Fakebook (album)

Fakebook
Studio album by Yo La Tengo
Released 1990
Studio Water Music in Hoboken, United States
Genre Indie rock
Length 39:30
Label Bar/None Records
Producer Gene Holder
Yo La Tengo chronology
President Yo La Tengo
(1989)		 Fakebook
(1990)		 May I Sing with Me
(1992)
Singles from Fakebook
  1. "Speeding Motorcycle"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Melody Maker[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Select4/5[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[7]
The Village Voice[8]

Fakebook is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released in 1990 by record label Bar None.

Content

Comprising eleven cover songs as well as five originals, this album is regarded as a departure from their previous albums due to it containing mostly folk songs. "Barnaby, Hardly Working" is a new version of the song featured in the previous album President Yo La Tengo. "Did I Tell You" is a new version of the song featured in the 1987 album New Wave Hot Dogs.

Track listing

  1. "Can't Forget" – 2:13 (Ira Kaplan)
  2. "Griselda" – 1:54 (Antonia)
  3. "Here Comes My Baby" – 2:26 (Cat Stevens)
  4. "Barnaby, Hardly Working" – 4:12 (Georgia Hubley, Kaplan)
  5. "Yellow Sarong" – 1:37 (The Scene is Now)
  6. "You Tore Me Down" – 2:54 (The Flamin' Groovies)
  7. "Emulsified" – 2:46 (Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers)
  8. "Speeding Motorcycle" – 3:16 (Daniel Johnston)
  9. "Tried So Hard" – 2:13 (Gene Clark)
  10. "The Summer" – 2:40 (Hubley, Kaplan)
  11. "Oklahoma, U.S.A." – 2:18 (Ray Davies)
  12. "What Comes Next" – 3:11 (Ira Kaplan)
  13. "The One to Cry" – 1:47 (The Escorts)
  14. "Andalucia" – 3:33 (John Cale)
  15. "Did I Tell You" – 3:21 (Kaplan)
  16. "What Can I Say" – 2:03 (Joey Spampinato)

References

  1. ↑ Dougan, John. "Fakebook – Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. ↑ "Notable music for the week of July 6, 1990". Entertainment Weekly. July 6, 1990. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yo La Tengo: Fakebook". Melody Maker: 46. May 16, 2000.
  5. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Yo La Tengo". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 896–97. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ↑ Linehan, Graham (December 1990). "Yo La Tengo: Fakebook". Select (6): 109.
  7. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 26, 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 27, 2015.


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