I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is the eleventh full-length album

Album

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 by Hoboken

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-based alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 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...

, released on September 12, 2006. It is their sixth album released on Matador

Matador Records

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.

The title of the album is rumored to be a (paraphrased) quote by NBA player Tim Thomas

Tim Thomas (basketball)

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. 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

Stephon Marbury

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. Thomas yelled at Marbury, "Everyone in this organization is afraid of you, but I’m not, and I will beat your ass."

Reception

The album has received widespread acclaim and appeared in numerous Best of 2006 lists, including:

• a rating of 85% on Metacritic
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• appearing at #13 on Metacritic's Best of 2006 list.
• appearing at #23 on Pitchfork Media
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  's Top 50 Albums of 2006
• appearing at #6 on Soundsect's The Top 20 Albums of 2006

Track listing

1. "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind" – 10:47
2. "Beanbag Chair" – 3:03
3. "I Feel Like Going Home" – 4:14
4. "Mr. Tough" – 4:06
5. "Black Flowers" – 4:28
6. "The Race Is on Again" – 4:37
7. "The Room Got Heavy" – 5:10
8. "Sometimes I Don't Get You" – 3:16
9. "Daphnia" – 8:51
10. "I Should Have Known Better" – 3:16
11. "Watch Out for Me Ronnie" – 3:02
12. "The Weakest Part" – 3:04
13. "Song for Mahila" – 3:40
14. "Point and Shoot" – 4:18
15. "The Story of Yo La Tango" – 11:49

• The final track is a deliberate misspelling of the band's name — the album's CD-Text
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   reiterating this by listing the track as "The Story of Yo La Tango", followed by the message "Yes — it should be Tango!". A recurring feature on the band's web site depicts venue marquees with various misspellings of the name.

• All songs written by Yo La Tengo. (Track 10 is not a cover of either of the identically-named songs by The Beatles
  I Should Have Known Better
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   and Wire
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  .)