Fakebook (album)
Encyclopedia
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.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released, in 1990
1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...
, by alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...
. 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
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
songs. Nevertheless, it manages to represent how diverse the band is musically as a whole.
Track listing
- "Can't Forget" – 2:13 (Ira KaplanIra KaplanIra Kaplan [born 1957] is the co-founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo. He is married to Georgia Hubley, Yo La Tengo's vocalist, drummer, songwriter and co-founder....
) - "Griselda" – 1:54 (AntoniaHoly Modal RoundersThe Holy Modal Rounders were an American folk music duo from the Lower East Side of New York City which started in the early 1960s, consisting of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber. Their unique blend of folk music revival and psychedelia gave them a cult-like following from the late 1960s into the 1970s...
) - "Here Comes My Baby" – 2:26 (Cat StevensCat StevensYusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
) - "Barnaby, Hardly Working" – 4:12 (Georgia HubleyGeorgia HubleyGeorgia Hubley is an American percussionist and is one of the founding members of the alternative-rock band Yo La Tengo.She is married to the group's other founding member, Ira Kaplan. They would often see each other in record shops and at the same shows...
, Kaplan) - "Yellow Sarong" – 1:37 (The Scene is NowThe Scene Is NowThe Scene is Now is a New York City-based avant-garde jug band from the 1980s. Their songs, most of which are compiled on the album The Oily Years, tend to be somewhat rough, lo-fi recordings...
) - "You Tore Me Down" – 2:54 (The Flamin' Groovies)
- "Emulsified" – 2:46 (Rex Garvin & The Mighty CraversRex GarvinRex Garvin is an American former R&B singer, songwriter, keyboard player and arranger. His writing credits include the 1957 US chart hit "Over The Mountain, Across The Sea", by Johnnie and Joe, and his own 1966 recording "Sock It To 'Em J.B.", later recorded by The Specials.-Life and career:He was...
) - "Speeding Motorcycle – 3:16 (Daniel JohnstonDaniel JohnstonDaniel Dale Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas....
) - "Tried So Hard" – 2:13 (Gene ClarkGene ClarkGene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
) - "The Summer" – 2:40 (Hubley, Kaplan)
- "Oklahoma, USA" – 2:18 (Ray DaviesRay DaviesRay Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
) - "What Comes Next" – 3:11
- "The One to Cry" – 1:47 (The EscortsThe Escorts (Liverpool band)The Escorts were a Merseybeat band formed in October 1962 in Liverpool, England, by three classmates who had just left the Morrison School for Boys in Rose Lane, Allerton — Mike Gregory, Terry Sylvester and John Kinrade...
) - "Andalucia" – 3:33 (John CaleJohn CaleJohn Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
) - "Did I Tell You" – 3:21 (Kaplan)
- "What Can I Say" – 2:03 (Joey SpampinatoJoey SpampinatoJoey Spampinato was a founding member and bass player of NRBQ. He was also one of the band's lead singers and chief songwriters. Before NRBQ he played in several bands, including The Seven of Us, which in 1967 while in Miami, Florida, met another band, The Merseybeats USA. The bands merged to form...
)