Yo La Tengo  |  Barcode: 032862002014

Fakebook (Vinyl)

$2198


2014 reissue of the 1990 original on 180-gram vinyl. "Fakebook" is unlike any other Yo La Tengo venture, and this is both a good and a bad thing. It is a good thing, because it's a cover album of songs that don't get old after a hundred replays. It is bad because it isn't the best indicator of Yo La Tengo's songwriting abilities-seeing as how it is entirely cover songs. These songs, idiosyncratic pieces by Peter Stampfel, Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair, and others, are warm and sweet, and this rendition of them tugs especially hard on those heartstrings. It's virtually impossible to imagine listening to this record and not smilingly singing along. And if that isn't enough reason to get it, there's the bonus of a smooth version of the Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down." Give it a listen now!

Track List

  1. Can't Forget
  2. Griselda
  3. Here Comes My Baby
  4. Barnaby Hardly Working
  5. Yellow Sarong
  6. You Tore Me Down
  7. Emulsified
  8. Speeding Motorcycle
  9. Tried So Hard
  10. The Summer
  11. Oklahoma U.S.A
  12. What Comes Next
  13. The One to Cry
  14. Andalucia
  15. Did I Tell You
  16. What Can I Say

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