Fakebook [LP]

by Yo La Tengo

Overview

Recommending Fakebook as the best place to begin a relationship with Yo La Tengo is slightly disingenuous, mainly because Yo La Tengo has never made another record like it, and perhaps never will. So, as completely wonderful as this record is, it's an accurate representation of one side of Yo La Tengo, and assuming that everything sounds like Fakebook might be disappointing. A collection of cover songs that lean toward the idiosyncratic (e.g., Peter Stampfel, Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair), Fakebook is warm, low-key, and lovely, with heartfelt singing and playing that never flags after hundreds of replays. It's impossible to imagine playing this record and not smiling and singing along. A big bonus is a great version of the Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down." ~ John Dougan

Product Details

Release Date:	05/13/2014
Label:	Andy Childs / Bar/None Records
UPC:	0032862002014
Rank:	28451

Tracks

1. Can't Forget
2. Griselda
3. Here Comes My Baby
4. Barnaby, Hardly Working
5. Yellow Sarong
6. You Tore Me Down
7. Emulsified
8. Speeding Motorcycle
9. Tried So Hard
10. The Summer
11. Oklahoma, U.S.A.
12. What Comes Next
13. The One To Cry
14. Andalucia
15. Did I Tell You
16. What Can I Say

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Yo La Tengo   Primary Artist
The Pussywillows   Guest Artist,Vocals
Gene Holder   Guest Artist,Bass (Electric)
Peter Stampfel   Guest Artist,Fiddle,Vocals
Ira Kaplan   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Dave Schramm   Organ,Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Georgia Hubley   Drums,Organ,Guitar,Vocals
Allan Greller   Double Bass

Technical Credits

Ira Kaplan   Composer
Flamin' Groovies   Composer
Gene Clark   Composer
Gene Holder   Producer
Cat Stevens   Composer
Joey Spampinato   Composer
John Cale   Composer
John Siket   Engineer,Photography
Ray Davies   Composer
The Scene Is Now   Composer
Georgia Hubley   Composer,Cover Design
Daniel Johnston   Composer
Rex Garvin   Composer
Antonia   Composer
Schlaks Weiss   Composer