If Magazine Reviews Remasters

Here's a nice in-depth review of the new remasters. It's pretty long, so I provided a link to the complete article.

In the early ‘80s, The Replacements excelled as part of the indie Twin/Tone label in the early, evolving at a rapid pace from snot-nosed punkers to semi-polished snot-nosed pros. However, it was the second half of their career with a major label that really defined their sound and created a legacy that's still being aped by rock and roll posers today.

Too bad, the ‘Mats didn’t reap anything from those rewards.

Generally what happens to groups like the Replacements once they jump aboard the major label bandwagon, is their sound becomes more homogenized, more pop, more mainstream – which is not say the Replacements didn’t do just that.

But as a preface, their sound was heading into that direction anyway during their last Twin/Tone release LET IT BE. So it’s not a surprise that their Sire Records debut TIM from 1985 was the crunchiest and poppiest the group had ever been.

Complete Review Here

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