all time, I had to bite on it. I diddnt have alot of disposable income in those days and no internet to clogg my mind. I took RSs advice and bought the album, brought it home, cranked it and enjoyed every second.
Westerberg, a couple of years older than my 22 was writing about everything I was feeling at the time. Being a bit of a misunderstood verbally challenged, melancholy, socially awkward but always looking for a party to crash young adult still stuck in his youth. I diddnt want to grow up, face reponsibilty, feel the pressure of having a real job and the prospect of dissapointing others by screwing up. The only thing that made me feel normal was being around my buddies, smoking and drinking and having a good time.
Thats what this album is about, it was clear to me at the time that this Paul Westerberg guy was going through alot of this stuff as well.
PTMM is raw record, many would think that its underproduced but those who had listened to the Stooges, the Velvets etc before would have no complaints. Its also raw in that as I have mentioned, Westerberg wears his emotions right out there on his sleeve.
Theres just so much to listen to here, firstly "IOU" comes out of the gate with buzzsaw guitars ripping , drums pounding and Paul seemingly angry at someone who feels he owes him a debt. "Alex Chilton" actually one-ups IOU with its blazing pace and wonderful lyrics, a hommage to Ex-Big Star member Alex Chilton. "I Never travel Faaaaar...without a little Big Star" and back into the sick beyond belief riff. "I Don't Know" is probably my least fav song on the album but a favorite of many, Its actaully pretty funny in its sloppiness and stoner type lyrics.
"Nightclub Jitters" is a beautiful little song as is "Skyway". Westerberg demonstrates further his mastery of the beautiful and sensitve ballad that he so perfected with "16 Blue", "Here Come a Regular", "Androgenous" etc from previous albums.
So... all thats good...but...you havn't actually hit the meat of the album at this point. Whats ahead are 3-4 of the greatest rock songs I have ever heard in "Never Mind" , "Cant Hardly Wait" and "Valentine"
Throw in a couple more bitchin rockers and what you have is a 5 Star Masterpiece. The glorious thing about this album IMO, is that its not one of those golden nuggets that nobody knows about cept the die hards and snobby rock critics. This album is consistently on every "Top 100 Albums of All-Time" lists. And deservedly so.
Get it, crank it, enjoy it and I guarantee you will be a Mats/Westerberg fan for life.
ML
Description of Pleased to Meet Me
US LP 180-gram vinyl pressing. Rhino. 2008.While some continue to champion the Replacements' Don't Tell a Soul and All Shook Down exit albums, Pleased to Meet Me truly represents the last vital effort of a great band beginning its descent. The first album released after founding lead guitarist Bob Stinson's official departure, Pleased nevertheless retains plenty of the Mats' innate punky drive, albeit here more focused and tempered. Group avatar Paul Westerberg feuded with Memphis producer Jim Dickinson (brought in because of his production of Big Star's melancholy classic Third/Sister Lovers) over what he considered Dickinson's civilizing touches. In retrospect, however, the brass-and-string flourishes on the catchy coda "Can't Hardly Wait" and the more disciplined drumming of Chris Mars make Pleased a more comfortable reconciliation of the group's raw roots and musical maturity. --Steven Stolder
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