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And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

EMAILPRINTby Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo reviews
83
9.3 User Score:

Album Info

Label: Matador

Release Date: 22 February 2000

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): rock, indie, alternative

Summary

Aside from the noisy "Cherry Chapstick," the tracks on And Then Nothing showcase a mellower sound for the Hoboken, NJ three-piece, which disappointed some long-time fans but certainly won over critics.

What The Critics Said

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100

Spin

Instead of the pleasing pop potpourri of their last album... the 13 songs on And Then Nothing . . . flow together subtly, all texture, mood and shade.... Yo La Tengo's tenth collection of warm, tiny songs is by far the finest in their careers...

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100

Checkout.com

Making a record that delivers satisfaction from start to finish is a rare and momentous thing. Making any record that sounds unlike anything else is a victory in itself. To bring the two in line as Yo La Tengo has done with And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out may as well be called perfection.

90

New Musical Express

A clearly adult, unfashionably sensitive document, all grace and understatement, experimental through what it leaves out, and the effects it plants in the background.

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90

Billboard

A gorgeous collection of intensely quiet songs filled with lush harmonies and haunting sonic atmospherics.... rarely has the group sounded better.

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90

Mojo

A beautiful, fragile, record that demands your full attention, then pays back dividends.

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90

All Music Guide

Easily one of 2000's most accomplished albums, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out may not be as immediately appealing as some of the group's more upbeat albums, but it's just as enduring, proving that Yo La Tengo is the perfect band to grow old with.

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88

Wall of Sound

But fans of the band certainly won't miss the amplification, because they, like the band, have grown up. That's one reason why most of them will conclude that And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out is the band's very best album.

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83

Village Voice (Consumer Guide)

The main problem with this background tour de force is that you understand not just how good it is but how pretty it is only when you listen up.

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81

Pitchfork

The first three-quarters of Inside-Out contains some of Yo La Tengo's best work to date. As a whole, however, it may be one of their less ear-catching records. If recorded by an aspiring young band, Inside-Out would be deemed the next big thing by all music press. However, people are used to Ira Kaplan's masterful electric assaults and the broad range of sounds that generally appear in spades on Yo La Tengo's LPs.

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80

Q Magazine

At times recalling Eno's Another Green World.

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80

Ink Blot Magazine

Gorgeously melancholy... mid-tempo grooves and hushed ballads dressed up in dreamy keyboards and liquidly reverberant guitars.

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80

Puncture

This is a quiet pearl. It may spin a few times before you notice. [#46, p.32]

80

CDNow

The arbiters of mellow have turned the fully realized indie pop of their last and most accessible effort, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, inside out, exposing a softer, fleshy side that's more akin to some of their earlier outings.

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80

Rolling Stone

Kaplan and Hubley sing their most confessional, intimate lyrics ever, over whispery guitars, brushed percussion, vibes and organ drones. It's a spell of blissful, psychedelic make-out music... these songs are great - heartfelt, rugged, melodically sumptuous enough to keep unfolding after dozens of spins, full of folk-rock flesh and blood.

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80

HOB.com

Here the trio trade in the constant reliance on the fuzzed out guitars that led the charge of their steady rise through obscurity for the more subdued moments that have occasionally reared up in past projects.

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80

Trouser Press

A calm triumph.

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70

The Onion (A.V. Club)

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, while not unremarkable, is still a little disappointing, too light on memorable hooks and melodies, too long on leisurely arrangements, and not too great to obliterate feelings that Yo La Tengo usually does better.

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70

Sonicnet

And while not so instantly accessible as much of the band's recent output, the songs still manage to be catchy, if elusively so; this is an album that rewards repeated listening.

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65

Nude As The News

A very pretty, measured album of slow, organ-supported mood crawls. And nothing else.

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30

MTV.com

A too-long, languid mess of Hoboken groove.... a thoroughly disappointing affair.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Guy H gave it a9:
Not a typical YLT album in that there isn't as much variety in mood and pace as usual. However, I think this eventually works in the album's favour, creating a really hypnotic feel. A brilliant late night listen.

Slow Glass Records gave it a10:
brilliant, stunning, exeptional masterpiece of extreme proportions.

John L gave it a9:
The album before this was their greatest, but this is terrific in a very different way, and stands out more than what followed (which is/was still good don't get me wrong). These folks are as interesting a band as their is in America (the only thing I prefer is a dou called Rasa), and so it's been for the last 10-15 years.

Jim B gave it a10:
A sublime masterpiece! And perfect for "summer night" listening. Could be Yo La Tengo's best album.

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