The Replacements’ Tim Is the Best Reissue of 2023; Plus Tommy Stinson’s Perfect-10 Album
The Pitchfork Review
Pitchfork
3.3 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy D. Larson, Puja Patel, and Ryan Dombal delve into the sordid history of beloved Minneapolis rock band The Replacements and explain why the new reissue of their classic 1985 LP Tim is such a revelation. Plus, Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson stops by to talk about an album he considers to be a perfect 10. Read Jeremy’s review of Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) here.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm sorry. I'm watching both of you be like flabbergasted by the power of music. |
| 0:08.3 | It happens. It's like Han Solo coming out of carbonite. This thing that I thought was frozen in time is now unfrozen and now living. |
| 0:16.1 | It's like Jurassic Park. It's Jurassic Mother fucking Park. |
| 0:24.0 | This is the Pitchfork Review. I'm Pooja Patel, the editor-in-chief. We're deep in year-end listmaking, |
| 0:29.9 | so we're spending today's show talking about a classic record that was also just reissued, |
| 0:34.9 | the replacements Tim. The new Let It Bleed edition that came out this fall is also our highest scored reissue of the year. |
| 0:42.9 | Originally released in 1985, a lot of people consider Tim to be the replacement's best album, |
| 0:48.9 | but it was also critiqued for its muddy production. |
| 0:52.2 | The two versions presented in The Let It Bleed Edition are |
| 0:55.2 | supplemented with demos, alternate takes, and a live set that propelled the box to be a rare, |
| 1:00.7 | perfect 10 review on pitchfork. And later in the show, Replacement's bassist Tommy Stinson |
| 1:05.5 | joins us to talk about a record that he considers to be a perfect 10. To get into that record, the reissue, and so much more, I'm back in the studio with my friends |
| 1:15.3 | Jeremy and Ryan. |
| 1:16.8 | Hello. |
| 1:18.0 | Hello, Pujia. |
| 1:18.7 | We're here. |
| 1:19.6 | Talking like this for some reason. |
| 1:21.1 | I don't know why. |
| 1:22.7 | Oh, Pujia. |
| 1:23.8 | Hello, Pujia. |
| 1:25.3 | Oh, man. |
| 1:26.5 | I guess I'm just stoked to talk about this band. One of my favorite |
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