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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
NME8/10[7]
Pitchfork Media9.6/10[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

Painful is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released in 1993 by record label Matador, their first for the label.

Content

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 melodic-driven Yo La Tengo in its hazy, dream-like songwriting.

Two versions of the track "Big Day Coming" are present on the album and display the range of musical stylings Yo La Tengo works with; the first version features a simple organ melody accompanied by a soft bass counterpoint and Kaplan's guitar feedback echoing in the background, while the second version is a much more straightforward, shoegaze style with an accompanying organ solo towards the latter part of the song.

Release

On 2 December 2014, the album was reissued with bonus material as Extra Painful, available on double CD, double vinyl and as a digital download. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
1."Big Day Coming"
  • Ira Kaplan
Kaplan7:04
2."From a Motel 6"
  • Ira Kaplan
  • Georgia Hubley
Hubley4:08
3."Double Dare"
  • Ira Kaplan
Kaplan3:28
4."Superstar-Watcher"
  • Yo La Tengo
 1:42
5."Nowhere Near"
  • Georgia Hubley
Hubley6:01
6."Sudden Organ"
  • Ira Kaplan
Kaplan4:42
7."A Worrying Thing"
  • Ira Kaplan
Kaplan2:53
8."I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long"
  • Yo La Tengo
Kaplan5:04
9."The Whole of the Law"
  • Hubley
  • Kaplan
2:19
10."Big Day Coming"
  • Ira Kaplan
Kaplan4:14
11."I Heard You Looking"
  • Yo La Tengo
 7:01
Extra Painful bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Nowhere Near" (demo)7:14
2."From A Motel 6" (live acoustic)3:44
3."Tunnel Vision" (unreleased instrumental demo)1:43
4."Sudden Organ" (demo)7:35
5."Smart Window" (unreleased Painful session)3:16
6."Big Day Coming" (live acoustic)3:10
7."Slow Learner" (unreleased demo)6:38
8."Double Dare" (demo)3:24
9."A Worrying Thing" (demo)2:57
10."I Heard You Looking" (live)9:17
Extra Painful bonus downloadable additional tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Double Dare (Sominextraction)" (live, CBGB, 1/31/92)5:41
2."What She Wants" (live, House Of Music, West Orange)2:54
3."Ashes On The Ground" (live, SIR, 9/29/93))5:14
4."Nutricia" (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman)5:04
5."For Shame Of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)" (live, House Of Music, West Orange)4:37
6."Superstar Watcher" (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman)1:45
7."Big Day Coming" (live, Reckless Records, 4/26/92)19:02
8."I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long" (live , SIR, 9/29/93)4:43
9."Shaker" (live, The Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 1/3/94)3:07
10."Artificial Heart" (live, Shank Hall, 5/11/93)2:39
11."Whole Of The Law Loops" (Painful Sessions, Water Music & James Apartment 1992)2:45
12."Nowhere Near" (live, Lounge Ax, Chicago 11/13/93)6:04
13."Sleeping Pill" (excerpt From "Ian Mackaye", Room Temperature, Brooklyn 2/20/93)2:12
14."Big Day Coming" (live, SIR, 9/29/93)3:45
15."Sudden Organ" (live, SIR, 9/29/93)7:04
Shaker 7" reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Shaker" 
2."For Shame Of Doing Wrong" (8-Track Version - the CD single contained a different version which is on the download coupon) 
Notes
  • An exact reproduction of the original single Shaker 7" came with the vinyl edition.
  • 15 additional bonus tracks were available for download

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Yo La Tengo – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "Painful – Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  3. ^ Kot, Greg (November 11, 1993). "Melody Lingers On". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Yo La Tengo: Painful". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
  6. ^ "Yo La Tengo: Painful". Entertainment Weekly: 54. October 8, 1993.
  7. ^ "Yo La Tengo: Painful". NME: 29. November 6, 1993.
  8. ^ Berman, Stuart (December 2, 2014). "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  9. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 896. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  10. ^ Cosloy, Gerard. "Yo La Tengo > Coming December 2 : Yo La Tengo's 'Extra Painful' 2XLP / 2XCD". Matador Records. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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