Replacements - The Replacements Stink but They're Fun to Listen to...Live

Recorded at the Milwaukee SummerFest on July 1, 1991, the bootleg The Replacements Stink but They're Fun to Listen to...Live documents one of their final shows, making it a valuable historical document for fans even if the overall package is a bit on the dicey side. A crowd tape heavy on audience noise, the sound is tinny -- Tommy Stinson's bass is sometimes inaudible -- and the sleeve contains no song listing of any kind. (Even the A- and B-sides of this vinyl-only release aren't clearly delineated.) Still, for a band on the edge of collapse, The Replacements sound energetic and even focused, mocking the festival environment and taunting the crowd (Paul Westerberg introduces a cover of "Another Girl, Another Planet" by announcing "Here's a song by a band that most of you've never heard of, the Only Ones"); of course, their blessing and curse was that they were always at their best when they had nothing to lose. Read More