Painful (album)
Painful is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released in 1993 by record label Matador, their first for the label.
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| Released | October 5, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
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| Length | 48:36 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune | [3] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | A−[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| Mojo |  [6] |
| NME | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 9.6/10[8] |
| Q | [9] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[11] |
Content
The album marked a creative shift from Yo La Tengo's previous work, blending atmospheric and ambient sounds with their famous noise jams. Painful features a much more melody-driven Yo La Tengo in its hazy, dream-like songwriting.
Two versions of the track "Big Day Coming" are present on the album and display the range of musical stylings Yo La Tengo works with; the first version features a simple organ melody accompanied by a soft bass counterpoint and Kaplan's guitar feedback echoing in the background, while the second version is a much more straightforward, shoegaze style with an accompanying organ solo towards the latter part of the song.
Release
On 2 December 2014, the album was reissued with bonus material as Extra Painful, available on double CD, double vinyl and as a digital download.[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Big Day Coming" |
| Kaplan | 7:04 |
| 2. | "From a Motel 6" |
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| 4:08 |
| 3. | "Double Dare" |
| Kaplan | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Superstar-Watcher" |
| 1:42 | |
| 5. | "Nowhere Near" |
| Hubley | 6:01 |
| 6. | "Sudden Organ" |
| Kaplan | 4:42 |
| 7. | "A Worrying Thing" |
| Kaplan | 2:53 |
| 8. | "I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long" |
| Kaplan | 5:04 |
| 9. | "The Whole of the Law" |
| 2:19 | |
| 10. | "Big Day Coming" |
| Kaplan | 4:14 |
| 11. | "I Heard You Looking" |
| 7:01 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nowhere Near" (demo) | 7:14 |
| 2. | "From A Motel 6" (live acoustic) | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Tunnel Vision" (unreleased instrumental demo) | 1:43 |
| 4. | "Sudden Organ" (demo) | 7:35 |
| 5. | "Smart Window" (unreleased Painful session) | 3:16 |
| 6. | "Big Day Coming" (live acoustic) | 3:10 |
| 7. | "Slow Learner" (unreleased demo) | 6:38 |
| 8. | "Double Dare" (demo) | 3:24 |
| 9. | "A Worrying Thing" (demo) | 2:57 |
| 10. | "I Heard You Looking" (live) | 9:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Double Dare (Sominextraction)" (live, CBGB, 1/31/92) | 5:41 |
| 2. | "What She Wants" (live, House Of Music, West Orange) | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Ashes On The Ground" (live, SIR, 9/29/93)) | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Nutricia" (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman) | 5:04 |
| 5. | "For Shame Of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)" (live, House Of Music, West Orange) | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Superstar Watcher" (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman) | 1:45 |
| 7. | "Big Day Coming" (live, Reckless Records, 4/26/92) | 19:02 |
| 8. | "I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long" (live , SIR, 9/29/93) | 4:43 |
| 9. | "Shaker" (live, The Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 1/3/94) | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Artificial Heart" (live, Shank Hall, 5/11/93) | 2:39 |
| 11. | "Whole Of The Law Loops" (Painful Sessions, Water Music & James Apartment 1992) | 2:45 |
| 12. | "Nowhere Near" (live, Lounge Ax, Chicago 11/13/93) | 6:04 |
| 13. | "Sleeping Pill" (excerpt From "Ian Mackaye", Room Temperature, Brooklyn 2/20/93) | 2:12 |
| 14. | "Big Day Coming" (live, SIR, 9/29/93) | 3:45 |
| 15. | "Sudden Organ" (live, SIR, 9/29/93) | 7:04 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Shaker" | |
| 2. | "For Shame Of Doing Wrong" (8-Track Version - the CD single contained a different version which is on the download coupon) |
- Notes
- An exact reproduction of the original single Shaker 7" came with the vinyl edition.
- 15 additional bonus tracks were available for download
Personnel
- Georgia Hubley – drums, percussion, vocals, guitar, organ
- Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitar, organ, percussion
- James McNew – bass, vocals, guitar, percussion
References
- Ankeny, Jason. "Yo La Tengo – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- Deming, Mark. "Painful – Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- Kot, Greg (November 11, 1993). "Melody Lingers On". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- Christgau, Robert (2000). "Yo La Tengo: Painful". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- "Yo La Tengo: Painful". Entertainment Weekly. October 8, 1993. p. 54.
- Chick, Stevie (February 2015). "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Mojo. No. 255. p. 102.
- "Yo La Tengo: Painful". NME. November 6, 1993. p. 29.
- Berman, Stuart (December 2, 2014). "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Q. No. 342. January 2015. p. 139.
- Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Yo La Tengo". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 896–97. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Yo La Tengo". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 443–44. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- Cosloy, Gerard. "Yo La Tengo > Coming December 2 : Yo La Tengo's 'Extra Painful' 2XLP / 2XCD". Matador Records. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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