Yo La Tengo – Is Murdering The Classics
Label: Egon Records – EGON 09
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Indie Rock
1.Tighten Up Written-By – Archie Bell, Billy Butler* 2:00
2.The Night Chicago Died Written-By – Mitch Murray, Peter Callander 2:04
3.Raw Power Written-By – Iggy Pop, James Williamson 3:21
4.Sea Cruise Written-By – Huey Smith* 1:46
5.Favorite Thing Written-By – Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson 1:40
6.Baseball Altamont Written-By – Ned Hayden, Philip Shelley* 1:31
7.Meet The Mets Written-By – Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts 1:47
8.Oh Bondage, Up Yours! Written-By – Poly Styrene 1:35
9.Ding Dang / Interplanetary Music Written-By [Ding Dang ] – Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn Written-By [Interplanetary Music] – Sun Ra 2:35
10.Captain Lou Written-By – Al Anderson (2), Terry Adams (2) 2:18
11.Oh! Sweet Nuthin' Written-By – Lou Reed 1:38
12.Route 66 Written-By – Bobby Troup 2:18
13.Roadrunner Written-By – Jonathan Richman 2:34
14.Tijuana Taxi Written-By – Ervan Coleman 0:46
15.Mendocino / Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Written-By [Mendocino] – Doug Sahm Written-By [Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head] – Burt Bacharach, Hal David 4:13
16.Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Written-By – Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart* 1:33
17.Baby's On Fire Written-By – Brian Eno 2:30
18.Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand Written-By – Pete Townshend 2:15
19.The Hokey Pokey Written-By – Charles Macak, Larry Laprise*, Taftt Baker 1:40
20.You May Be Right Written-By – Billy Joel 1:49
21.Mama Told Me Not To Come Written-By – Randy Newman 2:14
22.Roundabout Written-By – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe 2:06
23.You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Written-By – Randy Bachman 1:51
24.Don't Worry, Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow) Written-By – Yoko Ono 3:20
25.Downtown Written-By – Tony Hatch 1:50
26.Let The Good Times Roll Written-By – Leonard Lee, Shirley Goodman 1:52
27.Never On Sunday Written-By – Billy Towne, Manos Hadjidakis 1:12
28.20th Century Boy Written-By – Marc Bolan 3:19
29.Rock The Boat Written-By – Wally Holmes 1:23
Shotgun + Medley (5:53)
30.Shotgun Written-By – Autry Dewalt*
30.aMy Sharona Written-By – Berton Averre, Doug Fieger
30.bMr. Apollo Written-By – Neil Innes, Vivian Stanshall
30.cSonic Reducer Written-By – Cheetah Chrome, David Thomas (2)
30.dGod Only Knows Written-By – Brian Wilson, Tony Asher (2)
30.eIf And When / The Summer Sun Written-By – Chris Stamey
30.fSchizophrenia Written-By – Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore
30.gAnother Girl, Another Planet Written-By – Peter Perrett
30.hBedazzled Written-By – Dudley Moore, Peter Cook
A&R [A&R Assistance] – Gaylord Fields, Jay Miller (5), Scott Schinder
Cover – Adrian Tomine
Liner Notes – Ira*
Mastered By – Peter Walsh (6)
Performer – Bruce*, Georgia*, Ira*, James*
Performer [Percussion, Etc.] – Hamish Kilgour (tracks: 7, 21, 28, 30), Lois Maffeo (tracks: 1, 12, 18)
Photography By – Phil Catalano
Producer [Production Assistance] – Brian Kelly (10), Jesper Eklow, Mark Ohe
Vocals [Singing] – Leila Rosenthal (tracks: 12)
Notes: Yo La Tengo supported the fundraising efforts of New York's world-renowned independent radio outlet WFMU with annual studio visits. All listeners who pledged money during the band's appearances were offered the chance to request a favorite song that the band would then attempt to perform. This album compiles 30 WFMU highlights first broadcast between 1996 and 2003. Tracks recorded from 1997 to 2003.
1997 - tracks 2, 4, 8 and 26; 1998 - tracks 14, 19, 23 and 27; 1999 - tracks 9, 10, 11, 20 and 25; 2000 - tracks 3, 6, 13, 15, 16, 22 and 29; 2001 - tracks 1, 12 and 18; 2002 - tracks 7, 21, 28 and 30; 2003 - tracks 5, 17 and 24. |
