"I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass" (2006) Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind I Feel Like Going Home The Race Is On Again The Room Got Heavy Sometimes I Don't Get You I Should Have Known Better Watch Out For Me Ronnie The Story Of Yo La Tango I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on September 12, 2006 by record label Matador. The title of the album is rumored to be a (paraphrased) quote by NBA player Tim Thomas. Sitting on the bench together during a game, Thomas was caught on tape by the MSG Network in a profane exchange with fellow Knick, point guard Stephon Marbury. Thomas yelled at Marbury, "Everyone in this organization is afraid of you, but I'm not, and I will beat your ass". The record was released on CD and as a double LP vinyl. A 7" single for "Mr. Tough" was released in the UK, September 4th 2006. On the B-side there is a cover of "I'm Your Puppet" by James & Bobby Purify.
The album has received widespread acclaim and appeared in numerous "Best of 2006" lists, including: All songs written by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan and James McNew. Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. ^ Yo La Tengo: I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (2006): Reviews ^ Pitchfork Feature: Top 50 Albums of 2006Lush, diverse, and stunningly well put together.|Looking at Yo La Tengo's previous couple records to this one, while they were critically acclaimed and generally well received by audiences, I found the records lacking something and it seemed the band was getting mature (and by mature, I mean old). Thankfully, "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your A**" showed up to remind us that mature doesn't have to mean old.What's been missing from the band's records has been a good dose of noise and distortion, and this record starts right up with a nearly eleven minute excursion into that territory-- opener "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" blazes in with a fierce beat, an aggressive bass and a wave of feedback-driven lead guitar.
That guitarist Ira Kaplan doesn't deliver his finest vocal (it sounds a bit forced to me) is a bit besides the point, the piece is a reminder that this is a band that knows how to cut loose.Mind you, the opener is the exception rather than the rule, but it's really quite stunning what that little bit of energy can provide in framing the record. It also helps that the songwriting, arranging and production are all really top notch on the record, whether it's the bouncy pop songs that so dominate the album (the simply fantastic "Beanbag Chair", single "Mr. Tough"), Pet Sounds inspired instrumental "Daphnia", painful ballad "Black Flowers" (awash in deep brass and strings) or '60s style rocker "I Should Have Known Better". And while there's a couple duds here and there ("The Race is On Again", somewhat unintelligible "Watch Out For Me Ronnie"), for a nearly 80 minute album, this one's remarkably consistently good.The record's not quite the masterpiece of I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, but it's the best thing they've done in a while.
Recommended.Be Not Afraid of Yo La Tengo|Over the past twenty or so years, this group has done a lot of different things, many of them well. Here, their indie sensibility remains firmly intact as they throw everything into the stew pot -- the ingredients seasoned with experience, good taste, and a confidence that says to the world: "I am not of afraid of you!" The lengthy rhythmic opening jam, "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind", gets the adrenaline flowing and passes on to the three-minute pop confection "Beanbag Chair", which in turn leads to the slow and ruminative ballad "I Feel Like Going Home". "Mr Tough" is a derivative, jazzy, but catchy pop tune embellished with tasteful brass. Following are eleven more tunes running the gamut of stylings that the group has often explored and here presented in a rarified and well-conceived 77 minutes of indie rapture, bookended by another extended epic titled "The Story of Yo La Tengo".I liken Yo La Tengo to a more subdued, much less overtly angry version of Sonic Youth;
the two groups in fact hail from the same neck of the woods in New Jersey. The group's name translates as the baseball phrase, "I've got it!". Well, here they've hit on perhaps their most deliciously diverse album since 1997's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, but I won't go as far as saying it supersedes that album as the group's most successfully realized -- not all the tunes here strike the perfect chord in this listener. To me, however, this is the kind of stuff that exemplifies what "indie" stands for and what makes it attractive for those who had been dissuaded from embracing its uniqueness and surrendering to its spells. The "repeat" is on, and yes, I'm a fan. They may not be afraid, but I refuse to believe they'd want to "beat my a--".Some albums play better at different times of the day|The music contained on this album was excellent! My 3-star rating should not deter you from ...|is like a road trip with a couple too many detours|We have selected English as your language preference.
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