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Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings
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NicolasISep 10, 2009It's really great.
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[Anonymous]Sep 9, 2009Another 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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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.
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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.
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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.