Painful is an Alt/Indie album by Yo La Tengo, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.
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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. 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 melody-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.
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Tracklist
- 1Big Day Coming7:05
- 2From a Motel 64:09
- 3Double Dare3:28
- 4Superstar-Watcher1:45
- 5Nowhere Near6:03
- 6Sudden Organ4:46
- 7A Worrying Thing2:54
- 8I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long5:07
- 9The Whole of the Law2:20
- 10Big Day Coming (Second Version)4:15
- 11I Heard You Looking7:01
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Lo-Fi
- lo-fi
- melancholic
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
Production & Engineering
- Fred BrockmanPRODUCER
- Fred BrockmanPRODUCER [PRE-PRODUCTION]
- Günter PaulerDIRECT METAL MASTERING BY
- Roger MoutenotENGINEER
- Roger MoutenotPRODUCER
- Roger MoutenotPRODUCER, ENGINEER
- Aadam JacobsRECORDED BY
- Fred BrockmanRECORDED BY
Songwriting
15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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