Popular Songs

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Popular Songs
Studio album by Yo La Tengo
Released September 8, 2009
Recorded Early 2009, Hoboken, NJ and Nashville, TN [1]
Genre Alternative rock
Length 72:49
Language English
Label Matador
Producer Roger Moutenot
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars....[2]
The A.V. Club (A-)[3]
BBC (positive)[4]
Drowned In Sound (8/10)[5]
The Guardian 4/5 stars....[6]
musicOMH 4/5 stars....[7]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10)[8]
PopMatters 7/10 stars.........[9]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars....[10]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars....[11]
Sputnikmusic 4.5/5 stars....[12]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5 stars....[13]

Popular Songs is the twelfth full-length album by Hoboken-based rock band Yo La Tengo, released digitally, on CD, and double LP on September 8, 2009. It is their 7th album released on Matador and the eighth album to be given Matador's Buy Early Get Now treatment.[14] It comes along with a vinyl LP featuring Yo La Tengo’s Original Score from the Motion Picture Adventureland.

Five videos were made by director John McSwain to accompany one song from the album each. In the weeks leading up to the release of the album, a new video was posted on Matador's various "partner sites" and collected on Matador's own website.[1] The first video, for "Here to Fall," was posted on Matador's own "Matablog" on July 28, 2009.[15]

The album leaked onto the Internet on July 26; in response, Matador began streaming the album to Buy Early Get Now customers on July 28, more than a week before the stream was originally advertised to begin.[16]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Here to Fall" - 5:45
  2. "Avalon or Someone Very Similar" - 3:17
  3. "By Two's" - 4:29
  4. "Nothing to Hide" - 2:46
  5. "Periodically Double or Triple" - 3:53
  6. "If It's True" - 2:39
  7. "I'm on My Way" - 4:35
  8. "When It's Dark" - 3:54
  9. "All Your Secrets" - 4:26
  10. "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven" - 9:39
  11. "The Fireside" - 11:25
  12. "And the Glitter Is Gone" - 15:54
  13. "You've Got a Friend" - 4:10 (iTunes Bonus Track)[17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/06/04/coming-september-8-yo-la-tengos-popular-songs/
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ The A.V. Club review
  4. ^ BBC review
  5. ^ Drowned In Sound review
  6. ^ The Guardian review
  7. ^ musicOMH review
  8. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  9. ^ PopMatters review
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review
  11. ^ Slant Magazine review
  12. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  13. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  14. ^ http://www.buyearlygetnow.com/info/8/
  15. ^ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/07/28/new-yo-la-tengo-video-here-to-fall/
  16. ^ http://twitter.com/matadorrecords/status/2890805885
  17. ^ http://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/biography.html
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