| Artist |
Yo La Tengo |
| Album Title: |
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
09/12/2006 |
| Label |
Matador Records |
| Catalog No |
OLE 692-2 |
| Bar Code No |
7 44861 06922 5 |
| Packaging |
Digipack |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind (10:46)
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| 2.
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Beanbag Chair (3:02)
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| 3.
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I Feel Like Going Home (4:14)
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| 4.
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Mr. Tough (4:05)
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| 5.
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Black Flowers (4:28)
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| 6.
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The Race Is On Again (4:36)
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| 7.
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The Room Got Heavy (5:10)
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| 8.
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Sometimes I Don't Get You (3:16)
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| 9.
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Daphnia (8:51)
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| 10.
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I Should Have Known Better (3:15)
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| 11.
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Watch Out For Me Ronnie (3:01)
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| 12.
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The Weakest Part (3:03)
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| 13.
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Song For Mahila (3:40)
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| 14.
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Point And Shoot (4:18)
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| 15.
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The Story Of Yo La Tango (11:48)
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| Date Acquired |
12/19/2006 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Best Buy |
| Purchase Price |
14.99 |
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Notes |
Recorded at Haptown Studio in Nashville.
Mixed at Brooklyn Recording in Brooklyn.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
Cover painting: "Little Pink Lady".
Buddies: Kurt and Mary, Jonathan and Lesley, Andy and Suzanne, Yohei, Jason, Marshall, Malcolm and Barbara, Mike Davis, Nick Hill, Sue Garner, and Amy.
Issued in a six panel digipak.
The final track is a deliberate misspelling of the band's name — the album's CD-Text reiterating this by listing the track as "The Story of Yo La Tango", followed by the message "Yes — it should be Tango!".
©℗ 2006 Matador Records.
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Painting [Cover Painting] – Gary Panter
Performer [Yo La Tengo] – Georgia, Ira, James
Photography By [Ira] – Abraham Kaplan
Photography By [Most Photos] – Reuben Cox
Photography By [Sidney] – Georgia
Producer – Roger Moutenot
Written-By – Yo La Tengo
Copyright (c) – Matador Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Matador Records
Recorded At – Haptown Studio
Mixed At – Brooklyn Recording
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Published By – Roshashauna Music
Published By – Excellent Classical Songs
Pressed By – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – Z55580
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Analyzed: Yo La Tengo / I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.33 dB -7.43 dB 10:47 01 - Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
DR7 -0.37 dB -8.26 dB 3:03 02 - Beanbag Chair
DR8 -1.01 dB -11.12 dB 4:14 03 - I Feel Like Going Home
DR6 -0.31 dB -7.99 dB 4:06 04 - Mr. Tough
DR7 -0.06 dB -9.55 dB 4:28 05 - Black Flowers
DR7 -0.93 dB -9.62 dB 4:37 06 - The Race Is on Again
DR6 -0.31 dB -8.39 dB 5:10 07 - The Room Got Heavy
DR7 -0.43 dB -8.40 dB 3:16 08 - Sometimes I Don't Get You
DR8 -1.48 dB -12.38 dB 8:51 09 - Daphnia
DR6 -0.01 dB -6.33 dB 3:16 10 - I Should Have Known Better
DR6 -0.18 dB -7.46 dB 3:02 11 - Watch Out for Me Ronnie
DR6 -0.33 dB -8.13 dB 3:04 12 - The Weakest Part
DR9 -0.50 dB -11.99 dB 3:40 13 - Song for Mahila
DR6 -0.34 dB -8.17 dB 4:18 14 - Point and Shoot
DR6 -0.01 dB -8.36 dB 11:49 15 - The Story of Yo La Tango
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 909 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Mark Deming
After the elegant, introspective romantic narratives of And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out and the beautifully crafted but restrained pop textures of Summer Sun, it was hard not to wonder if Yo La Tengo was ever going to turn up the amps and let Ira Kaplan go nuts on guitar again. For more than a few fans "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind," the opening cut from YLT's 2006 album I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, will feel like the reassuring sound of a homecoming -- ten minutes of noisy six-string freak-out, with James McNew's thick, malleable basslines and Georgia Hubley's simple but subtly funky drumming providing a rock-solid framework for Kaplan's enthusiastic fret abuse. After the thematic and sonic consistency of their previous two major albums, I Am Not Afraid marks a return to the joyous eclecticism of 1997's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, though nearly ten years down the road Yo La Tengo sounds noticeably more confident in their embrace of different styles and less hesitant in their technique on this album -- even Kaplan's gloriously unkempt guitar solos start to suggest a certain degree of well-earned professionalism. The songs also sound a shade less playful and more disciplined, though the group's ability to bring their distinct personality to so many different styles attests to their continuing love of this music and the quiet strength of their vision -- the neo-Byrds-ian psychedelia of "The Race Is on Again," the homey horn-punctuated pop of "Beanbag Chair," the plaintive folk-rock on "Black Flowers," the aggressive Farfisa-fueled minimalisms of "The Room Got Heavy," and "Daphina," which suggests a John Fahey track transcribed to piano and then used as the root for a eight-minute exercise in low-key atmospherics, all function on a different level and each one satisfies. What's both engaging and impressive about I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is that, as usual, these 15 songs always end up sounding like Yo La Tengo, whether they're upbeat guitar pop or dense loop-based drones, and if there's a bit less childlike élan here than in the past, there's also an intelligence and joy that confirms Yo La Tengo is still one of the great treasures of American indie rock, and they haven't run out of ideas or the desire to make them flesh in the studio just yet.
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