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500 Greatest Albums

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Let It Be - The Replacements


Let It Be - The Replacements
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Copping a beatles title was cheeky; attaching it to a post-punk masterpiece was a sign of maturity. Said Paul Westerberg, "This was the first time I had songs that we arranged, rather than just banging out riffs." Mixing punk, pop and country with raw, wry lyrics, he wrote "Unsatisfied" for his lagging bandmates.