Tim

The major-label debut and the last record by the original four, long heard through a thin mix.
The Replacements, 1985

Released
18 September 1985
Recorded
June to July 1985
Studio
Nicollet Studios, Minneapolis
Label
Sire
Producer
Tommy Erdelyi
Length
36:26

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Tommy Erdelyi produced, with Steven Fjelstad engineering, and Alex Chilton added production and sang on Left of the Dial. Jesperson said Westerberg picked the title on a whim because he liked the name, and Westerberg disliked Robert Longo's cover. Can't Hardly Wait was recorded for the album but held over for Pleased to Meet Me. The record reached 183 on the Billboard 200.

The original mix was widely judged thin. The band blamed Erdelyi's hearing, which he denied, and Westerberg recalled thinking it sounded poor but not wanting to go back in. For Tim: Let It Bleed Edition (2023), Ed Stasium, once in the running to co-produce the album, made a new mix: he found parts Erdelyi had left out, mostly Bob Stinson's guitar, and stripped away much of the digital reverb. The box also holds a shelved January 1985 session with Chilton and the Cabaret Metro show of 11 January 1986, 65 tracks in all. Pitchfork gave the reissue ten.

Track listing

  1. Hold My Life4:18
  2. I'll Buy3:20
  3. Kiss Me on the Bus2:48
  4. Dose of Thunder2:16
  5. Waitress in the Sky2:02
  6. Swingin Party3:48
  7. Bastards of Young3:35
  8. Lay It Down Clown2:22
  9. Left of the Dial3:41
  10. Little Mascara3:33
  11. Here Comes a Regular4:46

Personnel

More from The Replacements

Let It Be (1984)

Sources

  1. Tim (The Replacements album), Wikipedia
  2. The Replacements' Tim gets the sparkling remix it deserves, The Boston Globe (2023-09-21)
  3. The Replacements Tim reissue details, Stereogum (2023)
  4. Tim: the Replacements hit the big time, Dan Epstein