And Then Nothing Turned...

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 2000
Yo La Tengo's most consistently brilliant record is also their quietest, as husband and wife Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley turn the volume down while exploring decidedly grown-up relationship themes. It's definitely not the shoe-gazer-tinged barrage of guitars they've supplied in the past, but the silences here speak louder than an amplified guitar ever could. --Matthew Cooke --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Amazon.com
Yo La Tengo's 11th album is a relentlessly satisfying, slyly low-key affair with shimmery organs, muted soft-brush drumming, loping bass lines, casually strummed guitars, and interlocking rounds of hushed vocal harmonies. Yes, this is Yo La Tengo we're talking about, a band that formerly rivaled the Dream Syndicate in feedback squall--tastes of which do appear on the uptempo "Cherry Chapstick." Nothing is the most the trio--Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew--have explored their... read more --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Album Description
Full title - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out. Tenth album from American indie act. Digipak. 2000 release. Matador Records. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

And Then Nothing Turned...

Tracks:

Everyday
Our Way To Fall
Saturday
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Last Days Of Disco
The Crying Of Lot G
You Can Have It All
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Cherry Chapstick
From Black To Blue
Madeline
Tired Hippo
Night Falls On Hoboken

Amazon.com's Best of 2000

Yo La Tengo's most consistently brilliant record is also their quietest, as husband and wife Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley turn the volume down while exploring decidedly grown-up relationship themes. It's definitely not the shoe-gazer-tinged barrage of guitars they've supplied in the past, but the silences here speak louder than an amplified guitar ever could. --Matthew Cooke

Amazon.com

Yo La Tengo's 11th album is a relentlessly satisfying, slyly low-key affair with shimmery organs, muted soft-brush drumming, loping bass lines, casually strummed guitars, and interlocking rounds of hushed vocal harmonies. Yes, this is Yo La Tengo we're talking about, a band that formerly rivaled the Dream Syndicate in feedback squall--tastes of which do appear on the uptempo "Cherry Chapstick." Nothing is the most the trio--Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew--have explored their interests in atmosphere, drone, and minimalist song structure since a handful of '90s club dates under the name Sleeping Pill. So, the consistently subdued tone is not without precedent, and any YLT fan knows that they have steadily evolved and reshaped their sound since forming in 1984. But what is remarkable about Nothing (aside from its erudite genre-mixing and USDA-choice melodies) is that it's consistent; this is the group's most coherent, thematically linked CD since 1990's Fakebook. As further cement, it has never been easier to decipher what husband and wife Ira and Georgia are singing about: their love for each other, from flirtatious first encounters to the arduous task of surviving skirmishes. Subtle and surprising--the singing alone is to die for--the record squirms away from whichever genre trap one attempts to fashion for it. Just call it indie rock for grownups, turn it up real loud, and get lost. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Full title - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out. Tenth album from American indie act. Digipak. 2000 release. Matador Records.

Customer Reviews:

17:41.......2007-06-20

This is my first (and to date only) Yo La Tengo album. I like it quite a bit. It does have that "indie rock" feel which I dislike intensely, but here it works in a very mellow, gentle, tranquil mood. All the songs here are very meditative, except for Cherry Chapstick. Cherry is one of my favorite songs here, reminding me of The Velvet Underground's I Heard Her Call My Name and Sister Ray and their noise quotient. Madeline has a really nice, Duane Eddy type of guitar intro, but the final song, Night Falls on Hoboken, is a masterpiece. I bought the album because of it (I'm a sucker for a long song, especially one clocking in at 17:41), and the song didn't disappoint. It's really a remarakble song that reminds me of some of Metheny's work (especially Beyond the Missouri Sky). The other songs on the album are pleasant enough, even though some of their titles are a little too Gen X for me (The Crying of Lot G and Let's Save Tony Orlando's House (a Simpsons reference) for example). But overall, it's worth shoveling out the $$$ for. The title is nice, too.

Press Play, and sit on your porch..........2006-11-30

Employing a 'less is more' approach, Yo La Tengo, on this album, have managed to create what is actually a very dense and re-listenable record that succeeds in setting a mood, and delivering a entirely satisfying listening experience.

