Painful (album)

Painful

Studio album by Yo La Tengo

Released

October 5, 1993

Genre

Length

48:36

Label

Matador

Producer

Fred Brockman
Roger Moutenot

Yo La Tengo chronology

May I Sing with Me
(1992)

Painful
(1993)

Electr-O-Pura
(1995)

Singles from Painful

"Big Day Coming"
Released: 30 September 1993
"From a Motel 6"
Released: 7 January 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Chicago Tribune	^[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A−^[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[6]
NME	8/10^[7]
Pitchfork Media	9.6/10^[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[9]

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.

Content

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 melodic-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.

Release

On 2 December 2014, the album was reissued with bonus material as Extra Painful, available on double CD, double vinyl and as a digital download. ^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Big Day Coming"	Ira Kaplan	Kaplan	7:04
2.	"From a Motel 6"	Ira Kaplan Georgia Hubley	Hubley	4:08
3.	"Double Dare"	Ira Kaplan	Kaplan	3:28
4.	"Superstar-Watcher"	Yo La Tengo		1:42
5.	"Nowhere Near"	Georgia Hubley	Hubley	6:01
6.	"Sudden Organ"	Ira Kaplan	Kaplan	4:42
7.	"A Worrying Thing"	Ira Kaplan	Kaplan	2:53
8.	"I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long"	Yo La Tengo	Kaplan	5:04
9.	"The Whole of the Law"	Peter Perrett	Hubley Kaplan	2:19
10.	"Big Day Coming"	Ira Kaplan	Kaplan	4:14
11.	"I Heard You Looking"	Yo La Tengo		7:01

Extra Painful bonus disc
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nowhere Near" (demo)	7:14
2.	"From A Motel 6" (live acoustic)	3:44
3.	"Tunnel Vision" (unreleased instrumental demo)	1:43
4.	"Sudden Organ" (demo)	7:35
5.	"Smart Window" (unreleased Painful session)	3:16
6.	"Big Day Coming" (live acoustic)	3:10
7.	"Slow Learner" (unreleased demo)	6:38
8.	"Double Dare" (demo)	3:24
9.	"A Worrying Thing" (demo)	2:57
10.	"I Heard You Looking" (live)	9:17

Extra Painful bonus downloadable additional tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Double Dare (Sominextraction)" (live, CBGB, 1/31/92)	5:41
2.	"What She Wants" (live, House Of Music, West Orange)	2:54
3.	"Ashes On The Ground" (live, SIR, 9/29/93))	5:14
4.	"Nutricia" (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman)	5:04
5.	"For Shame Of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)" (live, House Of Music, West Orange)	4:37
6.	"Superstar Watcher" (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman)	1:45
7.	"Big Day Coming" (live, Reckless Records, 4/26/92)	19:02
8.	"I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long" (live , SIR, 9/29/93)	4:43
9.	"Shaker" (live, The Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 1/3/94)	3:07
10.	"Artificial Heart" (live, Shank Hall, 5/11/93)	2:39
11.	"Whole Of The Law Loops" (Painful Sessions, Water Music & James Apartment 1992)	2:45
12.	"Nowhere Near" (live, Lounge Ax, Chicago 11/13/93)	6:04
13.	"Sleeping Pill" (excerpt From "Ian Mackaye", Room Temperature, Brooklyn 2/20/93)	2:12
14.	"Big Day Coming" (live, SIR, 9/29/93)	3:45
15.	"Sudden Organ" (live, SIR, 9/29/93)	7:04

Shaker 7" reissue
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shaker"
2.	"For Shame Of Doing Wrong" (8-Track Version - the CD single contained a different version which is on the download coupon)

Notes

An exact reproduction of the original single Shaker 7" came with the vinyl edition.
15 additional bonus tracks were available for download

Personnel

Georgia Hubley – drums, percussion, vocals, guitar, organ
Ira Kaplan – vocals, guitar, organ, percussion
James McNew – bass, vocals, guitar, percussion

References

↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Yo La Tengo – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
↑ Deming, Mark. "Painful – Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
↑ Kot, Greg (November 11, 1993). "Melody Lingers On". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Yo La Tengo: Painful". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
↑ "Yo La Tengo: Painful". Entertainment Weekly: 54. October 8, 1993.
↑ "Yo La Tengo: Painful". NME: 29. November 6, 1993.
↑ Berman, Stuart (December 2, 2014). "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 896. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
↑ Cosloy, Gerard. "Yo La Tengo > Coming December 2 : Yo La Tengo's 'Extra Painful' 2XLP / 2XCD". Matador Records. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

External links

Painful at Discogs (list of releases)

Yo La Tengo

Georgia Hubley Ira Kaplan James McNew Dave Schramm Stephan Wichnewski Dave Rick Mike Lewis

Studio albums	Ride the Tiger New Wave Hot Dogs President Yo La Tengo Fakebook May I Sing with Me Painful Electr-O-Pura I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Summer Sun Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass Popular Songs Fade Stuff Like That There Murder in the Second Degree

EPs	Today Is the Day!

Film scores	The Sounds of the Sounds of Science They Shoot, We Score

Compilation albums	Prisoners of Love

Other albums	Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo Strange but True (with Jad Fair) Fuckbook (as Condo Fucks)

Singles	"You Can Have It All" "Saturday" "Stupid Things"

Related articles	Discography Matador Records Dump WFMU

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