Ever since I first heard their name, which was long after they broke up for the first time in 1991, I’ve had the idea that The Replacements were the ultimate “critics’ band.”

I say this largely because I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who has mentioned them who wasn’t a music journalist. But it seems I must be wrong – because this song has 32 million hits on Spotify.

I know everyone’s a critic these days but surely there can’t be 32 million of us.

Anyway, as with all the other times I’ve given them a cursory listen, they seem to make a perfectly pleasant sound, but not a lot more than that.

They were formed by Paul Westerberg in Minneapolis in 1979, with brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson on guitar and bass, plus drummer Chris Mars, they started out as The Impediments.

The Replacements never achieved mainstream success but developed an enthusiastic cult following – key ingredients for music journos – especially with their breakthrough album Let It Be in 1984.

This comes from Tim, their first major-label release, produced by Tommy Ramone and released on Sire the following year. It’s just been re-released with a new mix (the ‘Let It Bleed’ edition) aimed at making it sound more like Let It Be.