Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating [2 disc set]

Yo La Tengo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B0007MANW6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Shaker

2. Sugarcube

3. Barnaby, Hardly Working

4. Little Eyes

5. Stockholm Syndrome

6. Our way To Fall

7. From A Motel 6

8. Swing For Life

9. Tom Courtenay

10. I Heard You Looking

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. River Of Water, The

2. Autumn Sweater

3. Big Day Coming

4. Pablo And Andrea

5. Drug Test

6. Season Of The Shark

7. Upside-Down

8. Summer, The

9. Tears Are In Your Eyes

10. Blue Line Swinger

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic overview of the seminal alt-rock band., October 16, 2008

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating [2 disc set] (Audio CD)

Yo La Tengo has reached the point in their career where it's hard to figure out where to start with their catalog. Thankfully, they've put out "Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintilating Senescent Songs 1985-2003", perhaps as good an overview as anyone could hope to put together of the band.

Presenting over two hours of music-- the collection's pretty much got all the aspects of the band's sound-- grumbling, down alt-rockers ("Shaker"), fantastic, noisy pop songs ("Sugarcube", "Tom Courtenay"), bright, modern, edgy pop explorations ("Autumn Sweater"), folk excursions ("Stockholm Syndrome"), gentle ballads ("Little Eyes") and the truly bizarre ("Blue Line Swinger", "Nuclear War"). If you don't know what you'll think about the band, this is the place to start. It's where I started after half a decade of not knowing where.

A quick note-- if you're the type that gets obsessive over bands, you might want to spend the couple bucks and get Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003 [3 disc] with a bonus disc of rarities instead. You'll be happy for them later.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, December 18, 2007

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A.T.O. "I'd rather be napping." (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating [2 disc set] (Audio CD)

This album is way better than I ever expected! It's my first Yo La Tengo album, and I highly recommend it for people who are new to them also. I especially like the song "little eyes". The base guitar is so rad!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For fans, newcomers and above................, April 7, 2005

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oscar flores (Barcelona, Sp.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating [2 disc set] (Audio CD)

Why there aren't more bands like YLT? After 19 years of given this
rustic garage rock mixed with low tunes and folk, they haven't been tempted to rearrenge their basic sound to the masses. Maybe they will not sell a lot, but nowdays, in times when the record industry is going nuts, is better to be faithful to your grounds, than just another pimp sound band. A great collection, inspiring, and basically all what I need to cover my hears with sounds of pure old rock and roll.