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. And the result was a much better musical and vocal sound. Buy this album if you want to hear the history of The Replacements.

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 off or put it on a box set for the fanatics.

I've never understood the whole "Westerberg is a genius" thing. Probably because I hate Bruce Springsteen and REM. You need a college degree (if not a masters) to enjoy their later albums. You don't even need a high school dipolma for this one!

Check out Mighty High...In Drug City. You'll probably hate it!

Too loud for me!
I love everything the Replacements did. But, I had this Cd for awhile and only listened to it once because I can not stand all of the screaming. I was too young when this actually came out in 1981. But it is interesting how much the Replacements music mellowed out by the late 80s. It may be good for some people that like harder music, but it was not for me.

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 legendary Replacements. When most people hear or think the Replacements, that assuming you even know who the Replacements are, they think Pleased To Meet Me, and Tim, or maybe if you are really know your stuff Let It Be. Few people realize the band was around before Let It Be. To be clear this is not The Beatles Let It Be, oh no. Hootenanny, Stink, Sorry Ma all came out before. Now Sorry Ma is nothing like the bands later material either. It's much, much more raw. The production is not as clean but actually makes the album sound better over all then that of Tim and Pleased To Meet Me.

This is the earliest carnation of the band with both Stinson brothers. The fantastic Bob Stinson on lead guitar. Bob is one of the most underrated guitar players in all of rock and roll. Tommy Stinson on bass. At the time of this album Tommy was only about fourteen years old, amazing huh. Christopher Mars on the drums. The poetic Paul Westerberg on lyrics, rhythm guitar and lead vocals.

For some reason or another some people call this album along with Stink hardcore. Well that couldn't be further from the truth. The Replacements couldn't be hardcore if they tried. Tommy Stinson has been quoted as saying "In the eighties hardcore is what you wished your band was but you just knew that, that was not your band, like with us." Yeah this is more punk then they would ever do again. Songs like 'Takin A Ride' 'Customer' 'Otto' and 'Shutup' are just straight up punk yes, but not hardcore. So sorry if you were looking for hardcore but this is not it, and for those of you later day Replacements fans who were afraid of this because you heard it was hardcore well fear no more. 'Johnnys Gonna Die' is more or less loosely based on lead guitarist Bob Stinson who aside from being eccentric on stage dressing in such things as dresses he was also a massive druggie and drunk which is why in the liner notes he is listed as Smokin' (and drinkin') Bob Stinson. 'I Hate Music' is classic Replacements humor as does 'I Bought A Headache.' 'Raised In The City' the track which closes the album is tied with 'Takin A Ride' the song which opens the album for the strongest track. They are the two best songs by the band out of their first three albums, not till Let It Be would those track be topped.

Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash is the album that started it all. The Replacements were concidered by the time the disbanded one of the greatest bands of all time, and still today they are looked at that one, but more now than then as the legend has grown. It is both humbling and interesting to see where the band came from as well as rewarding.

First I thought Let It Be was lame, then Tim was good, then this...
Is incredible. I was having a very hard time getting into the band before, as "Let It Be" which is supposed to be "one of the best albums ever" turned out to be very lame. I had almost written the band off completely but decided to give them another chance and bought their biography "It's All Over But The Shouting" along with the album "Tim". When I heard "Tim" the band started to make a little more sense, as the rockers were much better and "Here Comes A Regular" might be the best feeling sorry for yourself alone while drinking song ever (Take that Ryan Adams). So I started reading the biography.

The more I knew the more I became interested in the band instead of feeling they were just another hipster "These guys are really good so you should like them" kind of band. So then one day a couple weeks ago I saw Sorry Ma... on the shelf and practically flipped. The impulsive record buyer I am I got the album and listened to the whole thing (Bonus tracks included) that day, and wow wow wow this makes you forget how much you're supposed to like songs like "I Will Dare" and pins you down to the floor. I think the exact moment where I saw the light of how amazing The Replacements were is on "Don't Ask Why", like another Pistols song (and I'm a huge Pistols fan). Okay that's a lie. It was "Taking A Ride", the first song on the cd, with razor sharp guitar riffs at ninety miles an hour that hooked me.

So would I recommend this? Are you kidding me? The amazing amount of bonus songs I here is incredible, especially the demo of "Raised In The City" (About fifteen times better than the version on the actual album). So as far as scale, if Let It Be is 3/10 (Even though it's supposed to be one of the best ever, bs), Tim is an 8/10, then in a reference to Spinal Tap I would say "this one goes up to 11".

Changes everything you think about eighties music, with more fire and passion than you can shake a stick at. If you like the Circle Jerks, Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, early Clash, or just good high octane music in general, then you should get this album now.