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The Replacements - Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Posted By: pyatak

Date: 21 Sep 2023 12:30:13

The Replacements - Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 03:22:32 minutes | 3,84 GB
Rock | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

This expanded Let It Bleed edition of the Replacements' fourth studio album Tim—the final with their full, original lineup—is a marvelous, absolutely necessary corrective to the muddled-sounding original release from 1985. Tim found the band at their creative peak, with some of the best songs Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars, and brothers Tommy and Bob Stinson would ever write, fresh under their belts. Here we get to enjoy not only the demos and an entire live show that are staples of the expanded reissue game, but we get to hear a version of the original album that's worthy of the material, thanks to veteran producer and engineer Ed Stasium.

The Replacements really were contenders, and it's easy to imagine they could at least have been as big as Tom Petty, if not Springsteen. In 1985, they were newly signed to a supportive label with major distribution (Sire, who had championed the Ramones and Talking Heads). And the songs! From the deadpan, self-effacing yet somehow swaggering opener "Hold My Life" to the delightful Big Star redux of "Kiss Me On The Bus," the wallflower anthem "Swingin Party," the anthemic as fuck "Bastards Of Young," the incredible college radio ass-kiss of "Left Of The Dial," and then ending with the absolute heartbreaker of "Here Comes A Regular," Tim had every right to be as good or better than their gleeful breakout 1984 album Let it Be. A Ramone (Tommy a.k.a Tom Erdelyi) was even brought in to produce the thing, after initial sessions with their hero Alex Chilton (excerpts of which are included here). The mix just never came together, and the band did not have the creative control they'd previously had under Twin/Tone Records.

In those pre-Nevermind days, there were very few acts who'd made the transition from the supportive yet broke-as-heck indie label system to a major label with sonic integrity intact. R.E.M. didn't succeed at the task until 1988, and even the Replacements' longtime friends Hüsker Dü failed spectacularly in 1987 with the messy, uninspired Warehouse. Tim sounded flat and a bit strange to fans, in a manner likely similar to Detroiters first hearing the second MC5 album, or Bowie's mix of the Stooges' Raw Power. So much information seemed to be missing. The 'Mats fans watched the notoriously sloppy yet inventive band morph from jokey hardcore kids to serious contenders for the next great troubadours in the vein of the Band. To mainstream reviewers, it was a fresh blast, on the strength of the group's erratic, epic live shows and how great these songs are. In November 1985, Rolling Stone crowed that the album sounded "as if it were made by the last real band in the world." Unfortunately, the self-destruction and excess that seemed cute at first took its toll, and guitarist Bob Stinson would be asked to leave before they could record the followup, 1987's Pleased to Meet Me. Stinson died a decade later.

The producers of this reissue deserve all the medals and awards for their painstaking and sonically dense paean to, resurrection of, and love letter for the Replacements' fourth studio album. The band would doubtless have still managed to fuck their career up even if the initial product had sounded this good. The released video for "Bastards" is, of course, the ultimate slacker moment: A single camera shot of a stereo playing the song, the focus pulled back to reveal a smoking male listening to it on a couch, who then kicks in the speakers when it's over. Today, we have the version of the song that should have soundtracked it. Almost forty years too late, but we have it.

TRACKLIST

Disc: 1
1 Hold My Life
2 I'll Buy
3 Kiss Me On the Bus
4 Dose of Thunder
5 Waitress in the Sky
6 Swingin Party
7 Bastard of Young
8 Lay It Down Clown
9 Left of the Dial
10 Little Mascara
11 Here Comes a Stranger

Disc: 2
1 Hold My Life
2 I'll Buy
3 Kiss Me On the Bus
4 Dose of Thunder
5 Waitress in the Sky
6 Swingin Party
7 Bastard of Young
8 Lay It Down Clown
9 Left of the Dial
10 Little Mascara
11 Here Comes a Stranger

Disc: 3
1 Can't Hardly Wait
2 Nowhere Is My Home
3 Can't Hardly Wait (Electric Demo)
4 Left of the Dial
5 Nowhere Is My Home
6 Can't Hardly Wait (Cello Version)
7 Kiss Me On the Bus
8 Little Mascara
9 Bastards of Young
10 Hold My Life
11 Having Fun
12 Waitress in the Sky
13 Can't Hardly Wait (The "Tim" Version)
14 Swingin Party
15 Here Comes a Regular

Disc: 4
1 Gary's Got a Boner (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
2 Love You 'Till Friday (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
3 Bastards of Young (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
4 Can't Hardly Wait (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
5 Answering Machine (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
6 Little Mascara (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
7 Color Me Impressed (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
8 Kiss Me On the Bus (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
9 Favorite Thing (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
10 Mr. Whirly (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
11 Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
12 I Will Dare (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
13 Johnny's Gonna Die (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
14 Dose of Thunder (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
15 Takin' a Ride (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
16 Hitchin' a Ride (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
17 Trouble Boys (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
18 Unsatisfied (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
19 Black Diamond (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
20 Jumpin' Jack Flash (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
21 Customer (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
22 Borstal Breakdown (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
23 Take Me Down to the Hospital (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
24 Kids Don't Follow (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
25 Nowhere Man (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
26 The Crusher (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
27 I'm in Trouble (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)
28 Go (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986)

