| Artist |
Yo La Tengo |
| Album Title: |
Popular Songs |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl 120 gm (2) |
| Released |
09/08/2009 |
| Label |
Matador |
| Catalog No |
OLE 856-1 |
| Bar Code No |
7 44861 08561 4 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Popular Songs (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Here To Fall (5:44)
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| A2.
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Avalon Or Someone Very Similar (3:17)
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| A3.
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By Two's (4:28)
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| A4.
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Nothing To Hide (2:46)
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| B1.
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Periodically Double Or Triple (3:53)
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| B2.
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If It's True (2:39)
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| B3.
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I'm On My Way (4:35)
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| B4.
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When It's Dark (3:54)
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| B5.
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All Your Secrets (4:26)
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| Popular Songs (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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More Stars Than There Are In Heaven (9:37)
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| A2.
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The Fireside (11:22)
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| B1.
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And The Glitter Is Gone (15:51)
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| Date Acquired |
02/24/2018 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
15.28 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Recorded in Hoboken USA.
Additional recording at Haptown in Nashville.
Mixed at Blackbird in Nashville.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
String arrangements recorded at IHOF in Nashville.
Published by Roshashauna Music/Excellent Classical Songs (BMI)
Pressed on 120 gram vinyl.
℗ © 2009 Matador Records
Arranged By [Strings] – Richard Evans
Artwork – Dario Robleto
Cello – John Catchings
Clarinet – Doug Wieselman
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Mark Petaccia
Producer – Roger Moutenot
Recorded By [Assisted By] – Jim Rock
Recorded By [String Arrangements] – John Mark Painter
Viola – Kristin Wilkinson, Monisa Angell
Violin – David Angell, Pamela Sixfin
Written-By – Yo La Tengo
Recorded At – Haptown Studio
Mixed At – Blackbird Studio
Recorded At – IHOF Studio
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Published By – Roshashauna Music
Published By – Excellent Classical Songs
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout: (A Side runout, stamped):OLE-856-0 137631E1/A
Matrix / Runout: (B Side runout, stamped):OLE-856-0 137631E2/A
Matrix / Runout: (C Side runout, stamped):OLE-856-0 137631E3/A
Matrix / Runout: (D Side runout, stamped):OLE-856-0 137631E4/A
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Mark Deming
Whether or not Yo La Tengo are being tongue in cheek with the title of their 14th album, Popular Songs does find Hoboken's finest embracing pop song structures with a renewed degree of enthusiasm -- this isn't quite the Yo La Tengo "loaded with hits" album, but for a band that's shown an increasing willingness to explore the outer limits of its music in the studio, Popular Songs features nine tunes you can hum along with and sometimes even dance to. Those who got high marks in math will notice that Popular Songs has 12 selections, and as befits a band that covered George McCrae's "You Can Have It All," on the second half of this set YLT take the opportunity to stretch out and invite the spirit for a while -- the total time of the first nine tracks on Popular Songs is roughly the same as the last three, which should tell you something about the album's dual nature. "Periodically Double or Triple" and "If It's True" in the first half are two of the most user-friendly songs this band has recorded in quite some time, the former a playfully funky R&B number with a killer bassline and the latter a slice of sweet uptown soul complete with a Hammond B-3 and a polished string section, while "I'm on My Way" and "All Your Secrets" are low-key but beautifully crafted examples of smart pop for grownups that won't insult your intelligence or your imagination. If "By Two's" and "Here to Fall" reflect YLT's trippier inclinations, the melodies give them a firmer backbone than many of their previous gestures in this direction, and "Nothing to Hide" is a bracing and joyous dose of rock & roll. The first half of the album is smart enough and strong enough that the final three cuts almost seem like a letdown; "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" is lovely, but sounds like a rehash of the ideas the band worked out so well on And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, and the minimalist acoustic guitar textures of "The Fireside" are almost too fragile to support its 11-minute length. Popular Songs closes with the usual Ira Kaplan guitar freakout; "And the Glitter Is Gone" is a fine plunge into the valley of skronk, with Georgia Hubley and James McNew bashing away with equal fervor and giving this album a typical but rousing finale. But as fine as those nearly 16 minutes of controlled chaos are, it's the first half of Popular Songs that you're more likely to come back to, where by thinking in a small space Yo La Tengo have challenged themselves a bit and beautifully risen to the occasion.
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