Let It Be (The Replacements album)

Let It Be
Studio album by
The Replacements
ReleasedOctober 2, 1984 (1984-10-02)
RecordedAugust 1983 – February 1984
StudioBlackberry Way Studios, Minneapolis
Genre
Length33:31
LabelTwin/Tone
ProducerSteve Fjelstad, Peter Jesperson, Paul Westerberg
The Replacements chronology
Hootenanny
(1983) 		Let It Be
(1984) 		Tim
(1985)
Singles from Let It Be
  1. "I Will Dare"
    Released: July 1984

Let It Be is the third studio album by American rock band The Replacements. It was released on October 2, 1984, by Twin/Tone Records. A post-punk album with coming-of-age themes, Let It Be was recorded by the band after they had grown tired of playing loud and fast exclusively as on their 1983 Hootenanny album; the group decided to write songs that were, according to vocalist Paul Westerberg, "a little more sincere."[2]

Let It Be was acclaimed by music critics and later ranked among the greatest albums of the 1980s by AllMusic and Rolling Stone magazine.[3][4] Now considered a classic, Let It Be is frequently included on professional lists of the all-time best rock albums,[5] being ranked number 241 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[6] The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with six additional tracks and liner notes by Peter Jesperson.

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (September 10, 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 25, 2023. The Replacements' third album marked...their arrival as the preeminent barstool philosophers of American college rock.
  2. ^ Azerrad 2001, p. 222.
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  6. ^ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "239 | Let It Be - The Replacements". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814. Retrieved 23 March 2006.