Minneapolis' The Replacements are one
of few bands on a personal shortlist of a half-dozen or so bands that
changed me as a preteen. They informally introduced to American
post-punk rock, American alternative rock, and boozy proto-alt
country. They are what The Smiths from the United Kingdom, were to
American teens in the 1980's in that they were a beacon for
disaffected, alienated youth looking for a spokesman to speak for
them. And they found on in Paul Westerberg. Or so I've always
believed in any case.
Boink!! was an eight-song
compilation album released in 1986 for the UK market on Glass
Records.
In consists of three songs from
Hootenanny - “Color Me Impressed”, “Within Your Reach”
(which had it's widest exposure in the Cameron Crowe film Say
Anything... and “Take Me Down To The Hospital”. Three songs
from The Replacements Stink (the should've-been-a-single “Kids
Don't Follow”, the bluesy rave-up “White And Lazy” and the
mini-epic “Go”) albums. Plus the B-Side to their debut single “I'm
In Trouble” (the fantastic, would-be-Merle Haggard song “If Only
Your Were Lonely”) and the previously-unreleased Alex
Chilton - produced “Nowhere Is My Home”. Alex Chilton was almost
the producer for the band's Tim album,
however Sire Records wanted someone with more name-recognition so
they in-turn went with Tommy Ramone. Who did a fantastic job.
“Nowhere Is My Home” is a fantastic song and also appears on the
2008 reissue of Tim.
Boink!!
is a wonderful, if seemingly random selection of tracks and the album
is pretty rare. In fact I've only ever seen it in record stores maybe
five times tops.
Here's the video review:
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