Stink is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by the band The Replacements, recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 13, 1982, and released on June 24, 1982 (see 1982 in music

1982 in music

This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....

).

Before the first track, "Kids Don't Follow", audio can be heard of the Minneapolis police breaking up a Replacements gig. It is possible by listening carefully to hear one of the audience members curse the police. The audience member in question is Dave Pirner

Dave Pirner

David Anthony "Dave" Pirner is an American songwriter, singer, and producer best known for being the lead vocalist and frontman for the alternative rock/grunge band, Soul Asylum.-Biography:...

 of Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum

Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...

.

The EP was remastered and reissued by Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment

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 on April 22, 2008, with four additional tracks.

The song "Kids Don't Follow" was made available as Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2

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 DLC on May 19, 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg

Paul Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band...

 except as indicated.

1. "Kids Don't Follow" – 2:50
2. "Fuck School" (Westerberg/Stinson/Stinson/Mars) – 1:26
3. "Stuck in the Middle" (Westerberg/Stinson/Stinson/Mars) – 1:48
4. "God Damn Job" – 1:19
5. "White and Lazy" – 2:06
6. "Dope Smokin' Moron" (Westerberg/Stinson/Stinson/Mars) – 1:31
7. "Go" – 2:29
8. "Gimme Noise" (Westerberg/Stinson/Stinson/Mars) – 1:41

2008 CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "Staples in Her Stomach (Outtake)" (Westerberg/Stinson/Stinson/Mars) - 1:28
10. "Hey, Good Lookin' (Outtake)" (Hank Williams) - 1:55
11. "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (Outtake)" (J.Myers/M.Freedman) - 3:02
12. "You're Getting Married (Solo Home Demo)" - 5:11

• Tracks 9-12 previously unreleased.

Personnel

• Paul Westerberg
  Paul Westerberg
  Paul Westerberg is an American musician, best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the dissolution of that band...
  
   - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Bob Stinson
  Bob Stinson
  For the baseball player, see Bob Stinson Bob Stinson was the founding member and lead guitarist for the American rock band The Replacements.-The Replacements:...
  
   - lead guitar
• Tommy Stinson
  Tommy Stinson
  Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Stinson is an American musician best known for his work as the bassist for The Replacements and Guns N' Roses as well as the post-Replacements groups Bash & Pop, where he performed guitar duties, and Perfect...
  
   - bass guitar
• Chris Mars
  Chris Mars
  Chris Mars is an American artist and musician. He was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis, Minnesota alternative rock band The Replacements and later joined informal supergroup Golden Smog before launching a solo career. He is also a painter, and has more or less left music behind to concentrate...
  
  - drums
• Peter Jesperson - producer, mixer
• Steven Fjelstad - producer, engineer
• Erik Hanson - photography
• Bruce Allen - artwork