President Yo La Tengo

by Yo La Tengo

President Yo La Tengo cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1989
  • Label: Coyote Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:45
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Georgia Hubley, John Baumgartner, Gene Holder, Stephan Wichnewski, Ira Kaplan

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pivotal album in their discography, 'President Yo La Tengo' is where the band's signature dynamic of balancing sweet melodies with abrasive noise truly came into focus. The record veers between gentle, jangly indie-pop and feedback-drenched noise rock workouts, establishing the contrasting poles that would define much of their career. It's a noisy, energetic, and endlessly charming record from a band hitting its stride.

Genres

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

Tracklist

  1. Barnaby, Hardly Working (4:28)
  2. Drug Test (4:02)
  3. The Evil That Men Do (Craig's Version) (2:37)
  4. Orange Song (3:20)
  5. Alyda (3:36)
  6. The Evil That Men Do (Pablo's Version) (10:30)
  7. I Threw It All Away (2:12)

Credits

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