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| Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003 | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | March 22, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1985–2003 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 118:04 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
| Yo La Tengo chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10)[2] |
Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003 is a best-of compilation album of songs by the band Yo La Tengo. It was available in two- or three-disc editions, the third disc being A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986–2002.
The front and rear cover art is reminiscent of The Beatles' Second Album in style, color and layout of band photographs.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew unless indicated otherwise.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shaker" | Shaker EP (1993) | 3:20 | |
| 2. | "Sugarcube" | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997) | 3:22 | |
| 3. | "Barnaby, Hardly Working" | Hubley, Kaplan | President Yo La Tengo (1989) | 4:36 |
| 4. | "Little Eyes" | Summer Sun (2003) | 4:22 | |
| 5. | "Stockholm Syndrome" | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | 2:53 | |
| 6. | "Our Way to Fall" | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000) | 4:20 | |
| 7. | "From a Motel 6" | Hubley, Kaplan | Painful (1993) | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Swing for Life" | Hubley, Kaplan | May I Sing With Me (1992) | 5:16 |
| 9. | "Tom Courtenay" | Electr-O-Pura (1995) | 3:32 | |
| 10. | "Lewis" | Kaplan | New Wave Hot Dogs (1987) | 2:30 |
| 11. | "I Heard You Looking" | Painful | 7:02 | |
| 12. | "You Can Have It All" | Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | 4:37 |
| 13. | "Did I Tell You" | Kaplan | Fakebook (1990) | 3:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The River of Water" | Kaplan | "The River of Water/A House Is Not a Motel" 7" single (1985) | 2:31 |
| 2. | "Autumn Sweater" | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | 5:19 | |
| 3. | "Big Day Coming" | Kaplan | Painful | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Pablo and Andrea" | Electr-O-Pura | 4:17 | |
| 5. | "Drug Test" | Kaplan | President Yo La Tengo | 4:08 |
| 6. | "Season of the Shark" | Summer Sun | 4:29 | |
| 7. | "Upside-Down" | Kaplan | May I Sing With Me | 2:41 |
| 8. | "The Summer" | Hubley, Kaplan | Fakebook | 2:39 |
| 9. | "Tears Are in Your Eyes" | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out | 4:35 | |
| 10. | "Blue Line Swinger" | Electr-O-Pura | 9:30 | |
| 11. | "The Story of Jazz" | Kaplan | New Wave Hot Dogs | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Nuclear War (version 1)" | Sun Ra | Nuclear War EP (2002) | 7:35 |
| 13. | "By the Time It Gets Dark" | Sandy Denny | Little Honda EP (1997) | 3:02 |
- A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986–2002
As indicated by its title, these songs are outtakes and rarities. (*) Indicates the track was previously unreleased.[3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stay Away from Heaven" | The film The Invisible Circus (2001) | 4:31 | |
| 2. | "Pencil Test" (*) | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One outtake (1996) | 3:39 | |
| 3. | "Almost True" (*) | And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out outtake (1999) | 3:05 | |
| 4. | "Tom Courtenay (acoustic version)" | Camp Yo La Tengo EP (1995) | 3:13 | |
| 5. | "Big Day Coming (demo)" (*) | Kaplan | previously unreleased (1992) | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Dreaming" (*) | Sun Ra, Charles Orio, Calvin Barron | previously unreleased The Cosmic Rays cover (1999) | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Bad Politics" | Bruce Russell | "Tom Courtenay" single (1994) | 2:59 |
| 8. | "Blue-Green Arrow" | Earworm 7" (1996) | 5:42 | |
| 9. | "Decora" (acoustic)" (*) | KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic session (1995) | 3:06 | |
| 10. | "Out the Window (original version)" | That Is Yo La Tengo EP (1991) | 4:16 | |
| 11. | "Weather Shy" | The film The Invisible Circus | 4:54 | |
| 12. | "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac cover) | Stevie Nicks | 7" single with Chemical Imbalance magazine (1986) | 4:47 |
| 13. | "Autumn Sweater (Kevin Shields remix)" | Autumn Sweater EP (1997) | 8:42 | |
| 14. | "Ashes on the Ground" | David Fair, Mark Jickling | From a Motel 6 EP (1993) | 5:15 |
| 15. | "Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger" | Camp Yo La Tengo EP | 9:19 | |
| 16. | "Magnet" | Joey Spampinato, Terry Adams | NRBQ tribute album The Q People (2004) | 4:10 |
Personnel
[edit]- Yo La Tengo
- Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitar, organ
- Georgia Hubley – vocals, drums, organ
- James McNew – bass, vocals (except as noted below)
- Stephan Wichnewski – bass (disc 1: track 10, disc 2: track 11)
- Dave Schramm – guitar (disc 1: track 13, disc 2: tracks 1 & 8)
- Dave Rick – bass (disc 2: track 1), lead guitar (disc 3: track 12)
- Additional musicians
- Gene Holder – bass (disc 1: tracks 3 & 8, disc 2: tracks 5 & 8, disc 3: track 10)
- Chris Stamey – guitar (disc 1: track 10)
- David Henry – cello (disc 1: track 12, disc 3: track 3)
- Al Greller – upright bass (disc 1: track 13)
- Mike Tchang – saxophone (disc 2: track 1)
- Chris Nelson – trombone (disc 2: track 1)
- Roger Moutenot – bongos (disc 2: track 2)
- Gary Larson trumpet – trumpet (disc 3: track 3)
- Steve Michener – bass (disc 3: track 12)
- Paul Niehaus – pedal steel guitar (disc 3: track 16)
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass. Matador Records. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
