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I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (CD)

By: Yo La Tengo (Artist)

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DISC 1 for I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (CD) Album By Yo La Tengo (Artist)
1   Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind
2   Beanbag Chair
3   I Feel Like Going Home
4   Mr. Tough
5   Black Flowers
6   Race Is On Again, The
7   Room Got Heavy, The
8   Sometimes I Don't Get You
9   Daphnia
10   I Should Have Known Better
11   Watch Out For Me Ronnie
12   Weakest Part, The
13   Song For Mahila
14   Point And Shoot
15   Story Of Yo La Tengo, The
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "They begin and end the album with high-energy psychedelic guitar trances that break the ten-minute barrier without dragging for a second."
Rolling Stone (p.107) - Ranked #36 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "[T]his is the most effortlessly spectacular music Yo La Tengo have made in years."
Spin (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ira Kaplan's crew opts for diversity, flitting gracefully from ornery psychobilly to falsetto soul to twinkling folk rock."
Entertainment Weekly (p.72) - "[T]he palette's expanded; horn arrangements and lonely strings spike their familiar bass-drum-guitar-keyboard mix, and they even pull off some vintage R&B moves." -- Grade: A
Uncut (p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here are passages of gorgeous dreampop, splintering rock and space-drone, culminating in the epic 'The Story Of Yo La Tengo'..."
Alternative Press (p.190) - "Two freakouts neatly bookend some of the most winsome songs ever recorded by the trio. Clearly, Yo La Tengo aren't aging gracefully -- just abnormally well."
Magnet (p.110) - "Jubilant brass-backed jams rub shoulders with various staples of the YLT stable: heartrending harmonizers, jazz/pop parfaits and droning, palindromic bookends that never want to end..."
The Wire (p.64) - "Yo La Tengo know how to craft the classic pop song, but they're also keyed in to the world of jazz and rock improvisation, utilising both armouries with equal efficacy."
CMJ (p.43) - "Drummer Georgia Hubley's twee musings subsequently make the perfect complement to her husband/frontman Ira Kaplan's brown-acid, WHITE ALBUM lullabies."

Title Note

Yo La Tengo: Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew.

Additional personnel: Roger Moutenot (acoustic guitar); David Mansfield (violin); Garo Yellin (cello); Jim Hoke (saxophone); Steve Herrman (trumpet); Bill Huber (trombone).

Recording information: Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, New York (2006).

With 2006's cheekily titled I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS, the beloved indie-rock trio Yo La Tengo presents a dynamic set of songs that echo the band's past, while notably downplaying the soporific atmospherics of preceding discs (the lauded AND THEN NOTHING and SUMMER SUN). The New Jersey-based group opens with "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind," a feedback-drenched guitar workout anchored by pulsing, insistent rhythms, which is followed by the jaunty "Beanbag Chair," a charming pop ditty that percolates under Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley's breezy vocals. Other highlights of this eclectic record include the beautifully orchestral "Black Flowers" and "The Room Got Heavy," a quirky electro tune. Essentially a well-chosen crossroads for most of Yo La Tengo's various stylistic paths, I AM NOT AFRAID distills the ensemble's decades-long history into a willfully varied and always-engaging album.

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