I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length album by Hoboken-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo, released on September 12, 2006. It is their sixth album released on Matador.
The title of the album is rumored to be a (paraphrased) quote by NBA player Tim Thomas. Sitting on the bench together during a game, Thomas was caught on tape by the MSG Network in a profane exchange with fellow Knick, point guard Stephon Marbury. Thomas yelled at Marbury, "Everyone in this organization is afraid of you, but I’m not, and I will beat your ass."
[edit] Reception
The album has received widespread acclaim and appeared in numerous Best of 2006 lists, including:
- a rating of 85% on Metacritic[11]
- appearing at #13 on Metacritic's Best of 2006 list.[12]
- appearing at #23 on Pitchfork Media's Top 50 Albums of 2006[13]
- appearing at #6 on Soundsect's The Top 20 Albums of 2006[14]
[edit] Track listing
- "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" – 10:47
- "Beanbag Chair" – 3:03
- "I Feel Like Going Home" – 4:14
- "Mr. Tough" – 4:06
- "Black Flowers" – 4:28
- "The Race Is on Again" – 4:37
- "The Room Got Heavy" – 5:10
- "Sometimes I Don't Get You" – 3:16
- "Daphnia" – 8:51
- "I Should Have Known Better" – 3:16
- "Watch Out for Me Ronnie" – 3:02
- "The Weakest Part" – 3:04
- "Song for Mahila" – 3:40
- "Point and Shoot" – 4:18
- "The Story of Yo La Tango" – 11:49
- The final track is a deliberate misspelling of the band's name — the album's CD-Text reiterating this by listing the track as "The Story of Yo La Tango", followed by the message "Yes — it should be Tango!". A recurring feature on the band's web site depicts venue marquees with various misspellings of the name.
- All songs written by Yo La Tengo. (Track 10 is not a cover of either of the identically-named songs by The Beatles and Wire.)
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That Is Yo La Tengo • Upside-Down • Shaker • From a Motel 6 • Camp Yo La Tengo • Tom Courtenay • Little Honda • Autumn Sweater • Danelectro • Nuclear War • Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo • Today Is the Day! • Here to Fall Remixes
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"The River of Water"/"A House Is Not a Motel" • "The Asparagus Song"/"For the Turnstiles" • "Speeding Motorcycle" (with Daniel Johnston) • "Walking Away from You"/"Cast a Shadow" • "Shaker"/"For Shame of Doing Wrong" • "Big Day Coming"/"Double Dare (Somniextraction)" • "Tom Courtenay"/"The Bisexual Boogie" • "Camp Yo La Tengo" • "Blue/Green Arrow"/"Watching the Sun Rise or Johnny Carson" • "Rocket #9"/"Wig Out with Charly Dapper" • "Sugarcube"/"Busy with Me Thoughts" • "Little Honda" • "Mr. Tough"/"I'm Your Puppet"
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