Yo la Tengo - Painful - Original 1993 Vinyl LP
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Description
A vinyl copy of the Yo La Tengo LP Painful.
1993 - Matador – OLE 069-1
Sleeve is in solid condition with minor wear and creases. VG+
Vinyl is clear of marks and looks to have had little play. EX
A visual grade is given, if there are any marks I will mention and play through. If the vinyl does not play well on your player I will take back, no problems.
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. Music journalist Andrew Earles described the album as the band's "ultimate love letter" to UK shoegaze and New Zealand indie pop, calling it the band's most atmospheric-sounding release to date. Music critic Jim DeRogatis said the tracks “Big Day Coming” and “Sudden Organ” have been noted for their elements of psychedelic music.
In recent years, Painful has become regarded as a significant step for Yo La Tengo in their discography. In a biography of the band, AllMusic's Mark Deming dubbed it "their first masterpiece", seeing it push them "in a multitude of new directions, significantly expanding [their] palette of sounds and textures." Reflecting on it in a 20th anniversary review, Spectrum Culture's Rodger Coleman called it "revelatory, ageless and sublime." He saw it as the album "where they first came together as a real band," as well as showing "a substantial refinement of sound and approach."
Track Listing
Big Day Coming, 7:04
From A Motel 6, 4:08
Double Dare, 3:28
Superstar-Watcher, 1:42
Nowhere Near, 6:01
Sudden Organ, 4:42
A Worrying Thing, 2:53
I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long, 5:04
The Whole Of The Law, 2:19
Big Day Coming, 4:14
I Heard You Looking, 7:01
All vinyl's come packed with cardboard stiffeners in a sturdy vinyl mailer inside a poly mailer.
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