Answering Machine (track)
by The Replacements
Answering Machine appears on the following album(s) by The Replacements:
- Let It Be (track #11) (this album) (1984)
- For Sale: Live At Maxwell's 1986 (track #20) (2017)
- Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? The Best Of The Replacements (track #7) (compilation) (2006)
- Dead Man's Pop (track #44) (compilation) (2019)
- The Complete Inconcerated Live (track #13) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 17:58 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 18:49 |  VictorVale | 44,448 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2026 19:31 |  serpico | 4,007 | 89/100 |
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could use some more instrumentation
Onater 04/08/2017 04:27 | #188888
It's incredible how much energy and passion is packed into this song that is, except for the very end, just vocals and electric guitar.
