Album of the Day

The Replacements’ 1981 Twin/Tone Records debut, SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH, heralded the Minneapolis-based band’s competing tendencies toward indelible genius and reckless abandon. The ’Mats’ lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Westerberg, drummer Chris Mars, and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (lead guitar and bass respectively) unleashed a thrilling, dynamic sound on the album with now-classic songs like “Takin’ A Ride,” “Shiftless When Idle,” and “Customer.” Marking the collection's 40th anniversary, a new 4-CD/1-LP set offers a remarkable document of The Replacements’ formative years. Of the 100 tracks on SORRY MA, FORGOT TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH (DELUXE EDITION), 67 have never been released before, including the first demos the band recorded in early 1980, as well as a professionally captured concert from January 1981.