Fakebook

by Yo La Tengo

Fakebook cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Bar/None
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:21
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Georgia Hubley, Dave Schramm, Al Greller

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Comprised primarily of acoustic covers and reworked original material, 'Fakebook' is a remarkably peaceful, mellow detour for Yo La Tengo. The trio embraces pastoral folk rock and jangle pop influences, delivering a deeply romantic, melancholic, and lethargic tribute to their favorite songwriters.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, gentle, cover, harmonies, stripped-down, folk, lo-fi, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Can't Forget (2:18)
  2. Griselda (2:02)
  3. Here Comes My Baby (2:33)
  4. Barnaby, Hardly Working (4:30)
  5. Yellow Sarong (1:44)
  6. You Tore Me Down (2:54)
  7. Emulsified (2:51)
  8. Speeding Motorcycle (3:24)
  9. Tried So Hard (2:20)
  10. The Summer (2:38)
  11. Oklahoma, U.S.A. (2:24)
  12. What Comes Next (3:21)
  13. The One to Cry (1:58)
  14. Andalucia (3:39)
  15. Did I Tell You (3:27)
  16. What Can I Say (2:10)

Credits

  • Yo La Tengo - primary artist
  • Georgia Hubley - cover, vocals [singing], drums, guitar, organ
  • Al Greller - double bass
  • Dave Schramm - guitar, steel guitar, organ
  • Ron McMaster - lacquer cut by
  • John Siket - photography by, recorded by
  • Gene Holder - producer, electric bass
  • Ira Kaplan - vocals [singing], acoustic guitar
  • The Pussywillows - vocals [singing]
  • Peter Stampfel - vocals [singing], fiddle

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