New Wave Hot Dogs

by Yo La Tengo

New Wave Hot Dogs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Coyote Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:07
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Chris Stamey, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, Dave Rick, Stephan Wichnewski

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The second studio album from the Hoboken indie legends, 'New Wave Hot Dogs' saw the band begin to truly define their early sound. The record is a quintessential slice of 80s college rock, blending the chiming, nervous energy of jangle pop with a raw, lo-fi aesthetic and hints of post-punk tension. It's a bittersweet and melodic album that captures the band honing the foundational elements of their influential career.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, male-vocalist, lo-fi, jangly

Tracklist

  1. Clunk (3:27)
  2. Did I Tell You (3:25)
  3. House Fall Down (2:39)
  4. Lewis (2:25)
  5. Lost In Bessemer (1:18)
  6. It's Alright (The Way That You Live) (4:08)
  7. 3 Blocks From Groove St. (2:19)
  8. Let's Compromise (2:19)
  9. Serpentine (1:54)
  10. A Shy Dog (3:30)
  11. No Water (3:13)
  12. The Story Of Jazz (3:30)

Credits

  • Yo La Tengo - primary artist
  • Stephan Wichnewski - bass guitar
  • Scott Hull - lacquer cut by
  • Fred Alvarez - other [freddy]
  • Celso Roldan - other [truck]
  • Phil Milstein - typography [type], written-by
  • Chris Stamey - guitar
  • Lou Reed - written-by

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