Hootenanny (The Replacements album)

Hootenanny
Studio album by The Replacements
Released April 29, 1983
Recorded October 1982 – January 1983
Genre Punk rock
Length 31:06
Label Twin/Tone
Producer Paul Stark, Peter Jesperson, The Replacements
The Replacements chronology
Stink
(1982)		 Hootenanny
(1983)		 Let It Be
(1984)

Hootenanny is the second studio album by the American rock band The Replacements, released on April 29, 1983 by Twin/Tone Records. The album received positive reviews from critics.

Recording and release

Hootenanny was mostly recorded from October 1982 to January 1983 at the Stark/Mudge Mobile Unit warehouse in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota,[1] which was described in the liner notes as "a warehouse in some godawful suburb north of Mpls".[2] The tracks "Run It" and "Within Your Reach" were recorded at Blackberry Way,[2] while the song "Treatment Bound" was recorded "in the basement".[2] The album was released on April 29, 1983 by Twin/Tone Records.[1] According to the record label, Hootenanny sold more than 38,000 vinyl copies.[1] In 2008, The album was remastered and reissued by Rhino Entertainment, containing seven additional tracks.

Music and lyrics

Hootenanny is often regarded as the first release on which The Replacements began to branch out from the "breakneck punk" that characterized their earlier work, through the incorporation of various genres such as blues, country, rockabilly, and boogie.[3][4] The opening track "Hootenanny" features a rearranged lineup of Chris Mars on lead guitar, Tommy Stinson on rhythm guitar, Bob Stinson on bass guitar, and Paul Westerberg on drums and vocals, while "Within Your Reach" features Westerberg on all instruments and vocals.[2] The lyrics for the song "Lovelines" were largely taken verbatim from the classifieds section of an issue of City Pages, a Minneapolis newspaper.[5] The surf-instrumental "Buck Hill" takes its name from a small skiing area in Burnsville, Minnesota, just a few miles south of Minneapolis. "Mr. Whirly" is a parody of the Beatles track "Oh! Darling" (with the opening bars of "Strawberry Fields Forever") and bears the writing credit "mostly stolen" on the record label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauB+[6]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Hootenanny received positive reviews from critics. The album was ranked number 30 in The Village Voice's 1983 Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[9] In a retrospective review, Noel Murray of The A.V. Club felt that Hootenanny "brims with personality, and though The Replacements' real masterpieces were ahead of them, their second LP was a deck-clearer that gave Westerberg the confidence to mature. It's just too bad that he never again made an album this straight-up fun."[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul Westerberg, except where noted. 

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Hootenanny"  B. Stinson, C. Mars, P. Westerberg, T. Stinson 1:52
2. "Run It"  C. Mars, P. Westerberg 1:11
3. "Color Me Impressed"    2:25
4. "Willpower"    4:22
5. "Take Me Down to the Hospital"    3:47
6. "Mr. Whirly"  "mostly stolen" 1:53
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Within Your Reach"    4:24
2. "Buck Hill"  C. Mars, P. Westerberg, T. Stinson 2:09
3. "Lovelines"  B. Stinson, C. Mars, P. Westerberg, T. Stinson, "C.P. Readers" 2:01
4. "You Lose"  B. Stinson, C. Mars, P. Westerberg, T. Stinson 1:41
5. "Hayday"    2:06
6. "Treatment Bound"    3:16

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hootenanny". Twin/Tone Records. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hootenanny (Vinyl LP). The Replacements. Minneapolis: Twin/Tone Records. 1983. TTR #8332.
  3. 1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Hootenanny". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  4. 1 2 Noel Murray (2007-07-17). "The Replacements: Hootenanny". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  5. ↑ Swensson, Andrea (May 6, 2008). "Unearthed: Lovelines by the Replacements". City Pages.
  6. ↑ Robert Christgau (1983-06-28). "Consumer Guide: June 28, 1983". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  7. ↑ Mark Richardson (2008-04-21). "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash; Stink; Hootenanny; Let It Be". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  8. ↑ "The Replacements". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  9. ↑ "The 1983 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 1984-02-28. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-09-19.

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