Fakebook
by
Yo La Tengo
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studio album
First released:
1989

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Fakebook is the fourth official, full-length album released, in 1990, by alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. Comprising eleven cover songs as well as five originals, this album is regarded as a departure from their previous albums due to it containing mostly folk songs. Nevertheless, it manages to represent how diverse the band is musically as a whole.

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Catalog number:
AHAON-020-2
Release dates:
  • 1990 in United States
  • Apr 13 1994

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Alternative Rock,
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4 stars delightfully eclectic--highly recommended
This album should appeal to a broad audience. It is melodic and textured without ever being in danger of becoming prepackaged top 40 music. At first listen, the relationship between this album and the rest of YLT's oeuvre may appear puzzling or nonexistent. However, after a while I think every song on this album--even the covers--become recognizably Yo La Tengo's.

The two standout tracks, to my mind, are "Did I Tell You" (a softer rendition of a YLT original previously released on "New Wave Hot …
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3 stars Understandable but inconsequential off-ramp
An older disc in a more traditional, subdued form, the album competently pays homage to the soft classics they cover and emulate, offering yet another angle for the band to mine in a diverse catalog. But overall, despite a lingering sweetness, FB remains ploddingly dull, moreover in the face of spacey textural advantages utilized on further albums.
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