The Replacements Let It Be 06/29/2015 Written and recorded in isolation

Written and recorded in isolation in a remote Wisconsin cabin

instead of simply adding club beats or sonic collage techniques

are not just noodle-y excesses

This structure perhaps invites some griping about their sometimes ill-advised attempts to ride commercial waves -- there's no disguising the disco diversion of "Shakedown Street" -- but by celebrating the warts and providing space for that unexpected late-'80s commercial comeback

Paradise Valley continues in this more intimate country-folk style and often feels less like a stand-alone album and more like a companion piece to Born and Raised

The Replacements Let It Be 06/29/2015 Written and recorded in isolationThe Replacements: Paul Westerberg (vocals, guitar, lap steel, mandolin, piano, percussion); Bob Stinson (guitar); Tommy Stinson (bass, background vocals); Chris Mars (drums, maracas). Additional personnel: Peter Buck (guitar); Chan Poling (piano). Producers: Steve Fjelstad, Paul Westerberg, Peter Jesperson. Recorded at Blackberry Way Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All tracks have been digitally remastered. The Replacements were one of America's