Dynamic Range Report

foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-09-21 14:25:55

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Analyzed: The Replacements / Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.50 dB -9.54 dB 4:21 01-Hold My Life (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.71 dB 3:22 02-I'll Buy (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.53 dB 2:56 03-Kiss Me on the Bus (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR7 -0.50 dB -8.78 dB 2:19 04-Dose of Thunder (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.56 dB 2:08 05-Waitress in the Sky (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.28 dB 3:50 06-Swingin Party (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR7 -0.50 dB -8.63 dB 3:38 07-Bastards of Young (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR9 -0.50 dB -9.79 dB 2:24 08-Lay It Down Clown (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.81 dB 3:43 09-Left of the Dial (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.73 dB 4:29 10-Little Mascara (Ed Stasium Mix)
DR11 -1.16 dB -15.07 dB 4:56 11-Here Comes a Regular (Ed Stasium Mix)
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2784 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-09-21 14:26:13

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Analyzed: The Replacements / Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.50 dB -11.58 dB 4:21 01-Hold My Life (2023 Remaster)
DR10 -0.50 dB -11.58 dB 3:24 02-I'll Buy (2023 Remaster)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.85 dB 2:54 03-Kiss Me on the Bus (2023 Remaster)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.15 dB 2:17 04-Dose of Thunder (2023 Remaster)
DR11 -0.50 dB -13.21 dB 2:01 05-Waitress in the Sky (2023 Remaster)
DR11 -0.50 dB -12.84 dB 3:50 06-Swingin Party (2023 Remaster)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.74 dB 3:38 07-Bastards of Young (2023 Remaster)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.22 dB 2:24 08-Lay It Down Clown (2023 Remaster)
DR10 -0.50 dB -12.14 dB 3:44 09-Left of the Dial (2023 Remaster)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.95 dB 3:35 10-Little Mascara (2023 Remaster)
DR13 -2.06 dB -18.11 dB 4:47 11-Here Comes a Regular (2023 Remaster)
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2892 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-09-21 14:26:37

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Analyzed: The Replacements / Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.50 dB -16.63 dB 3:52 01-Can't Hardly Wait (Acoustic Demo)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.41 dB 4:01 02-Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Mix)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.91 dB 3:09 03-Can't Hardly Wait (Electric Demo) (Alternate Mix)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.95 dB 3:57 04-Left of the Dial (Alternate Version)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.13 dB 4:24 05-Nowhere Is My Home (Alternate Version)
DR11 -0.50 dB -13.34 dB 3:06 06-Can't Hardly Wait (Cello Version)
DR10 -0.50 dB -10.76 dB 3:00 07-Kiss Me on the Bus (Studio Demo)
DR10 -0.50 dB -12.47 dB 4:02 08-Little Mascara (Studio Demo)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.20 dB 3:41 09-Bastards of Young (Alternate Version)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.50 dB 4:24 10-Hold My Life (Alternate Version)
DR10 -0.50 dB -11.32 dB 2:57 11-Having Fun
DR13 -0.50 dB -15.07 dB 2:00 12-Waitress in the Sky (Alternate Version)
DR9 -0.50 dB -10.21 dB 3:10 13-Can't Hardly Wait (The "Tim" Version) (Alternate Mix)
DR12 -0.86 dB -15.94 dB 3:52 14-Swingin Party (Alternate Version)
DR12 -0.50 dB -16.13 dB 4:32 15-Here Comes a Regular (Alternate Version)
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2717 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2023-09-21 14:27:09

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Analyzed: The Replacements / Tim (Let It Bleed Edition)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.50 dB -10.42 dB 1:57 01-Gary's Got a Boner (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.52 dB 2:09 02-Love You Till Friday (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR9 -0.50 dB -11.24 dB 3:15 03-Bastards of Young (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR10 -0.50 dB -12.57 dB 3:04 04-Can't Hardly Wait (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.66 dB 3:01 05-Answering Machine (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -9.18 dB 3:24 06-Little Mascara (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.66 dB 2:38 07-Color Me Impressed (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.49 dB 3:12 08-Kiss Me on the Bus (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.78 dB 2:27 09-Favorite Thing (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.43 dB 1:47 10-Mr. Whirly (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.22 dB 2:03 11-Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.40 dB 3:23 12-I Will Dare (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -11.21 dB 3:46 13-Johnny's Gonna Die (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -9.43 dB 2:30 14-Dose of Thunder (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -8.58 dB 2:29 15-Takin a Ride (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -8.71 dB 2:11 16-Hitchin' a Ride (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.88 dB 2:12 17-Trouble Boys (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.23 dB 2:36 18-Unsatisfied (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.49 dB 2:50 19-Black Diamond (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR9 -0.50 dB -11.01 dB 4:03 20-Jumpin' Jack Flash (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.84 dB 1:34 21-Customer (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.36 dB 2:02 22-Borstal Breakout (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -8.94 dB 3:23 23-Take Me Down to the Hospital (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -9.32 dB 2:44 24-Kids Don't Follow (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR7 -0.50 dB -9.21 dB 2:16 25-Nowhere Man (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.90 dB 1:29 26-The Crusher (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -9.60 dB 2:31 27-I'm in Trouble (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
DR8 -0.50 dB -11.20 dB 3:03 28-Go (Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, 1/11/86)
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Number of tracks: 28
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2372 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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