Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of The Replacements

Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best of the Replacements
Greatest hits album by The Replacements
Released	June 13, 2006
Recorded	1981-2006
Genre	College rock
Length	1:05:13
Label	Rhino
The Replacements chronology
All For Nothing/Nothing For All (1997) Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of the Replacements (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.8/10) [3]
Rolling Stone

Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? is a compilation album from both The Replacements Twin/Tone and Sire years. "Message to the Boys" and "Pool and Dive" were recorded specifically for this album by the remaining members of the original line-up. Josh Freese was the session drummer for these tracks and Chris Mars simply sang backing vocals. The album art is from the music video for "Alex Chilton." Paul Westerberg stated in a 2006 interview with Newsweek that he had written "Message to the Boys" many years ago.^[4]

• Tracks 1 and 2 from Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash
• Track 3 from Stink E.P.
• Tracks 4 and 5 from Hootenanny
• Tracks 6-8 from Let it Be
• Tracks 9-12 from Tim
• Tracks 13-15 from Pleased to Meet Me
• Tracks 16 and 17 from Don't Tell a Soul
• Track 18 from All Shook Down
• Tracks 19 and 20 are previously unreleased.

Track listing

All tracks by Paul Westerberg except were noted

1. "Takin' a Ride" – 2:23
2. "Shiftless When Idle" – 2:18
3. "Kids Don't Follow" – 2:50
4. "Color Me Impressed" - 2:27
5. "Within Your Reach" - 4:25
6. "I Will Dare" - 3:19
7. "Answering Machine" - 3:40
8. "Unsatisfied" - 4:02
9. "Here Comes a Regular" - 4:49
10. "Kiss Me on the Bus" - 2:54
11. "Bastards of Young" - 3:37
12. "Left of the Dial" - 3:43
13. "Alex Chilton" (Chris Mars, Tommy Stinson, Westerberg) - 3:13
14. "Skyway" - 2:05
15. "Can't Hardly Wait" - 3:04
16. "Achin' to Be" - 3:41
17. "I'll Be You" - 3:29
18. "Merry Go Round" - 3:40
19. "Message to the Boys" - 3:27
20. "Pool and Dive" - 2:07

Personnel

• Ed Ackerson – engineer
• John Akre – engineer
• Paul Berry – assistant engineer
• Michael Bosley – engineer
• Peter Buck – guitar
• Alex Chilton – guitar, vocals (background)
• Reggie Collins – discographical annotation
• Jim Dickinson – producer
• Peter Doell – engineer
• Teenage Steve Douglas – sax (baritone)
• Charley Drayton – drums
• Slim Dunlap – guitar
• East Memphis Slim – keyboards, vibraphone
• Tommy Erdelyi – producer
• Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
• Steven Fjelstad – producer, engineer
• John Hampton – engineer, mixing
• Heidi Hanschu – engineer
• Joe Hardy – engineer, mixing
• Dan Hersch – remastering
• Darren Hill – producer
• Bill Holdship – liner Notes
• Max Huls – strings
• Bill Inglot – remastering
• Peter Jesperson – producer
• John Beverly Jones – engineer
• Karen LeBlanc – project assistant
• Laura Levine – photography
• Lisa Liese – product manager
• Scott Litt – producer, engineer, mixing
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Andrew Love – sax (tenor)
• Chris Mars – drums, tambourine, vocals (background), cowbell, foot stomping
• Pat McDougal – engineer
• Clif Norrell – assistant engineer
• James O'Toole – project assistant
• Paul Stark – producer
• Bob Stinson – guitar
• Tommy Stinson – acoustic guitar, bass
• Maria Villar – project assistant
• Paul Westerberg – acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, piano, electric guitar, vocals, producer, 6-string bass, lap steel guitar, 12-strigs electric guitar, 12 String Acoustic guitar
• Jeff White – project assistant
• Mason Williams – producer

References

1. ^ Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?: The Best of The Replacements at Allmusic
2. ^ Blender Review
3. ^ Pitchfork Media Review
4. ^ Newsweek interviews Paul Westerberg