'Everyday' is a perfect opening track, and a ready rival to any other I've heard. It sneaks in with a gentle beat and warm organ drone that sounds like the buzzing of a mosquito catcher. A murky walking bass line supports beautiful hushed vocals and random creepy noises. And the opening line confesses `I want summer sad songs...behind me'.

It sets the scene for a perfect 'porch at dusk' album. A hot, humid day. A comfortable chair, an interesting view, a cool drink, and a perfect end to the day. The tracks for the most part are gentle, warm, affectionate numbers that bend around beautiful melodies, idiosyncratic drumming and gorgeous drone/noise elements.

Many seem to prefer Yo La Tengo's more aggressive, feedback drenched material, and though that stuff has its merits (and I myself am quite a fan), it feels like the band are very at home on this album. That comfort gives the album a real personal feel. The intimacy is only further emphasised by the personal lyrics, mostly exploring Ira and Georgia's marriage. The album never seems sentimental though, held up and kept vital by the fact that the lyrics deal just as much with the problems that a relationships brings, as the benefits its provides. It is this candid, realistic approach that gives the album its confidence. It is never pretentious and never fantastical. It's an honest and settled collection of gorgeously played numbers.

`Cherry Chapstick' provides the only kick in the pants with a Sonic Youth styled rocker reminiscent of the bands earlier material. `Let's Save Tony Orlando's House' is a slightly more upbeat track, smacking of Stereolab but always retaining Yo La Tengo's strong sense of rhythm, melody and downright cool. `You Can Have It All' also lifts the pace a little, propelling itself via some bouncy `ba ba' backing vocals.

But it's the more textured and restrained numbers that give the real long term satisfaction and lift the record out of `good indie rock/pop', and plant it deeply in its own comfortable world. `Last Days Of Disco' is truly heart warming in its account of awkward love. Immediately following is an equally compelling encounter of a marriage going through tough times. Ira talks about how they fight but pleads with his wife `All that I ask is you stop and remember. It isn't always this way'.

The number of perfectly emoted lyrical moments and gentle melodic flourishes are too numerous to mention. When the closing `Night Falls On Hoboken' cruises out of its initial verse/chorus/verse/chorus, and into the extended and utterly sublime acoustic psychedelica that fills the album's final 10 minutes or so, you'll find yourself completely calm, and cosy. Anyone who finds fault in the way this final track slowly floats through 10 minutes of blissful but restrained instrumental perfection is clearly lost on the subtlety of this masterful album from the start. The closing track brings with it a perfect period for reflection.

You know those albums where, when the closing track finishes, you end up sitting there in silence for a couple a minutes just admiring and appreciating what has just gone before? Well `Night Falls' provides that moment in song. So sit back in that comfy chair, wipe that sweat from your brow, listen the `zap' of another mosquito biting the dust, take a sip of your ice cold beverage, watch the world go by, and let Yo La Tengo tell you a little secret or two.

Lets try SIX stars!!!.......2006-10-02

Dear world,
What can I say to a 91 person review @ 4.75 stars, that hasn't already been said. Super sonic, very well done. Pulls out any mood like a dog sled in the snows of antiquity.
FJE

Very Nice.......2006-03-10

this album is so zen. i first fell in love with it while falling asleep listening to it. i could practically feel my heart beating with the repetitious rhythms of the songs. the intriguing whispers sent warm chills through me. this album is perfect for relaxing and looking at everything in retrospect.

one of the first............2005-07-09

Honestly, this album was on of the first I Listened to by Yo La Tengo. Without a doubt they have proven themselves too be a excellent band, up there with my favorites. If you like good music, especially downtempo, blissed out guitars and warm vocals, then this album is for you. Definetly listen to "Night Falls on Hoboken". As I delve further into the Yo La Tengo records I find that this record, one of the first I heard has brought me an understanding of this band, and their music, that I would have possibly not received so quickly.

