01. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
02. Painful
03. And then Nothing Turned Itself inside Out
04. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
05. Fakebook

These are the five most essential YLT albums.

Thanks for the recommendations guys i will go and check those albums out.

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Originally posted by BContrat:
01. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
02. Painful
03. And then Nothing Turned Itself inside Out
04. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
05. Fakebook

These are the five most essential YLT albums.

I'd put Electr-o-Pura over Beat Your Ass and Fakebook. It has some great tunes on it, including YLT's best song, "Tom Courtenay".

I am listening to that song...right...now. That's creepy. Obviously, I don't agree (since I just posted my top 5), but Electr-o-pura is a good album. Not that YLT has made any "bad" albums.

I was just listening to the "My Recommendations" over at last.fm. Some of it was laughable (Steve Miller? Give me a break . . . skip), but then suddenly I hear this voice that I've heard before but in a different context. "Stockholm Syndrome" from I Can Hear the Heart Beating is one of my top ten favorite YLT songs, but it's sung by James McNew. Well this particular track sounded a lot like that. With good reason. It's by McNew's side project DUMP. I've never heard of nor heard DUMP. So I clicked on the album icon and listened to 30 second snippets of the entire album, A Grown-Ass Man from 2003. Me likey. I'm going to have to track that down.

Stockholm Syndrome is one of the greatest love songs I've heard. Melts my heart every time when the chorus comes on :

"No, don't warn me I know it's wrong
But I swear it won't take long
And I know, you know it makes me sigh
I do believe in love"

Okay here goes, top 25 YLT songs (no covers please double check me on this, because they do tend to cover obscure songs):

25. "Center of Gravity" - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One [ICHTHBAO]
24. "Big Day Coming" - Painful [P]
23. "Decora" - Electr-O-Pura [EOP]
22. "(Thin) Blue Line Swinger" - Camp Yo La Tengo EP [CYLT]
21. "Tears Are In Your Eyes" - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out [ATNTIIO]
20. "Mushroom Cloud of Hiss" - May I Sing With Me
19. "Moby Octopad" - ICHTHBAO
18. "Mr. Tough" - I Am Not Afraid of You And I Will Beat Your Ass [IANAOYAIWBYA]
17. "Something To Do" - Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo [G+L=YLT]
16. "Clunk" - New Wave Hot Dogs [NWHD]
15. "A Worrying Thing" - P
14. "Center of Gravity" - ICHTHBAO
13. "Madeline" - ATNTIIO
12. "Alyda" - President Yo La Tengo
11. "Pablo and Andrea" - Electr-O-Pura [EOP]
10. "The Race is On Again" - IANAOYAIWBYA
09. "Demons" - G+L=YLT
08. "Tom Courtenay" - EOP
07. "You Can Have It All" - ATNTIIO
06. "From a Motel 6" - P
05. "The Cone of Silince" - Ride the Tiger
04. "Stockholm Syndrome" - ICHTHBAO
03. "Upside-Down (One More Time)" - Upside-Down EP
02. "Season of the Shark" - Summer Sun
01. "Tom Courtenay" (Acoustic Version, Georgia sings) - CYLT

EDIT: It was pointed out that "My Little World" is indeed a cover, so I had to delete it.

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Two of my favorite YLT songs which failed to make your list are "Cherry Chapstick" and "Sugarcube".

I do agree that "Tom Courtenay" is their best song, however I prefer the original to the Georgia version.

What's your favorite YLT cover? I think most people would say "Little Honda", but I dig their cover of Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby".

Pretty solid list MaxJack; as for favorite covers, I have to go with the obvious one, “My Little Corner of the World.”

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What's your favorite YLT cover? I think most people would say "Little Honda", but I dig their cover of Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby".

I meant to say: "Coming soon: My 20 Favorite YLT Covers"

From MJ's list, "My Little Corner of the World" is a cover. Others have done it, but it's an Anita Bryant original.

Plus it's on ICHTHBAO.

Oops. Thanks Mark. I'll edit to fix that.

One week and under two hours til Yo La Tengo appears at the Buskirk-Chumley theatre. Excited am I!

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One week and under two hours til Yo La Tengo appears at the Buskirk-Chumley theatre. Excited am I!

Yes and a great show it was, crazed.

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Yeah, they told stories, answered questions, took requests and sang songs. I hear this tour will keep on this informal format for a few months.

Hey Crazed, did they happen to do GFR's "We're An American Band"?

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Hey Crazed, did they happen to do GFR's "We're An American Band"?

Much as I wish they had, they didn't. I was happy to hear "Little Honda", though my request for "Be Thankful for What You Got" didn't make it. Aside from their last release,the album most covered was Fakebook. They played an unreleased song that was covered by the garage-rock band, Chesterfield Kings. And I can't for the life of me track it down, and I thought I had all the Kings albums.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
Hey Crazed, did they happen to do GFR's "We're An American Band"?

Much as I wish they had, they didn't. I was happy to hear "Little Honda", though my request for "Be Thankful for What You Got" didn't make it. Aside from their last release,the album most covered was Fakebook.

It's funny. Most people around these parts don't like Fakebook but I would rank it among the top 3 YLT releases-- and the "Little Honda" ep is ridiculous in it's goodness. They are a great cover band, rare for a non-ska band (lol!). Seriously, I've been feverishly working on my list of favorite YLT covers, and it is a difficult task. Stay tuned.

Popular Songs has re-introduced me to this band. Although I've always enjoyed Yo La Tengo, this album just made something 'click.' Right now I feel nothing but love for these guys and girl.