Popular Songs - Yo La Tengo
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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  1. NicolasI
    Sep 10, 2009
    9
    It's really great.
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  2. [Anonymous]
    Sep 9, 2009
    9
    Another great album from one of the finest bands around.Go and buy all of theit stuff-you can't go wrong.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 25
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  1. Popular Songs may not quite scale the same heights as those found on "I Am Not Afraid Of You..." or "I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One." It is, however, another really good album by Yo La Tengo.
  2. Experience can be a crutch, an excuse to tread water in comfortable waters. But Popular Songs wears its age well, a calm but firm reminder of an indie rock perennial it's all too easy to take for granted.
  3. What stops it from being an incongruous mishmash is the mood of intimacy and exuberance: you might be hanging out with them in their basement studio, sharing the jokes, shivering with delight.