| Artist |
Yo La Tengo |
| Album Title: |
Today Is The Day! |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD Single |
| Released |
10/21/2003 |
| Label |
Matador Records |
| Catalog No |
OLE 581-2 |
| Bar Code No |
7 44861 05812 0 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Today Is The Day (4:29)
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| 2.
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Styles Of The Times (4:21)
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| 3.
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Outsmartener (2:59)
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| 4.
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Needle Of Death (3:20)
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| 5.
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Dr. Crash (2:40)
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| 6.
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Cherry Chapstick (5:33)
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| Date Acquired |
02/27/2014 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Discland (98th And 35W) |
| Purchase Price |
5.99 |
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Discogs Entry:
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Notes |
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
Tracks 1-3 recorded at Alex the Great and mixed at Shelter Island in 2002.
Track 4 recorded at Alex the Great in 1999 and mixed at All Mod Cons in 2003.
Track 5 recorded at Alex the Great and mixed at the Big House in 1999.
Track 6 recorded live on JJJ radio, Melbourne, Australia, in 2000.
©℗ 2003 Matador Records.
Made in USA.
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Performer – Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew
Photography By – Tom Cesario
Producer, Mixed By – Roger Moutenot (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
Recorded By – David Henry (tracks: 4, 5), Ryan Egan (tracks: 6)
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – X19393
Recorded At – Alex The Great
Mixed At – All Mod Cons
Mixed At – Shelter Island Sound
Mixed At – Big House
Barcode: 7 44861 05812 0
Matrix / Runout: wea mfg. OLYPHANT X19393 LN OLE 581-2 01 M1S1
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L902
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2U6D
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foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-03-01 07:09:37
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Analyzed: Yo La Tengo / Today Is the Day
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR06 -0.01 dB -7.31 dB 4:29 01/06 - Today Is the Day
DR07 -0.01 dB -8.25 dB 4:21 02/06 - Styles of the Times
DR06 -0.01 dB -7.22 dB 2:59 03/06 - Outsmartener
DR11 -0.01 dB -12.30 dB 3:20 04/06 - Needle of Death
DR08 -0.01 dB -9.17 dB 2:40 05/06 - Dr. Crash
DR14 -0.01 dB -15.77 dB 5:33 06/06 - Cherry Chapstick (acoustic)
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 756 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Mark Deming [-]
Yo La Tengo fans who were troubled with the often quiet and overly tidy surfaces of the band's 2003 album Summer Sun get a bit of a respite on the Today Is the Day EP, which opens with a remake of that album's song of the same name. While the original take of "Today Is the Day" was gloriously gentle and spare, this take features Yo La Tengo bashing away in noisy pop fashion in a way they haven't quite managed since I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One in 1997, and then following that up with the similarly amped-up "Styles of the Times" and the engagingly freaked-out and horn-enriched "Outsmarterer." In short, if you've been waiting for Yo La Tengo to rediscover the amps they used on "Mushroom Cloud of Hiss" or "Attack on Love," well, this isn't quite your dream disc but it's a step in the right direction. Of course, it wouldn't be YLT without dynamics, and they've also thrown in a few low-key numbers as well, including a cover of Bert Jansch's British folk chestnut "Needle of Death" and another recast of an older tune, taking the poppy "Cherry Chapstick" from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out and stripping it down to a slow and spare acoustic ballad. One of the reasons Yo La Tengo can get away with releasing a lot more EPs than the average band is that they tend to be consistently solid and offer up stuff that will please and intrigue the fans, and if Today Is the Day isn't a masterwork, it's solid work from one of America's best and most interesting bands, and that's reason enough to give it a listen.
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