The Replacements

Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash

Please take out the trash now

Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash is perhaps the most direct and pulsating record of The Replacements whole catalog. Often thought of as a punk rock outfit, this is likely the album that fit them into that moniker entirely. Their debut quickly made a statement for what kind of music you might expect from the young upstarts, even if they rarely revisited the hardcore punk sound for the rest of their careers.

Sorry Ma is a lesson in chaos, as these tracks come at a blistering pace given ... read more

This is the first Replacements album I’ve listened to, although definitely not the last given the quality of this album and the acclaim for their by all accounts less uncompromising subsequent albums. This album in itself is all out hardcore punk, save for a few more subdued and conventional guitar lines here and there, which add to the sonic layers present here. The vocals are spat out with a distinctly punkish attitude and vitriol, and are engaging and relatable while the guitar playing ... read more

One of the best punk albums of all time