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

Average customer rating:

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Yo La Tengo
Manufacturer: Matador Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00006FI70
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

Everyday
Our Way to Fall
Saturday
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Last Days of Disco
Crying of Lot G
You Can Have It All
Tears Are in Your Eyes
Cherry Chapstick
From Black to Blue
Madeline
Tired Hippo [Instrumental]
Night Falls on Hoboken

Tracks:

Danelectro 3 [Instrumental]
Danelectro 2 [Instrumental]
Danelectro 1 [Q-Unique Remix][Instrumental]
Danelectro 3 [Kit Clayton Remix][Instrumental]
Danelectro 1 [Instrumental]
Danelectro 2 [Takemura Remix][Instrumental]
Ready-Mades
You Can Have It All [Sonic Boom Remix][Instrumental]

Album Description

Featuring their terrific 2000 album plus 8 tracks on disc two from their Danelectro EP 'Danelectro 3', 'Danelectro 2', 'Danelectro 1' (Q-Unique remix), 'Danelectro 3' (Kit Clayton Remix), 'Danelectro 1', 'Danelectro 2' (Nobukazu Takemura Mix), 'Ready-Mades' & 'You Can Have It All' (Sonic Boom Remix). The standard digipak and slimline jewel case are housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Album Details

Limited Double CD Release featuring a Bonus CD with Eight Additional Tracks.

Average customer rating:

let's embrace the NOTHING of the EVERYDAY
sumptuous in structure. a magnum opus
timeless
The best so far
Rock Out and Relax

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Yo La Tengo
Manufacturer: Matador Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music

American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004TKHN
Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

Everyday
Our Way To Fall
Saturday
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Last Days Of Disco
The Crying of Lot G
You Can Have It All
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Cherry Chapstick
From Black to Blue
Madeline
Tired Hippo
Night Falls on Hoboken

Tracks:

From A Motel 6
Tom Courtenay
Autumn Sweater
Little Honda
Sugarcube
Big Day Coming
Blue Line Swinger

Customer Reviews:

let's embrace the NOTHING of the EVERYDAY.......2001-07-09

after 3 years, YO LA TENGO has created an album which is quite flawless. With it's droning \ meditative 1st track 'everyday', we are asked to "embrace the nothing of the everyday" ... although this lyric is simple - it says so much about today's society - what is it exactly that we are trying to attain in life {and more importantly: are we trying too hard for the wrong things??} ... The song 'our way to fall' is beautiful with Georgia's slight brushing drum work + Ira's subtle voice, half-whispering - as if recalling a memory from many years past.

'saturday' opens with a clock-like tick which skatters itself randomly throughout, while an off-key piano chord adds to the songs "theme" : a group of people sitting in a room who are in a state of mind each their own. {{{"i was engrossed in the film \ without really watching \\ ... w h e r r rr r r e 'd my m i i in n d go ? out of t u u u u u u u n n e ...

Meanwhile, the listener ironically finds themeself in a similar state.

The songs that follow fit together like chapters in a book ...

'let's save tony orlando"s house' is slightly [darkly] comical with lyrics like : people with yellow ribbons sing + clap on 1,2,3 \ watch him burn \ he's falling to his knees \ he never fails to please \ we're sorry to inform you \ tony orlando \ has been postponed ... all the while, Georgia sings backed by a "cheery" organ and catchy beat - as if we're listening to a pop song about a grand event . when in reality, Tony Orlando's house is burning to the ground.

'you can have it all' may throw off the listener because of its bizarre opening with Ira using his voice to create qwerky textures and rythms. esentially: this song + the guitar freak-out 'cherry chapstick' set themselves apart from the comfortable, oddly familiar ground set by the rest of the songs in the album. 'from black to blue' + 'tired hippo' pave the way for the 17-minute 'night falls on hoboken' . . . starting out with a block of lyrics: lonely tree \ the sun is down ... \ come on one night sleep peacefully \ come on let's leave our misery \ and crawl toward where we wanna be ... it's an appropriate ending to an album which feels like a phenomenal book finished for the first time - it recalls the subtle enjoyments of everyday life ... The moments which are so often overlooked by many - The bits + pieces which make the days worth remembering and the nights worth anticipating [what will follow.]

