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Painful | ||||
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Released | October 5, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
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Length | 48:36 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
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- Yo La Tengo is about as close as you will find to Ultra Vivid Scene and I would be shocked if they were not a big influence on Yo La Tengo. You could play Joy by UVS and the go right into Painful by YLT and I doubt most people would know they are different bands. Painful is one of those CDs you listen to from beginning to end.
- Listen to Painful on Spotify. Yo La Tengo Album 1993 11 songs.
- Listen free to Yo La Tengo – Painful (Big Day Coming, From a Motel 6 and more). 11 tracks (45:48). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
- Yo La Tengo released the album We Have Amnesia Sometimes earlier this year and have a new EP called Sleepless Night, which is primarily made up of covers. Joshua Minsoo Kim talked with James McNew on the phone on September 1st, 2020 to discuss his childhood, his time in Christmas, and the things he’s learned from playing cover songs.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | A−[4] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
Mojo | [6] |
NME | 8/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 9.6/10[8] |
Q | [9] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[11] |
Painful is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released in 1993 by record label Matador, their first for the label.
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out received positive reviews from music critics.AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares felt that the album 'isn't as immediate as some of the group's earlier work, but it's just as enduring, proving that Yo La Tengo is the perfect band to grow old with'. The album appeared at number 8 in The Village Voice ' s Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 2000.
Content[edit]
The album marked a creative shift from Yo La Tengo's previous work, blending atmospheric and ambient sounds with their famous noise jams. Painful features a much more melody-driven Yo La Tengo in its hazy, dream-like songwriting.
Two versions of the track 'Big Day Coming' are present on the album and display the range of musical stylings Yo La Tengo works with; the first version features a simple organ melody accompanied by a soft bass counterpoint and Kaplan's guitar feedback echoing in the background, while the second version is a much more straightforward, shoegaze style with an accompanying organ solo towards the latter part of the song.
Release[edit]
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On 2 December 2014, the album was reissued with bonus material as Extra Painful, available on double CD, double vinyl and as a digital download.[12]
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
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1. | 'Big Day Coming' | Kaplan | 7:04 | |
2. | 'From a Motel 6' |
| 4:08 | |
3. | 'Double Dare' |
| Kaplan | 3:28 |
4. | 'Superstar-Watcher' | 1:42 | ||
5. | 'Nowhere Near' |
| Hubley | 6:01 |
6. | 'Sudden Organ' | Kaplan | 4:42 | |
7. | 'A Worrying Thing' |
| Kaplan | 2:53 |
8. | 'I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long' | Kaplan | 5:04 | |
9. | 'The Whole of the Law' | 2:19 | ||
10. | 'Big Day Coming' |
| Kaplan | 4:14 |
11. | 'I Heard You Looking' | 7:01 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Nowhere Near' (demo) | 7:14 |
2. | 'From A Motel 6' (live acoustic) | 3:44 |
3. | 'Tunnel Vision' (unreleased instrumental demo) | 1:43 |
4. | 'Sudden Organ' (demo) | 7:35 |
5. | 'Smart Window' (unreleased Painful session) | 3:16 |
6. | 'Big Day Coming' (live acoustic) | 3:10 |
7. | 'Slow Learner' (unreleased demo) | 6:38 |
8. | 'Double Dare' (demo) | 3:24 |
9. | 'A Worrying Thing' (demo) | 2:57 |
10. | 'I Heard You Looking' (live) | 9:17 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Double Dare (Sominextraction)' (live, CBGB, 1/31/92) | 5:41 |
2. | 'What She Wants' (live, House Of Music, West Orange) | 2:54 |
3. | 'Ashes On The Ground' (live, SIR, 9/29/93)) | 5:14 |
4. | 'Nutricia' (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman) | 5:04 |
5. | 'For Shame Of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)' (live, House Of Music, West Orange) | 4:37 |
6. | 'Superstar Watcher' (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman) | 1:45 |
7. | 'Big Day Coming' (live, Reckless Records, 4/26/92) | 19:02 |
8. | 'I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long' (live , SIR, 9/29/93) | 4:43 |
9. | 'Shaker' (live, The Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 1/3/94) | 3:07 |
10. | 'Artificial Heart' (live, Shank Hall, 5/11/93) | 2:39 |
11. | 'Whole Of The Law Loops' (Painful Sessions, Water Music & James Apartment 1992) | 2:45 |
12. | 'Nowhere Near' (live, Lounge Ax, Chicago 11/13/93) | 6:04 |
13. | 'Sleeping Pill' (excerpt From 'Ian Mackaye', Room Temperature, Brooklyn 2/20/93) | 2:12 |
14. | 'Big Day Coming' (live, SIR, 9/29/93) | 3:45 |
15. | 'Sudden Organ' (live, SIR, 9/29/93) | 7:04 |
Yo La Tengo Wiki
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Shaker' | |
2. | 'For Shame Of Doing Wrong' (8-Track Version - the CD single contained a differentversion which is on the download coupon) |
- Notes
Yo La Tengo - Wikipedia
- An exact reproduction of the original single Shaker 7' came with the vinyl edition.
- 15 additional bonus tracks were available for download
Personnel[edit]
- Georgia Hubley – drums, percussion, vocals, guitar, organ
- Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitar, organ, percussion
- James McNew – bass, vocals, guitar, percussion
References[edit]
Painful By Yo La Tengo (Album, Indie Rock): Reviews, Ratings ...
- ^Ankeny, Jason. 'Yo La Tengo – Biography'. AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^Deming, Mark. 'Painful – Yo La Tengo'. AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^Kot, Greg (November 11, 1993). 'Melody Lingers On'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ^Christgau, Robert (2000). 'Yo La Tengo: Painful'. Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN0-312-24560-2. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^'Yo La Tengo: Painful'. Entertainment Weekly. October 8, 1993. p. 54.
- ^Chick, Stevie (February 2015). 'Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful'. Mojo. No. 255. p. 102.
- ^'Yo La Tengo: Painful'. NME. November 6, 1993. p. 29.
- ^Berman, Stuart (December 2, 2014). 'Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful'. Pitchfork. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^'Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful'. Q. No. 342. January 2015. p. 139.
- ^Sheffield, Rob (2004). 'Yo La Tengo'. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 896–97. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
- ^Sheffield, Rob (1995). 'Yo La Tengo'. In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 443–44. ISBN0-679-75574-8.
- ^Cosloy, Gerard. 'Yo La Tengo > Coming December 2 : Yo La Tengo's 'Extra Painful' 2XLP / 2XCD'. Matador Records. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Painful at Discogs (list of releases)
Yo La Tengo Extra Painful
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