The Replacements - Hootenanny (1983) {Twin/Tone} 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip plus Redbook CD Version

is the second album by The Replacements. It was recorded from October 1982 to January 1983 at Blackberry Way Studios, and at Stark/Mudge Mobile Unit warehouse, Roseville, Minnesota (or as the liner notes put it, "at a warehouse in some godawful suburb north of Mpls"). The cover art was a homage to the 1963 Crestview Records compilation album "Hootenanny", which chronicled several prominent folk artists of the time. The lyrics for the song "Lovelines" were taken verbatim from the personals/classifieds section from the volume four, number seventy-nine Wednesday October 13, 1982, issue of the Minneapolis newspaper City Pages. The surf-instrumental "Buck Hill" takes its name from a small skiing area in Burnsville, Minnesota, just a few miles south of Minneapolis. "Within Your Reach" is Westerberg solo on all instruments and vocals. The song later appeared in the Cameron Crowe film Say Anything.... "Mr. Whirly" is a pseudo-cover / parody of the Beatles track "Oh Darling" (with the opening bars of "Strawberry Fields Forever") and bears the writing credit "mostly stolen" on the record label. The opening track, "Hootenanny" features a rearranged lineup--Chris Mars and Tommy Stinson on guitars, Bob Stinson on bass guitar, and Westerberg on drums. allmusic 4.5/5 stars

LP track listing
All tracks written by Paul Westerberg

Side One

1. "Hootenanny" - 1:52
2. "Run It" - 1:11
3. "Color Me Impressed" - 2:25
4. "Willpower" - 4:22
5. "Take Me Down to the Hospital" - 3:47
6. "Mr. Whirly" - 1:53

Side Two

7. "Within Your Reach" - 4:24
8. "Buck Hill" - 2:09
9. "Lovelines" - 2:01
10. "You Lose" - 1:41
11. "Hayday" - 2:06
12. "Treatment Bound" - 3:16


Released: 1983
Recorded: October 1982 - January 1983
Genre: Rock
Length: 31:06
Label: Twin/Tone
Producers: The Replacements, Peter Jesperson, Paul Stark

Personnel

* Paul Westerberg - vocals, guitar
* Bob Stinson - lead guitar
* Tommy Stinson - bass
* Chris Mars - drums