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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 04/13/1994
Run Time: 39:30
Recommending
Fakebook as the best place to begin a relationship with
Yo La Tengo is slightly disingenuous, mainly because
Yo La Tengo has never made another record like it, and perhaps never will. So, as completely wonderful as this record is, it's an accurate representation of one side of
Yo La Tengo, and assuming that everything sounds like
Fakebook might be disappointing. A collection of cover songs that lean toward the idiosyncratic (e.g.,
Peter Stampfel,
Daniel Johnston,
Jad Fair),
Fakebook is warm, low-key, and lovely, with heartfelt singing and playing that never flags after hundreds of replays. It's impossible to imagine playing this record and not smiling and singing along. A big bonus is a great version of
the Flamin' Groovies'
"You Tore Me Down." ~John Dougan, All Music Guide
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