| Artist |
Yo La Tengo |
| Album Title: |
Ride The Tiger |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
00/00/1986 |
| Reissue Date |
06/18/1996 |
| Label |
Matador Records |
| Catalog No |
OLE 205-2 |
| Bar Code No |
7 44861 02052 3 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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The Cone Of Silence (2:46)
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| 2.
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Big Sky (2:42)
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| 3.
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The Evil That Men Do (4:10)
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| 4.
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The Forest Green (3:19)
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| 5.
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The Pain Of Pain (5:31)
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| 6.
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The Way Some People Die (3:34)
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| 7.
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The Empty Pool (2:18)
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| 8.
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Alrock's Bells (4:03)
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| 9.
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Five Years (3:42)
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| 10.
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Screaming Dead Balloons (3:15)
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| 11.
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Living In The Country (2:13)
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| 12.
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The River Of Water (2:27)
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| 13.
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A House Is Not A Motel (3:40)
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| 14.
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Crispy Duck (2:59)
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| 15.
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Closing Time (3:39)
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| Date Acquired |
02/13/2013 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
9.57 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
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Notes |
Tracks 1-11 recorded at White Dog in Boston, December '85 - January '86. LP originally released on Coyote Records.
Tracks 12 & 13 recorded at Water Music in Hoboken, May '85. 7" originally released on Egon Records.
Tracks 14 & 15 recorded live on cassette, April '86. Enhanced at Sound On Sound in NYC, March '93. Previously unreleased.
©℗1996 Matador Records (cover)
© ℗ 1996 Matador Records Inc (disc face)
Made in the USA.
Bass – Clint Conley (tracks: 4, 7, 8), Dave Rick (tracks: 12, 13), Mike Lewis (8) (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9 to 11, 14, 15)
Drums, Artwork [Cover Art] – Georgia Hubley
Liner Notes – Ira
Photography By [Booklet P. 4] – Carol Whaley, Elinor Blake
Photography By [Booklet P. 6, 8, Back Cover] – Robert Sietsema
Producer – Clint Conley (tracks: 1 to 11)
Recorded By – Ken French (tracks: 1 to 11), Robert Miller (4) (tracks: 12, 13)
Saxophone – David Bither (tracks: 10), Mike Tchang (tracks: 12)
Technician [Enhancement] – John Siket (tracks: 14, 15)
Trombone – Chris Nelson (tracks: 12)
Vocals [Singing], Guitar [Informed] – Dave Schramm
Vocals [Singing], Guitar [Naive] – Ira Kaplan
Written-By – Lee (tracks: 13), Schramm (tracks: 6, 9), Weckerman (tracks: 7), Hubley (tracks: 4), Ira Kaplan (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15), Seeger (tracks: 11), Raymond Davies (tracks: 2), Walker (tracks: 15), Rubin (tracks: 9)
Copyright © – Matador Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Matador Records
Copyright © – Matador Records Inc
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Matador Records Inc
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Recorded At – White Dog Studio
Recorded At – Water Music
Barcode: 744861020523
Matrix / Runout: 3 OLE 0205.3-2 SRC##01 M1S1
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U3U
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Analyzed: Yo La Tengo / Ride the Tiger
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.07 dB -10.80 dB 2:50 01/15 - The Cone of Silence
DR12 -0.98 dB -15.88 dB 2:46 02/15 - Big Sky
DR10 -0.25 dB -12.18 dB 4:11 03/15 - The Evil That Men Do
DR11 -0.47 dB -13.58 dB 3:24 04/15 - The Forest Green
DR11 -0.39 dB -14.51 dB 5:36 05/15 - The Pain of Pain
DR12 -0.00 dB -13.69 dB 3:38 06/15 - The Way Some People Die
DR10 -1.38 dB -14.16 dB 2:22 07/15 - The Empty Pool
DR10 -0.09 dB -14.55 dB 4:09 08/15 - Alrock's Bells
DR10 -0.00 dB -12.96 dB 3:46 09/15 - Five Years
DR10 -0.86 dB -12.84 dB 3:17 10/15 - Screaming Dead Balloons
DR11 -4.58 dB -17.89 dB 2:14 11/15 - Living in the Country
DR12 -2.25 dB -16.28 dB 2:30 12/15 - The River of Water
DR11 -0.98 dB -14.43 dB 3:43 13/15 - A House Is Not a Motel
DR10 -0.43 dB -13.50 dB 3:04 14/15 - Crispy Duck
DR10 -2.55 dB -15.02 dB 3:45 15/15 - Closing Time
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 857 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Mark Deming
Anyone who encountered Yo La Tengo's first album, Ride the Tiger, upon its original release in 1986 can be forgiven if they didn't immediately recognize that the band would become one of the most consistently interesting American acts of the next 15 years. Yo La Tengo's debut is a decidedly modest affair, and Ira Kaplan often sounds as if he's still finding his feet as a singer and guitarist, though Dave Schramm does more than his share to take up the slack (in his liner essay for the 1993 reissue of Ride the Tiger, Kaplan went so far as to write that "Dave's guitar playing is inarguably the best thing about the record"). However, Kaplan already knew where he was going as a songwriter, as "The Cone of Silence," "The Forest Green," and "The Pain of Pain" make clear, and if the group's bracing blend of tuneful eclecticism and creatively applied noise was still gestating, Kaplan's lovely melodic sense and the haunting blend of his reedy tenor and Georgia Hubley's slightly fragile soprano marked Yo La Tengo as a band with real potential. Clint Conley made a rare post-Mission of Burma appearance on Ride the Tiger as producer (he also takes over from bassist Mike Lewis for three cuts), and he had the smarts not to impose a Vs.-style hard guitar sound on the band, instead making the most of the band's roomy jangle and giving the sound plenty of body when it needs it. Ride the Tiger is Yo La Tengo's juvenilia, and they'd create much stronger work a few years down the line, but on its own terms, it's an intelligent and engaging set, and any band that can cover the Kinks and Pete Seeger on the same album and make them both work must be doing something right.
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