Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics is an album by the band Yo La Tengo, released in 2006, consisting solely of covers.

Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
Compilation album by
Released2006
RecordedWFMU studios
GenreIndie rock
Length66:53
LabelEgon Records
Yo La Tengo chronology
Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985-2003
(2005)
Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
(2006)
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork4.1/10[2]

Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of independent radio channel WFMU with annual studio visits. All listeners who pledged money during the band's appearances were offered the chance to request a favorite song that the band would then attempt to perform. This album compiles more than two dozen WFMU highlights first broadcast between 1996 and 2003.

The album cover was created by cartoonist Adrian Tomine.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tighten Up"Archie Bell, Billy Buttler2:00
2."The Night Chicago Died"Peter Callander, Mitch Murray2:04
3."Raw Power"Iggy Pop, James Williamson3:21
4."Sea Cruise"Huey "Piano" Smith1:46
5."Favorite Thing"Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars1:40
6."Baseball Altamont"The Nightmares1:31
7."Meet the Mets"Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts1:47
8."Oh Bondage, Up Yours!"Poly Styrene1:35
9."Ding Dang/Interplanetary Music"Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn / Sun Ra2:35
10."Captain Lou"NRBQ2:18
11."Oh! Sweet Nuthin'"Lou Reed1:38
12."Route 66"Bobby Troup2:18
13."Roadrunner"Jonathan Richman2:34
14."Tijuana Taxi"Ervan Coleman0:46
15."Mendocino/Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"Doug Sahm / Burt Bacharach, Hal David4:13
16."Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart1:33
17."Baby's on Fire"Brian Eno2:30
18."Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"Pete Townshend2:15
19."The Hokey Pokey"Larry Laprise, Taftt Baker, Charles Macak1:40
20."You May Be Right"Billy Joel1:49
21."Mama Told Me Not to Come"Randy Newman2:14
22."Roundabout"Jon Anderson, Steve Howe2:06
23."You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"Randy Bachman1:51
24."Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow)"Yoko Ono3:20
25."Downtown"Tony Hatch1:50
26."Let the Good Times Roll"Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee1:52
27."Never on Sunday"Manos Hatzidakis1:12
28."20th Century Boy"Marc Bolan3:19
29."Rock the Boat"Wally Holmes1:23
30."Shotgun + Medley  5:53
Total length:66:53

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r837095
  2. ^ "Yo La Tengo: Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics". Pitchfork.