>> "Let's embrace the NOTHING of the EVERYDAY" < < it's the best we can do.

sumptuous in structure. a magnum opus.......2001-05-17

I attended an excenllent Yo La Tengo concert in Toronto lately, during which many songs from "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-out" were played. One of the things that fascinated me was the composition of the people that attended the concert. Many YLT fans attended the concert were also noticeably fans of artists such as Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney and My Bloody Valentine etc. I know this because of the scattered chit-chats I had with various people before and during the concert (I have also spotted a few Sonic Youth Washing Machine T-shirts). Also at the concert were the neo-hippies high school kids and college undergrads. There were also some boomers, the very simliar type of people that you'd usuaully meet at a Bob Dylan or Lou Reed concerts. I think the mixture of Yo La Tengo's fanbase says a lot about the band's music. There are many bands that are similar in someway to the aforementioned artists, but only Yo La Tengo can successfully gather all sorts of musical influences and create a highly original yet comfortably familiar sound. A strangely infectious art form. I like most of Yo La Tengo's albums, "And Then" is among their best achievements and it's probably one of my favorite albums. From cover art to composition, from lyrics to arrangements...A true magnum opus in every way. The songs on the disc are complex in structure and rich in emotions. Songs such as "Everyday", "Last Days of Discos" and "Tears Are In Your Eyes" easily bring tears to one's eyes. It's amazing how YLT can make the simplest words into moving and memorable music. In "Last Days of Disco", Ira croons softly "the songs said 'Don't be lonely', it makes me lonely, I hear it and I'm lonely more and more." So simplistic. Without knowing the song, the lyric looks retardedly common. But once you hear them through YLT, the same words sound chilling and extremely rich in suggestions. Songs such as "You Can Have It All" and "Cherry Chapstick" are like sonic catharsis that purifies the listeners' emotions. I would highly recommend this album to anyone who likes real music.

timeless.......2001-01-16

upon my initial listening, i was rather disappointed by the lack of catchy tunes (and the virtual absence of sonic noise). but more and more, and i've been listening to this album faithfully for nearly a year now, antiiso is, in my estimation, one of the greatest achievements in music in the past ten years. one can appreciate this album for the depth of the lyricism, both musically and verbally. there are sounds in here that are so gentle, so stunningly subtle that they defy characterization. take the low-key (and lo-fi) opening track "everyday." there are crackles and worbles (for a lack of a better anamonopoeia), scrapes and buzzes. it's amazing what imagination and a boxful of old stompboxes can really do in the absence of a total onslaught of noise. and the second track, "our way to fall," begins with georgia's gentle brushing: it's the sound of a slow march... we're on our way to fall in love, it goes. there are also lines like "and the song said 'let's be happy'... it made me happy" over a delicate stream of slide guitar and a polyvalent drumming. and georgia demonstrates that one can hit many beats without raising one's decibles. and james? he's solid as ever: minimal and ever musical. and ira?... it isn't until "cherry chapstick" that he unleashes his infamous guitar attack (along with georgia's own formidable wailing). but it's easy to forget the prodigious amount of quiet guitar sounds of the previous 30 minutes: from the aforementioned scrapes on the opening track to the ethereal ebow leadwork on "tears."

then, there's the masterpiece: a seventeen minute mini-opus. what else can we call it? it's five minutes of a beautiful ballad and 12 minutes of unclassifiable sustained sounds: the acoustic guitar howls with controlled feedback while georgia eases into a comfortable, simple groove, complimented by james. then as the squeals and squaks echo, the opus turns into a rhythmic seance, complete with flanging and other "unclassifiable' oddities. simply: it is stunning.

this album has been an old comfortable friend to me for the past year: a soundtrack and a wise sage, a gentle reminder of loss and love, the color gray.

thanks georgia, james and ira.

The best so far.......2000-06-24

I love Yo La Tengo with all my heart and I think that this is their best album yet. Maybe it is just because I am so excited about it at the moment......cause all their stuff is good, so please buy it all......but it really IS beautiful. It should be listened to at nighttime! Around 9:45 at night....under the stars! With strawberry icecream! It is perfect! Please buy it, it will make you happy............ WHen you get it, please listen to Cherry Chaptstick, Saturday, Everyday.....well listen to the whole thing, but repeat those for me:-)

Rock Out and Relax.......2000-06-13

This is perhaps the best Yo La Tengo album I have heard (although it is difficult to say, as all of their music is amazing). There are quite a few of their melodic slow/sad tunes, as well as some more rockin' songs. As usual, I was amazed by the combination of a compelling rhythm and surf-sounding guitar. If you like Yo La Tengo, or if you just like music that really makes you *feel* something, you should definitely get this album. Five stars isn't enough!