Side A
Artist	Song
The Replacements	Raised In The City (demo)
The Replacements	Get On The Stick (demo)
The Replacements	Takin' A Ride
The Replacements	Johnny's Gonna Die
The Replacements	Shiftless When Idle
The Replacements	I'm In Trouble
The Replacements	If Only You Were Lonely
The Replacements	Kids Don't Follow
The Replacements	Run It
The Replacements	Color Me Impressed
The Replacements	Within Your Reach
The Replacements	Take Me Down To The Hospital
The Replacements	Mr. Whirly
The Replacements	Treatment Bound (alt.)
The Replacements	I Will Dare
The Replacements	Favorite Thing
The Replacements	Androgynous
The Replacements	Unsatisfied
The Replacements	Seen Your Video
The Replacements	Sixteen Blue
The Replacements	Answering Machine
The Replacements	20th Century Boy
The Replacements	Temptation Eyes
The Replacements	Can't Hardly Wait (orig. electric)
The Replacements	Hold My Life
The Replacements	I'll Buy
The Replacements	Kiss Me On The Bus
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
The Replacements	Bastards of Young
The Replacements	Watress In The Sky
The Replacements	Left Of The Dial
The Replacements	Swingin' Party
The Replacements	Little Mascara
The Replacements	Birthday Gal (demo)
The Replacements	Alex Chilton
The Replacements	The Ledge
The Replacements	I Don't Know
The Replacements	Skyway
The Replacements	Can't Hardly Wait
The Replacements	Tossin' 'n' Turnin'
The Replacements	Talent Show
The Replacements	Asking Me Lies
The Replacements	Achin' To Be
The Replacements	I'll Be You
The Replacements	Another Girl, Another Planet (live)
The Replacements	Merry Go Round
The Replacements	Nobody
The Replacements	When It Began
The Replacements	Happy Town
Paul Westerberg	Dylsexic Heart
The Replacements	Message To The Boys
The Replacements	Pool & Dive

Comment:

Threw this together this weeke-nd after picking up a few more of the recent reissues, but held off on posting so Rob could get his up first. Like Rob, the 'Mats were a huge part of my life in the 80s. While the one true life-changing band for me back then was R.E.M. (I credit Murmur and Reckoning with my musical awakening, or re-awakening, back in my mid-80s college dj years), the Replacements were a close second. The primary distinction you'll see between this & Rob's mix, or course, is that I lean more heavily on the band's mid-period and later work. While the first album has its moments ("Shiftless When Idle" in particular, beyond having one of the greatest song titles ever, was an immediate indication that Paul Westerberg was a songwriter to be reckoned with), I'm not a huge fan of the hardcore-heavy sound of that album (or the follow-up Stink EP. Hootenanny, for all its novelty tracks and tossed-off quirkiness, was a huge step forward, but for me the real transcen-dence occurred with Let It Be, an album that is 90% genius. I'm almost as fond of the next one, Tim (and songs like "Bastards of Young," "Left of the Dial," and "Little Mascara" are probably my favorite Westerberg tracks). After that they lost some of their edge, though I think Paul continued to write a handful of absolutely brilliant tracks per album. Here's where I differ most from Rob, as I think that brilliance carried right through the final proper Replacements album. While the production of the last two albums was slick and the performance was a bit staid, there are still flashes of stunning songwriting.
Like Rob, I've been pretty underwhelmed with Paul's solo career. While there are some decent songs here and there, I've just never been enthralled by any of this work, though I'm not sure if this is an indication of diminishing quality or just that my love of the Replacements was tied up in that particular moment in time when I was in love with the band. I did include one solo track, as it's roughly contemporaneous with the demise of the band and, let's face it, a great song. The two last tracks here, recent recordings with Paul & Tommy, come from the greatest hits compilation earlier this year. Neither is essential, but they provide a decent enough coda for the band.

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