Yo La Tengo / Painful
Artist Yo La Tengo
Album Title: Painful
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format CD
Released 10/05/1993
Label Matador Records
Catalog No OLE 069-2
Bar Code No 7 44861 00692 3
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Big Day Coming (7:05)
(Ira Kaplan)
2. From a Motel 6 (4:09)
(Ira Kaplan/Georgia Hubley-Ira Kaplan)
3. Double Dare (3:28)
(Ira Kaplan)
4. Superstar-Watcher (1:45)
(Ira Kaplan/Georgia Hubley-Ira Kaplan-James McNew)
5. Nowhere Near (6:03)
(Ira Kaplan/Georgia Hubley)
6. Sudden Organ (4:46)
(Ira Kaplan)
7. A Worrying Thing (2:54)
(Ira Kaplan)
8. I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long (5:07)
(Ira Kaplan/Georgia Hubley-Ira Kaplan-James McNew)
9. The Whole of the Law (2:20)
(Ira Kaplan/Peter Perrett)
10. Big Day Coming (4:15)
(Ira Kaplan)
11. I Heard You Looking (7:01)
(Ira Kaplan/Georgia Hubley-Ira Kaplan-James McNew)
Date Acquired 03/11/2010
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 10.99

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Notes

Recorded at Water Music.
Mixed at Electric Lady and Skyline.
Pre-production by Fred at Snack Time.
Mastered at Sterling.
Barcode on back cover is covered by a sticker barcode which appears to be identical to the printed/covered one.
©℗ 1993 MATADOR RECORDS 625 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10012
Artwork [Drawing] – Chris Knox
Engineer – Roger
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Performer – Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew
Photography By [Polaroids] – Georgia
Producer – Fred Brockman, Roger Moutenot
Written-By – Hubley (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 8, 11), Kaplan (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10, 11), McNew (tracks: 4, 8, 11)
Copyright (c) – Matador Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Matador Records
Recorded At – Water Music
Matrix / Runout: Y9444 LN OLE 069-2 01 M2S5 CI

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Analyzed: Yo La Tengo / Painful
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR09      -2.53 dB   -15.12 dB      7:05 01/11 - Big Day Coming
DR10      -0.00 dB   -11.71 dB      4:09 02/11 - From a Motel 6
DR10      -0.00 dB   -11.44 dB      3:29 03/11 - Double Dare
DR09      -4.94 dB   -17.46 dB      1:45 04/11 - Superstar-Watcher
DR11      -0.00 dB   -13.30 dB      6:04 05/11 - Nowhere Near
DR10      -0.00 dB   -11.49 dB      4:46 06/11 - Sudden Organ
DR11      -2.35 dB   -15.33 dB      2:54 07/11 - A Worrying Thing
DR10      -0.00 dB   -12.56 dB      5:07 08/11 - I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long
DR11      -6.85 dB   -20.81 dB      2:20 09/11 - The Whole of the Law
DR11      -0.00 dB   -12.42 dB      4:16 10/11 - Big Day Coming
DR11      -0.00 dB   -12.71 dB      7:02 11/11 - I Heard You Looking
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 840 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Yo La Tengo has released several fine albums before, but only Painful encapsulates their folky guitar experimentalism perfectly. Alternating between dreamy Velvet Underground-style ballads and raving, Sonic Youth guitar squalls, Painful also finds the group improving their songwriting skills immeasurably. Before, they relied on soundscapes; now, the sound fleshes out their songs, from the trance-like "Nowhere Near" to the dense "From a Motel 6" and the two versions of "Big Day Coming," which cover both ends of the spectrum. A subtly addicting album.
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