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Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-06-16 21:30:35 +0000

Replacements Immersion #6 -- "Tim" (1985)

<img src ="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/TheReplacementsTimalbumcover.jpg">

Record is <a href ="http://www.sendspace.com/file/12fa5a"> here. </a>

Released October 1985 on Sire Records.

#183, Billboard Music Chart, 1985.

One of the greatest rock videos ever (without which Pavement woulda floundered):

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Posted by tommy on 2008-06-17 18:58:14 +0000
I love this album. Two masterpieces in a row. I can never decide if Tim or Let it Be is better. I think it's whatever one I listened to most recently.

Little Mascara and Kiss Me on the Bus are both perfect songs. Great lyrics galore on this one, especially on Bastards of Young and Here Comes a Regular.

Lay it Down Clown and Dose of Thunder would be the only two tracks on this one I would leave of, if I were in charge of a Replacements "best of" collection.

There's still a lot of great stuff left on the next 3 albums, but this is the Replacements at the top of their game.
Posted by MF DU on 2008-06-17 22:46:12 +0000
Where do we put random Westerberg observations? (like solo stuff opinions? 'Tim' thread doesn't feel right and I'm too lazy to create a new thread right now. Should I wait for the end of the Replacements stuff, or should I just have at it?)
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-06-18 05:48:22 +0000
You do what you need to!
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-06-19 11:26:15 +0000
Being totally lame here, but this album cover has always bothered me, to the point were I never bought the album.
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