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- Date Released: January 1, 1990
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Bar/None Records
Rock band as rock fans: the ultimate indie statement.
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We Say...
In recent years, Yo La Tengo has spent its eight nights of Hanukkah onstage at Maxwell's, the venerable rock club in the band's native Hoboken. For fans of this long-running indie powerhouse, the shows offer an increasingly rare chance to catch the band in an intimate setting. The most memorable part of the concerts, however, is inevitably the set-list's liberal allotment of covers penned by Jewish artists — Jonathan Richman, Marc Bolan, even (gulp) Billy Joel. Yo La Tengo is certainly nobody's idea of a cover band, but their college DJ's enthusiasm for left-of-the-dial pop is insurmountable. Fakebook, a 1990 disc comprised predominantly of cover songs (Holy Modal Rounders, the Scene Is Now, NRBQ, the most definitely not-Jewish Cat Stevens) is perhaps the group's most charming album. This is rock band as rock fan — the ultimate indie statement.
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They Say...
Recommending Fakebook as the best place to begin a relationship with Yo La Tengo is slightly disingenuous, mainly because Yo La Tengo has never made another record like it, and perhaps never will. So, as completely wonderful as this record is, it's an accurate representation of one side of Yo La Tengo, and assuming that everything sounds like Fakebook might be disappointing. A collection of cover songs that lean toward the idiosyncratic (e.g., Peter Stampfel, Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair), Fakebook is warm, low-key, and lovely, with heartfelt singing and playing that never flags after hundreds of replays. It's impossible to imagine playing this record and not smiling and singing along. A big bonus is a great version of the Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down."
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Can't Forget |
2:18 |
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| 02. | |
Griselda |
2:02 |
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| 03. | |
Here Comes My Baby |
2:33 |
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| 04. | |
Barnaby, Hardly Working |
4:30 |
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| 05. | |
Yellow Sarong |
1:44 |
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| 06. | |
You Tore Me Down |
2:54 |
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| 07. | |
Emulsified |
2:51 |
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| 08. | |
Speeding Motorcycle |
3:24 |
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| 09. | |
Tried So Hard |
2:20 |
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| 10. | |
The Summer |
2:38 |
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Oklahoma, U.S.A. |
2:24 |
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| 12. | |
What Comes Next |
3:21 |
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| 13. | |
The One To Cry |
1:58 |
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| 14. | |
Andalucia |
3:39 |
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| 15. | |
Did I Tell You |
3:27 |
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| 16. | |
What Can I Say |
2:10 |
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16 Total Tracks, 44:13 Total Length
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Credits
- Peter Stampfel - Fiddle // Peter Stampfel - Vocals // Yo La Tengo - Main Performer // Allan Greller - Double Bass // Gene Holder - Bass (Electric) // Gene Holder - Producer // Georgia Hubley - Organ // Georgia Hubley - Guitar // Georgia Hubley - Drums // Georgia Hubley - Vocals // Georgia Hubley - Cover Design // Ira Kaplan - Guitar (Acoustic) // Ira Kaplan - Guitar // Ira Kaplan - Vocals // Dave Schramm - Organ // Dave Schramm - Guitar // Dave Schramm - Guitar (Steel) // John Siket - Engineer // John Siket - Photography // The Pussywillows - Vocals
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