Description:I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an album by Yo La Tengo. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in New York City. The album was released on Matador in 1997, and "Busy with My Thoughts" appeared on the Japanese version, the song also available as the b-side to the "Sugarcube" single. An expanded edI Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is an album by Yo La Tengo. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed in New York City. The album was released on Matador in 1997, and "Busy with My Thoughts" appeared on the Japanese version, the song also available as the b-side to the "Sugarcube" single. An expanded edition featuring nine additional songs on a bonus disc was released in 2002.
All songs were written by Yo La Tengo, except "Little Honda," a Beach Boys tune by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, and "My Little Corner of the World," written by Bob Hilliard and Lee Pockriss and made famous by musician and anti-gay activist Anita Bryant.
An insert parodied the marketing leaflets that are sometimes inserted into the jewel case for a compact disc, promoting other products from the same label. It "advertised" albums by imaginary artists, like "Condo Fucks", "Unsanitary Napkins", "Künstler" in a variety of genres - riot grrrl, college rock, smooth jazz, stand-up comedy and Broadway musicals with "the soundtrack from Heroin! performed by the original cast." In 2008, Yo La Tengo followed up on the joke by releasing Fuckbook, an album of covers credited to the Condo Fucks.
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One is amongst the most popular albums by Yo La Tengo.[citation needed] The style of music is an eclectic blend of folk, rock, shoegazing, electronic, and what can be widely termed experimental. "My Little Corner of the World" lent its name to the soundtrack of the television show Gilmore Girls, entitled Our Little Corner of the World: Music from Gilmore Girls, where it was featured alongside music by John Lennon, Black Box Recorder, PJ Harvey, and others.
It was ranked at #25 on the list of the Top 100 albums of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media, and Spin Magazine placed it at #78 on their Top 90 albums of the 1990s.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Matador Records Release date : 22 April 1997 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0744861022220 UPC: 744861022220
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