Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Japanese edition with 2 bonus tracks: Autumn Sweater (Kevin Seals [of My Bloody Valentine Mix] and Autumn Sweater (Mu-Ziq Remix).

Tracks:

Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop
Demons
Fog Over Frisco
Too Late
Hanky Panky Nohow
Something To Do
Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus
Up To You
Somebody's Baby
Walking Away From You
Artificial Heart
Cast A Shadow
I'm Set Free
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Some Kinda Fatigue
Speeding Motorcycle

Tracks:

Nutricia
Her Grandmother's Gift
From A Motel 6 #2
Gooseneck Problem
Surfin' With The Shah
Ecstasy Blues
Too Much, Part I
Blitzkrieg Bop
One Self: Fish Girl
Enough
Drum Solo
From A Motel 6 #1
Too Much, Part II
Sunsquashed

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Odds-and-ends compilations rarely feature a band's best work, but surely that's what makes them fun. There's a certain voyeuristic thrill in hearing all those weird B-sides, dusty outtakes, alternate versions, and obscure covers the band never thought to put on an album. But wait: Yo La Tengo are already weird and thoroughly alternative, and they've long made a practice of reworking other people's music. What, then, is new about Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo, the group's two-CD rarities collection? Well, the great thing about Yo La Tengo is that they sound new even when they're doing the same old thing. In an indie-rock genre that demands originality, Yo La Tengo have defiantly flirted with life as the coolest cover band in the world. Out of the attics and onto Genius + Love come renditions of songs by Wire, John Cale, Beat Happening, the Urinals, the Velvet Underground (whom YLT depicted in the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol), Daniel Johnston (with Johnston providing lead vocals over the phone), and the Ramones (an easy listening version of "Blitzkreig Bop"). In addition, the album features cuts from the band in all its moods and periods between 1988 and '95, from early dream-pop and Velvety dark minimalism to disciplined Sonic Youth guitar noise, plus an entire second disc of instrumentals. Thirty tracks in all, Genius + Love may be the first rarities collection to satisfy the needs of both obsessive completists and beginners looking for an accurate introduction to the group. --Roni Sarig

Album Details

Japanese edition with 2 bonus tracks: Autumn Sweater (Kevin Seals [of My Bloody Valentine Mix] and Autumn Sweater (Mu-Ziq Remix).

Customer Reviews:

Musicianship + Attitude = This Album.......2004-07-31

Delightful diversions from a band to which I've taken a special fondness. These outtakes convey the same introspective remoteness and sense of "attitude" indicative of the band's other works. I love the minimalist workings of the guitars, keys, and rhythm with just the right touch of noise. Listening to these two discs would make a long nighttime drive pass swiftly and pleasurably.
I'm certain any fan would enjoy this set.

Okay, but..........2001-06-04

This is an okay album, with some really good tracks, but it has the obvious problem that any collection of B-sides and outtakes has: outtakes are taken out for the simple reason that they're not strong enough for album release. Unfortunately, they're even weaker when they're taken out of the context of the other songs they were recorded with and jumbled together on an album by themselves.

I give it three stars simply because YLT outtakes are often still better than other artists' regular albums. Still, this is for fans and collectors only. Novices to YLT beware: you might get a completely wrong picture.

Don't overlook the instrumental disk.......1999-09-03

There's some great stuff on disk 2: "Nutricia" and "One Self: Fish Girl" are beautiful and "Blitzkrieg Bop" is the best muzak you'll ever hear.

beg borrow or steal this album.......1999-03-10

Yes, Yo La Tengo is the most underrated great band out there, and this collection of rarities and B-sides proves it. While the instrumental disk may challenge, the majority of disk one proves the luminary talent of the band. At times plaintive, playful, or just downright noisey, the music shines.

what? Disregard mistah Peter Kane, below; this rocks........1998-11-26

Ira Kaplan's love of feedback, and Yo La Tengo's love of other people's rock and roll songs, is one of the greatest things going for guitar-based music these days. Get this at all costs; it's what VU could have been, with more talent.

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Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
Manufacturer: Bmg Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000549PH
Release Date: 2000-10-25

Tracks:

Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop
Demons
Fog Over Frisco
Too Late
Hanky Panky Nohow
Something to Do
Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music from Venus
Up to You
Somebody's Baby
Walking Away from You
Artificial Heart
Cast a Shadow
I'm Set Free
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Some Kinda Fatigue
Speeding Motorcycle
Autumn Sweater [Kevin Shields Remix]

Tracks:

Nutricia
Her Grandmother's Gift
From a Motel 6, Pt. 2
Gooseneck Problem
Surfin' With the Shah
Ecstasy Blues
Too Much, Pt. 1
Blitzkrieg Bop
One Self: Fish Girl
Enough
Drum Solo
From a Motel 6, Pt. 1
Too Much, Pt. 2
Sunsquashed
Autumn Sweater [-Ziq Remix]

Album Details

Japanese edition with 2 bonus tracks: Autumn Sweater (Kevin Seals [of My Bloody Valentine Mix] and Autumn Sweater (Mu-Ziq Remix).

Average customer rating:

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