• Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Mar 16, 2018
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Negative: 0 out of 29
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  1. Mar 23, 2018
    60
    The results are quietly overwhelming.
  2. Mar 19, 2018
    60
    There’s a Riot Going On’s theory doesn’t quite match up to its execution, and its parts are greater than the whole. So, is it more beautiful, or is it more boring? The problem is that it’s often too difficult to tell the difference.
  3. Mar 19, 2018
    60
    These 15 tracks find Georgia Hubley often taking the lead on guitar, offering up ambient passages--like Dream Dream Away, a strummed interlude of off-hand beauty--and, on Esportes Casual, a little loungey bossanova that, though sweet, sits ill with the rest of this immersive listen.
  4. 40
    The occasional cut slices through the general blandness--the lilting “Shades Of Blue” is a winsome folk-pop lollop, and the Neu! motorik groove gives “For You Too” a rare drive--but overall this seems more escapist than reactive, not much help at all.
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Mar 22, 2018
    10
    ______________There's a Riot Going On is an exceptional addition to Yo La Tengo's legacy, a timeless______________There's a Riot Going On is an exceptional addition to Yo La Tengo's legacy, a timeless classiccccccccccccccc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_________________________ Full Review »