Let It Be (Replacements album)

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Let It Be
Studio album by The Replacements
Released	October 2, 1984
Recorded	Recorded at Blackberry Way Studios, Minneapolis
Genre	College rock
Length	33:31
Label	Twin/Tone Records
Producer(s)	Steve Fjelstad, Paul Westerberg and Peter Jesperson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A+) link
The Replacements chronology
Hootenanny (1983)	Let It Be (1984)	Tim (1985)

Let It Be is the title of a 1984 album released by The Replacements. Critics often list this as their defining piece of work.

The fourth Replacements LP was released in 1984 on Twin/Tone Records. Previously The 'Mats' work had been an energetic, if slightly puerile take on the blues and punk; Let It Be proved to be a more mature and much fuller sounding record than those that came before it.

Contents 1 Critical response 2 Track listing 2.1 Side one 2.2 Side two 3 Samples

[edit] Critical response

Although Let It Be was far from a commercial success, it is widely regarded by critics as one of the best albums of the 1980s. It is listed in All Music Guide with a five-star rating and is one of the few albums to receive an 'A+' from esteemed music critic Robert Christgau. In 2003, the album was ranked number 239 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. They also rated it as the fifteenth best album of the 1980s in 1990. In the 1999 miniseries "VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock and Roll," VH1 ranked Let It Be in the 79th position.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "I Will Dare" – 3:18
2. "Favorite Thing" – 2:19
3. "We're Comin' Out" – 2:21
4. "Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out" – 1:53
5. "Androgynous" – 3:11
6. "Black Diamond" – 2:40

[edit] Side two

1. "Unsatisfied" – 4:01
2. "Seen Your Video" – 3:08
3. "Gary's Got a Boner" – 2:28
4. "Sixteen Blue" – 4:24
5. "Answering Machine" – 3:40

[edit] Samples