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Genius Plus Love Equals Yo la
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Album: Genius Plus Love Equals Yo la
# Song Title   Time
  Disc 1
1)    Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop More Info...
2)    Demons More Info...
3)    Fog Over Frisco More Info...
4)    Too Late More Info...
5)    Hanky Panky Nohow More Info...
6)    Something To Do More Info...
7)    Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus More Info...
8)    Up To You More Info...
9)    Somebody's Baby More Info...
10)    Walking Away From You More Info...
11)    Artificial Heart More Info...
12)    Cast A Shadow More Info...
13)    I'm Set Free More Info...
14)    Barnaby, Hardly Working More Info...
15)    Some Kinda Fatigue More Info...
16)    Speeding Motorcycle More Info...
  Disc 2
1)    Nutricia More Info...
2)    Her Grandmother's Gift More Info...
3)    From A Motel 6 #2 More Info...
4)    Gooseneck Problem More Info...
5)    Surfin' With The Shah More Info...
6)    Ecstasy Blues More Info...
7)    Too Much, Part I More Info...
8)    Blitzkrieg Bop More Info...
9)    One Self: Fish Girl More Info...
10)    Enough More Info...
11)    Drum Solo More Info...
12)    From A Motel 6 #1 More Info...
13)    Too Much, Part II More Info...
14)    Sunsquashed More Info...
3)    Fog Over Frisco More Info... 0:03
4)    Too Late More Info... 0:06
5)    Hanky Panky Nohow More Info... 0:03
6)    Something to Do More Info... 0:02
7)    Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus Vocal More Info... 0:01
8)    Up to You More Info... 0:04
9)    Somebody's Baby More Info... 0:03
10)    Walking Away from You More Info... 0:06
11)    Artificial Heart More Info... 0:03
12)    Cast a Shadow More Info... 0:02
13)    I'm Set Free More Info... 0:04
14)    Barnaby, Hardly Working More Info... 0:04
15)    Some Kinda Fatigue More Info... 0:07
16)    Speeding Motorcycle More Info... 0:03
 

Album: Genius Plus Love Equals Yo la
# Song Title   Time
  Disc 1
1)    Evanescent Psychic Pez Drop More Info...
2)    Demons More Info...
3)    Fog Over Frisco More Info...
4)    Too Late More Info...
5)    Hanky Panky Nohow More Info...
6)    Something To Do More Info...
7)    Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus More Info...
8)    Up To You More Info...
9)    Somebody's Baby More Info...
10)    Walking Away From You More Info...
11)    Artificial Heart More Info...
12)    Cast A Shadow More Info...
13)    I'm Set Free More Info...
14)    Barnaby, Hardly Working More Info...
15)    Some Kinda Fatigue More Info...
16)    Speeding Motorcycle More Info...
  Disc 2
1)    Nutricia More Info...
2)    Her Grandmother's Gift More Info...
3)    From A Motel 6 #2 More Info...
4)    Gooseneck Problem More Info...
5)    Surfin' With The Shah More Info...
6)    Ecstasy Blues More Info...
7)    Too Much, Part I More Info...
8)    Blitzkrieg Bop More Info...
9)    One Self: Fish Girl More Info...
10)    Enough More Info...
11)    Drum Solo More Info...
12)    From A Motel 6 #1 More Info...
13)    Too Much, Part II More Info...
14)    Sunsquashed More Info...
3)    Fog Over Frisco More Info... 0:03
4)    Too Late More Info... 0:06
5)    Hanky Panky Nohow More Info... 0:03
6)    Something to Do More Info... 0:02
7)    Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus Vocal More Info... 0:01
8)    Up to You More Info... 0:04
9)    Somebody's Baby More Info... 0:03
10)    Walking Away from You More Info... 0:06
11)    Artificial Heart More Info... 0:03
12)    Cast a Shadow More Info... 0:02
13)    I'm Set Free More Info... 0:04
14)    Barnaby, Hardly Working More Info... 0:04
15)    Some Kinda Fatigue More Info... 0:07
16)    Speeding Motorcycle More Info... 0:03
 
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Performer Notes
  • GENIUS + LOVE = YO LA TENGO is a compilation of Yo La Tengo outtakes and rarities.
  • Yo La Tengo: Georgia Hubley (vocals, guitar, drums); Ira Kaplan (vocals, guitar); Dave Schramm (guitar, organ); Gene Holder (guitar, bass); James McNew (bass).
  • Additional personnel: Tara Key (guitar); Zeena Parkins (harp); Wilbo Wright (acoustic bass); Stephan Wichnewski (bass); Jad Fair.
  • Producers include: Roger Moutenot, Gene Holder, Kramer.
  • Engineers include: Fred Brockman, Adam Lasus, Wharton Tiers.
  • Photographers: Stephanie Black ; Stephen Vercelloni.
  • Collections of odds and ends often serve to show just why certain songs didn't make it onto a finished record, but Yo La Tengo's two-CD compilation of B-sides, cover songs, rarities, outtakes, one-offs, and other non-LP material is a surprisingly satisfying set. Divided into vocal and instrumental side, this record gathers 30 tunes mostly from the early '90s. Inspired covers abound: a raucous "Too Late" by seminal Brit post-punks Wire, a plaintive version of John Cale's "Hanky Panky No-How" sung tenderly by Georgia Hubley, and a ragged take on Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby," which casts the song in an entirely new light.
  • Elsewhere, "Cast a Shadow" by rock primitives Beat Happening is sheer bubblegum joy, as is the almost absurdly simple "Something to Do," taken from a low-budget film score. "Speeding Motorcycle," with phoned-in vocals by its author, Daniel Johnston, is quite bizarre, and lots of fun. The instrumentals run the gamut: there are alternate takes of Tengo songs, noisy rave-ups (like the 24-minute closer, "Sunsquashed") and sleekly hypnotic songs like "Nutricia." Keeping true to their hybrid sensibility, Yo La Tengo also mix the Ramones' punk anthem "Blitzkrieg Bop," with Ventures-style surf for a version even your grandmother would like.
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (10/18/96, p.83) - "...thier most personal album to date....it's their considerable musical skills--a keening guitar lick, a hypnotic bass line, an understated turn of phrase--that give the album its genial substance." - Rating: A

Option (11-12/96, pp.140-141) - "...Kaplan's sensitivity comes in, as his melodies and unadorned acoustic arrangements offer a wistful antidote to so much indie angst....Yo La Tengo is as willing to undermine rock as they are to worship it; that's the beauty of the band."
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