Album Info

Hootenanny (Expanded Edition)

Rock - 1983

The Replacements’ second album (1982’s Stink was just an EP), 1983’s Hootenanny, presents the band at a transitional point. They’d... more

Tracklist

1

Hootenanny

1:52 min
2

Run It

1:12 min
3

Color Me Impressed

2:27 min
4

Willpower

4:20 min
5

Take Me Down to the Hospital

3:47 min
6

Mr. Whirly

1:57 min
7

Within Your Reach

4:24 min
8

Buck Hill

2:10 min
9

Lovelines

2:01 min
10

You Lose

1:42 min
11

Hayday

2:07 min
12

Treatment Bound

3:13 min
13

Lookin' for Ya (Outtake)

1:57 min
14

Junior's Got a Gun (Outtake) [Rough Mix]

2:08 min
15

Ain't No Crime (Outtake)

1:15 min
16

Johnny Fast (Outtake) [Rough Mix]

2:28 min
17

Treatment Bound (Alternate Version)

3:15 min
18

Lovelines (Alternate Vocal)

2:05 min
19

Bad Worker (Solo Home Demo)

3:57 min

About Hootenanny (Expanded Edition)

The Replacements’ second album (1982’s Stink was just an EP), 1983’s Hootenanny, presents the band at a transitional point. They’d come close to teaming with the loud, fast rules of hardcore punk (“Run It” tilts that way) but were clearly more interested in forging their own irreverent path, mixing elements of country, blues, folk and old time rock n’ roll until it was all a jumbled, glorious, Replacements mess. The title track features the band playing each other’s instruments and not particularly well. This goofy indifference bleeds into the other tracks, where “Take Me Down to the Hospital,” “Mr. Whirly,” and “Treatment Bound” take on silly and serious concerns simultaneously. “Color Me Impressed” and the solo Westerberg track “Within Your Reach” point towards the introspective songwriting that would solidify the group’s legend beyond their live hi-jinks. This reissue features six bonus cuts, including a manic take on “Johnny’s Gonna Die” from their debut album (listed here as “Johnny Fast”) and alternate versions of “Treatment Bound” and “Lovelines,” as well as a hilarious Westerberg home demo of “Bad Worker,” an anthem for slackers and underachievers everywhere.