Album

May I Sing With Me

Yo La Tengo

1992 · Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

May I Sing With Me by Yo La Tengo

May I Sing With Me is a Rock album by Yo La Tengo, originally released in 1992. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked.

About

May I Sing With Me is the fifth studio album from Yo La Tengo released on February 28, 1992. It would be the only full-length album the band released on Alias Records before signing to Matador in 1993. The album marked the first studio appearance of now-permanent bass player James McNew. Two of the tracks, Swing for Life and Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck), were carried over from the 1991 EP That Is Yo La Tengo and feature Gene Holder on bass. The album was recorded at Fort Apache in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was produced by Holder with Lou Giordano engineering.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Detouring America With Horns4:03
  2. 2Upside-Down2:38
  3. 3Mushroom Cloud of Hiss9:24
  4. 4Swing for Life5:05
  5. 5Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)6:19
  6. 6Some Kinda Fatigue4:34
  7. 7Always Something4:37
  8. 886-Second Blowout1:32
  9. 9Out the Window4:00
  10. 10Sleeping Pill9:43
  11. 11Satellite2:17

Sound DNA

  • Rock

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded at Fort Apache in Cambridge, MA, except tracks 4 & 5 recorded at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ.
Mixed at Sound on Sound in NYC.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Georgia HubleyDRUMS, VOCALS DRUMS, VOCALS, EFFECTS DRUMS, VOCALS, GUITAR
  • Ira KaplanGUITAR, VOCALS
  • James McNewBASS, BACKING VOCALS , EFFECTS BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS , GUITAR
  • Gene HolderBASS

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