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Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash

ReplacementsAudio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (April 22, 2008)
  • Original Release Date: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rhino / Rykodisc
  • ASIN: B0014IH1OA
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,358 in Music (See Top 100 in 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
19. Raised In The City
20. Shut Up
See all 31 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Rhino's remastered & expanded deluxe edition features the original 18-track set plus 13 bonus selections, all but one previously unreleased. The Replacements' audacious 1981 Twin/Tone debut Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash instantly heralded the Minneapolis-based indie rock phenomenon's competing tendencies towards indelible genius and bleary, drunken anarchy. With now classic songs including 'Takin' A Ride,' 'Shiftless When Idle,' 'Customer' and 'Johnny's Gonna Die,' the 'Mats' legendary founding line-up-lead singer/songwriter and guitarist Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars (drums) and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (guitar and bass, respectively)-unleashed a shambling, brilliant sound that profoundly influenced the course of modern rock.

Customer Reviews

This album is still as exciting as it was the first time I heard it. Bill Wikstrom  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Changes everything you think about eighties music, with more fire and passion than you can shake a stick at. Josh L. Patrick-Riley  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack of my high-school life. July 24, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Now that I'm 30, have a wife, son, mortgage, and sad excuse for a career, I never thought that I'd pull this one out of the collection. I pictured being old and gray when my grandchildren would bring it to me in my wheelchair and I'd fondly recall the days when "alternative" meant alternative and you had to seek this music out, not turn on the radio. I've been listening to this CD (I've still got the LP, too!) all summer (mostly in the garage, at my wife's insistence). From the first Stinson-powered attack on "Takin' A Ride" to the last chord of "Raised In the City", it continues to be, at least for me, almost a time capsule. This was one of the most listened-to albums of my high school days. For those of you who have only been exposed to the 'Mats through their later efforts (post-Stinson), you're really missing the essence of one of the bands who inadvertently shaped the rock sound of today's "alternative" bands. Bass player Tommy Stinson was 14 years old when he and his brother Bob (guitar), Chris Mars (drums), and Paul Westerberg (vocals, guitar) made "Sorry Ma...". I saw them in a seedy little club in Indianapolis performing on a stage barely big enough for Mars' drum set to fit on and it remains one the most vivid shows in memory. The album itself is fast, in-your-face, 3-chord noise, nothing else. But as they say in the industry, it's got a "hook". Paul's lyrics make him one of the best songwriters noone knows about, even on this first album. My grandkids will have to get their own copy of "Sorry Ma.." because I'll have worn mine out, and that's a lot of plays for a CD.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Post-Punk Text April 11, 2004
By I.M.
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 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Anyway I Ain't Got Noplace Else To Go February 8, 2004
By Hap
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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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Wow! This album is still as exciting as it was the first time I heard it. For the first time in digital format both Bob's and Paul's guitars are largely evident. The first CD issue of the album had Bob's guitar virtually inaudible whereas both guitars are screaming from either speaker on the vinyl issue and again...finally here on this reissue.

The songs. Well, "Raised in the City", "Hangin' Downtown", "Somethin' to Dü", "Customer" and the debut single "I'm In Trouble" may be some the most exciting songs the band ever released. This is the 'Savage Young Replacements' (for want of a better comparison) and they were seemingly fully-formed and basically perfect from their outset.

The reissue. This reissue series is unfortunately pretty awful. Poor, uninformative liner notes, audio drop-outs, edited tracks, poor selection of bonus tracks, and no information from any band members on the sessions. Of the first four releases this is far and away the best.
There's a healthy amount of great bonus material (virtually the mirror opposite of Stink) and the sound quality of these recordings are great.
The only gripe is that there are other recordings from this era that could have been included here or on Stink, but were not.

However the same head-scratchingly corny/awful idea of having footsteps
and a slamming door preface the bonus tracks (seriously) is here as well as the other releases. And the choice to add an interview snippet on the end of "I'm In Trouble" makes no sense and is simply just asinine. It spoils the long-awaited appearance of such a good song on it's own individual track. I suppose we'll have to wait for someone else to license this material to do this correctly. The complete interview should have gone on it's own individual track.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid first album with great unreleased tracks.
"Careless" is the first Mats song I ever listened to, and my obsession for this band only grew bigger from there. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Matt
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect rock n roll right out of the basement!
They perfected their original sound in their first year of playing out and practicing so that when it came time to record their debut LP it was damn near perfection. Read more
Published 20 months ago by t_minarchick
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay
I picked this cassette up in a bargain bin in the 90's and listened to it maybe once or twice. I recently burned it to CD and after one listen, remembered why I never played it... Read more
Published on August 4, 2010 by Fred Rayworth
3.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Mr. Westerberg's voice.
This album is just fine.
I really think The Replacements sounded best on 'Tim', 'Let It Be', and, 'Pleased to Meet Me'. They slowed it down a bit on those albums. Read more
Published on July 2, 2008 by Bananabreath
3.0 out of 5 stars Their best record
And the only good one as far as I'm concerned. The "Stink" EP is really good, too. It would have been nice to have "Sorry Ma" and "Stink" on 1 CD and leave all the other extra crap... Read more
Published on June 30, 2008 by Woodrow
4.0 out of 5 stars Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash
The Replacements-Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash ****

Released in 1981, Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash was the debut from some of Minnesota's finest the... Read more
Published on May 11, 2008 by Morton
5.0 out of 5 stars This is great, where it started
I was having a very hard time getting into the band before, as before I thought "Let It Be" was supposed to be "one of the best albums ever" and before I didn't get it, now I do. Read more
Published on May 9, 2008 by Josh L. Patrick-Riley
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read, just buy!
Spring is finally here in Chicago. The tulips look great and "The Bean" is reflecting back the smiles and energy of all of us as we walk around. (Thanks Mayor Daley! Read more
Published on May 6, 2008 by Jeff Scurry
5.0 out of 5 stars One of THE Classic debuts in rock 'n' roll history; their BEST album!
Oh man, I don't know what your take on The Replacements is, but despite all the ravings by syncophantic rock critics from Rolling Stone etc. Read more
Published on May 2, 2008 by Shlomo Sinatra
4.0 out of 5 stars Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash
The Replacements-Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash ****

Released in 1981, Sorry Ma Forgot To Take Out The Trash was the debut from some of Minnasota's finest the... Read more
Published on January 25, 2008 by Morton
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