Let It Be by The Replacements—Paul Westerberg, Bob Stinson, Tommy Stinson, and Chris Mars—is widely hailed as one of the greatest albums of the 1980s and a cornerstone of indie rock. The landmark 1984 album returns in a newly remastered and expanded edition on 4xLP and 3xCD configurations.
This deluxe archival edition features a new remaster of the album from the original two-track analog stereo tapes, alongside previously unreleased and rare studio outtakes and intimate Paul Westerberg home demos. Delve into the band's infectious live energy with a complete, previously unreleased concert recorded in March 1984 at Cubby Bear in Chicago, IL.
As music journalist Elizabeth Nelson writes in the liner notes, Let It Be “is a record for girls, for the working poor, for the terminally shy, for anyone who ever felt like a freak in their own skin. And it still is... It is, in short, the blueprint for what so many of us wanted and needed rock and roll to be: a refuge, a provocation, a mother, a middle finger, and, in the end, a way out.”
- 1. I Will Dare (2025 Remaster)
- 2. Favorite Thing (2025 Remaster)
- 3. We're Comin' Out (2025 Remaster)
- 4. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (2025 Remaster)
- 5. Androgynous (2025 Remaster)
- 6. Black Diamond (2025 Remaster)
- 7. Unsatisfied (2025 Remaster)
- 8. Seen Your Video (2025 Remaster)
- 9. Gary's Got a Boner (2025 Remaster)
- 10. Sixteen Blue (2025 Remaster)
- 11. Answering Machine (2025 Remaster)
- 12. Gary's Got a Boner (Alternate Version)
- 13. Favorite Thing (Alternate Version)
- 14. Perfectly Lethal (Outtake) [2025 Remaster]
- 15. Temptation Eyes (Outtake) [2025 Remaster]
- 16. Who's Gonna Take Us Alive
- 17. Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat (2025 Remaster)
- 18. Answering Machine (Home Demo #1)
- 19. Answering Machine (Home Demo #2)
- 20. Street Girl (Takes 1 and 2)
- 21. Sixteen Blue (Alternate Version) [2025 Remaster]
- 22. Unsatisfied (Alternate Mix) [Full-Length Version]
- 23. Androgynous (Alternate Version)
- 24. 20th Century Boy (2025 Remaster)
- 25. Hey Good Lookin' (Live at Merlyn's, Madison, WI) [2025 Remaster]
- 26. Can't Hardly Wait (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 27. Left In The Dark (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 28. Unsatisfied (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 29. I Will Dare (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 30. Favorite Thing (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 31. Kids Don't Follow (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 32. Run It (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 33. Color Me Impressed (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 34. Hayday (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 35. Nowhere Is My Home (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 36. Love You Till Friday (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 37. Help Me Rhonda/Little G.T.O. (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 38. Takin A Ride (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 39. Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 40. Gary's Got A Boner (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 41. Johnny's Gonna Die (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 42. Can't Get Enough (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 43. I'm in Trouble (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 44. Don't Ask Why (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 45. Take Me Down to the Hospital (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 46. Shiftless When Idle (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 47. Mr. Whirly (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 48. Hitchin' a Ride (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 49. Black Diamond (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 50. 20th Century Boy (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 51. Go (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 52. Gimme Noise (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)
- 53. White and Lazy (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL, 8/17/84)