Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash!: Replacements: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Takin' A Ride

2. Careless

3. Customer

4. Hangin' Downtown

5. Kick Your Door Down

6. Otto

7. I Bought A Headache

8. Rattlesnake

9. I Hate Music

10. Johnny's Gonna Die

11. Shiftless When Idle

12. More Cigarettes

13. Don't Ask Why

14. Somethin' To Du

15. I'm In Trouble

16. Love You Till Friday

17. Shutup

18. Raised In The City

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Full Title - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash. Remastered reissue of their angry 1981 debut album. Restless Records. 2002.

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4.3 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Poineers of garage sound / 1 of the greatest albums, April 13 2004

By	N. Damiano "UrbanJournalist@aol.com" (NH , CT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This band defined garage fast & hard, shun the mainstream sound. This 1st album is probably my favorite Mats album but I like them all. This cd is one of those rare albums where you will not skip a track on this. Every song is appealing in it's own way. The guitar riffs are sketchy but thats the beauty of this album it's so raw and unpolished. I have to say this album is their most Punk sounding. It came out in 1981 so far from the New Wave that was on the airwaves. Westerburg's voice goes right through you. I can't possibly list standout tracks because like I said every song is good. But "Customer" is a funny tune, opening track "Taking a ride" such a catchy song, "Kick your door down" great chorus track."Shiftless when Idle, "I hate Music" such a Punk Rock tune. If you truly like real garage/punk sound this album is essential to collection. This CD is in my top 5 of all time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Post-Punk Text, April 11 2004

By	I.M. "Mom in the South Bay" (Manhattan Beach, California United States) - See all my reviews

When this came out, Rolling Stone took a moment to turn away fromarticles about Jann Weiner's 60's party pals to give this amazing disc three of five stars, asking "Who knows if they'll make any more albums? And who cares?" The Replacements went on to become a booze soaked sonic legend. And now people only read Rolling Stone to ogle the cover phots of Britney Spears.
It's all there in "Sorry Ma" -- the hooks, the clever lyrics, the Westbergian angst, long before it turned into post-Replacements self-pity and general crappiness. With the rest of the band (fueled by the late flamethower lead guitarmaster Bob Stinson) compelling him to rock, Paul did. And how.
They took punk and made it relevant to suburban kids who didn't feel like dressing all in black -- "Customer" has more truth in its 68 seconds than a crateful of "real" punk. "Kick Your Door" down is a straight ahead rocker that hits you in the gut; "Shiftless When Idle" is a powerpop marvel. "I Hate Music" is a sonic declaration of war on pretense. The only weakness is "Johnny's Gonna Die," lauded by most, but actually embodying Paul's worst musical instincts. The rest of the band propbably let it in in exchange for Paul kicking butt on the rest of the album.
You cannot understand or experience American post-punk pop without "Sorry Ma..." Rolling Stone be damned.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Anyway I Ain't Got Noplace Else To Go, Feb 8 2004

By	Hap "Flint And Roses" (Austin,TX United States) - See all my reviews

I'm (ironically, I guess) replacing this with a new copy for the third time. It's crude, it's rough, it's loud, it's obnoxious, it's funny and it's great. This release and "Hootenanny" are wonderfully Midwestern surly snot-faced kid-like and I could not live without them. They have defined what this sound is/was and possibly always will be. It's as close as you'll ever get to what an early live Replacement's gig was like. I suppose if you weren't around when they were fresh and new it may sound a little....no...wait a minute....that's not true....I cannot stoop to any kind of mealy-mouthed defensiveness. This album is great. Not charming. Not friendly. Not just a display of Westerberg's burgeoning songwriting talents. It's great all by itself. I proudly know the lyrics (such as they are) to all the songs and I will spit them out with vigor until the day I die. It's unbridled, undisciplined and unruly. You know....PUNK.

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3.0 out of 5 stars who cares whether its true "punk"?
if you like early iggy pop and the stooges, you'll understand what i mean when i say sometimes its better when its rough, ragged and unsophisticated. Read more

Published on Dec 15 2003 by Harper

2.0 out of 5 stars Novel benchmark, nothing else
Paul Westerberg has admitted that trying to listen to this album now causes him to grimace - and it should. Read more

Published on Jun 25 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Witness the Birth
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Published on April 13 2001 by sirwaxalot

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Their Best, But I Keep Coming Back To It!
When I first heard this album, I kinda cast it aside. It was just a buncha thrashy trash that didn't have much to do with the brilliant pop they'd produce later on. Read more

Published on Jan 16 2001 by PopTodd