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Dead Man's Pop [Box Set]
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  • Summary: The 4CD/1LP box set from the Minneapolis alternative rock band features a new mix by original producer Matt Wallace of its 1989 album Don’t Tell a Soul, demos, outtakes, alternative mixes, tracks recorded at Bearsville Studios, and the complete live performance recorded at the University ofThe 4CD/1LP box set from the Minneapolis alternative rock band features a new mix by original producer Matt Wallace of its 1989 album Don’t Tell a Soul, demos, outtakes, alternative mixes, tracks recorded at Bearsville Studios, and the complete live performance recorded at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on June 2, 1989.… Expand
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
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  1. Consequence
    Sep 24, 2019
    100
    While one could argue Lord-Alge’s mix brought the band their first Billboard Hot 100 hit in “I’ll Be You”, time has proven that hit didn’t really bring them any long-term success. By scaling back then, Wallace has created an album that truly fits with their narrative, and that’s probably worth more now than then. After all, time has been very kind to The Replacements, who continue to build upon their legacy with each passing year, and Dead Man’s Pop is a welcome addition.
  2. Clash Music
    Sep 24, 2019
    100
    It’s a beautifully assembled package. ... Funny then that this collection should contain so much life, from an album restored to splendour, to a night of joyful inebriation and creativity with a showbiz pal, to a ferocious performance in front of adoring fans. ...‘Dead Man’s Pop’ is the perfect tribute.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Dec 5, 2019
    100
    A legendary liquor-soaked session with Tom Waits, two discs containing a ragged-but-right contemporary concert, and a booklet that takes an in-depth look at the making of DTAS crackle and pop, but in revisiting its creators' original intent, a formerly sneered at LP becomes essential.
  4. Pitchfork
    Sep 26, 2019
    82
    The common thread [of the new mix] is that the guitars are cleaner, the vocals are clearer, and previously buried fills come to the surface. ... Two outtakes, both of which landed on the expanded Don’t Tell a Soul, are the best thing about the sessions by far—the countrified “Portland,” which is fantastic, and the jittery rocker “Wake Up.” ... For anyone skeptical of Don’t Tell a Soul, the most convincing argument for their vitality is the live shows from this period. ... The [live] setlist is stunning.
  5. AllMusic
    Sep 26, 2019
    80
    In concert, the Replacements sounded like a tighter version of classic Replacements, and the same can be said of the Matt Wallace version of Don't Tell a Soul, which is why Dead Man's Pop is such a blessing: this set helps make this era seem like a grand farewell from the band instead of the beginning of a messy end.
  6. Mojo
    Sep 24, 2019
    80
    Interesting as the Wallace mixes are, the band is most compelling thrashing through Talent Show and I Won't, live in Milwaukee. [Nov 2019, p.102]
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  7. Uncut
    Sep 24, 2019
    70
    While the full deluxe treatment might not life Don't Tell A Soul all the way to "lost classic" status, it at least fleshes out an underappreciated chapter of The Replacements' messy saga. [Nov 2019, p.42]
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  1. JaneMetascore
    Dec 18, 2019
    6
    The Replacements had their moment on the Billboard chart although they are so over rated they belong in the 1980's and not the 1990's. TheThe Replacements had their moment on the Billboard chart although they are so over rated they belong in the 1980's and not the 1990's. The Replacements probably don't deserve the same success as Paul McCartney, Jerry Garcia, or Bono, and others, like this is so insipid the music industry would be better as a Pink Floyd cover band. The Replacements are such head cases they never quite succeed at pulling back from their 1980's megalomania, even when the record charts had moved on.
    The Replacements legacy should be doubted as another me-too 1980's band.    … Expand

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