Stuff Like That There (album)
Stuff Like That There is the fourteenth full-length album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released in August 2015 by record label Matador.[1]
| Stuff Like That There | ||||
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| Studio album by Yo La Tengo | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Brooklyn Recording, Kaleidoscope Sound and Water Music | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 45:41 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
| Yo La Tengo chronology | ||||
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Content
editOn this album, the band revisits the original concept of their 1990 album Fakebook with a mix of cover songs, "covers" of Yo La Tengo songs, and brand new originals.[2]
Reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| NME | 7/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone |  [8] |
| Vice (Expert Witness) | A[9] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Stuff Like That There received an average score of 74, based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] Reviewer Mark Deming of AllMusic commented that "If Stuff Like That There isn't as revelatory as Fakebook, it's a splendid, beguiling album that's perfectly suited for late nights and rainy afternoons, and a welcome reminder of one of the many, many things Yo La Tengo do so well."[4] In his review for The Guardian, Ben Thompson asked whether another Yo La Tengo covers record was really needed and concluded that "[t]he answer to that question appears to be yes."[5] NME reviewer Noel Gardner said that the band had "honed their approach to a point where they can't really sound like anyone except themselves", which he said was "key to the deep likeability" of the record.[6] Critic Stuart Berman of Pitchfork said that "taken as a whole, the record stands as a loving portrait of Yo La Tengo's vast musical and social universe condensed into a small wooden frame. And at a time when the full-album experience is giving way to the almighty playlist, Stuff Like That There handily reasserts Yo La Tengo's reputation as indie rock’s consummate curators."[7] Robert Christgau named it the second best album of 2015 in his ballot for The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll.[10]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Heart's Not In It" | Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman | 2:48 |
| 2. | "Rickety" | Yo La Tengo | 3:47 |
| 3. | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | Hank Williams | 2:52 |
| 4. | "All Your Secrets" | Yo La Tengo | 3:18 |
| 5. | "The Ballad of Red Buckets" | Yo La Tengo | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Friday I'm in Love" | Perry Bamonte, Boris Williams, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson | 3:11 |
| 7. | "Before We Stopped to Think" | Bill Bruner, Dave Green, Ron House, Matt Wyatt, Mark Wyatt | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Butchie's Tune" | Steve Boone | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Automatic Doom" | Dan Cuddy | 2:37 |
| 10. | "Awhileaway" | Yo La Tengo | 4:03 |
| 11. | "I Can Feel the Ice Melting" | George Clinton, Tamala Lewis | 2:36 |
| 12. | "Naples" | Tim Harris | 2:45 |
| 13. | "Deeper Into Movies" | Yo La Tengo | 5:09 |
| 14. | "Somebody's In Love" | Raymond Dancer, Lonnie Tolbert | 2:06 |
| Total length: | 45:41 | ||
Charts
edit| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 77 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 86 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] | 76 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[14] | 85 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[15] | 29 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[16] | 35 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 86 |
| US Billboard 200[18] | 96 |
References
edit- ^ "Essential Tracks: Yo La Tengo offers cover comforts - LA Times". Los Angeles Times. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Buy Stuff Like That There now from store.matadorrecords.com". Stuff Like That There by Yo La Tengo on store.matadorrecords.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Stuff Like That There". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Stuff Like That There - Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ a b Thompson, Ben (30 August 2015). "Yo La Tengo: Stuff Like That There – indie stalwarts stay sneakily wonderful". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b Gardner, Noel (12 August 2015). "NME Reviews - Yo La Tengo - 'Stuff Like That There'". NME. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ a b Berman, Stuart (31 August 2015). "Yo La Tengo: Stuff Like That There". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Hermes, Will (28 August 2015). "Yo La Tengo's New Album: Stuff Like That There". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (28 August 2015). "Yo La Tengo Made Their Loveliest Album Ever: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Ballots: Robert Christgau". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Yo La Tengo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
External links
edit- Stuff Like That There at Discogs (list of releases)