I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
by Yo La Tengo

Still just as good after several listens. (Edited)

What makes the album so remarkable is its stylistic breadth held together by a coherent sensibility. It brings together disparate styles — cheeky bossa nova ("Center of Gravity"), noisy Beach Boys covers ("Little Honda"), a 10-minute drone ("Spec Bebop"), and two-minute country pop ("One PM Again") — in ways that feel whole. In 1997 this was a quiet revolution: indie rock without guitars ("Autumn Sweater") and feedback-heavy art songs made by the quiet family who runs the corner store. (Edited)

From seb7 02/19/2022 07:30 | #281521

wildly hit or miss but there are some really good songs in here

A very relaxing and mellow listen and well worth spinning this record when you are in the mood to just chill. The first half of this album really carries this record though with some of the groups best ever tracks. The second half is a bit more drawn out and bland in comparison but also has its moments when it is good. Also, it is a very bloated release and could do with a considerable amount of trimming down to make it more digestible and to make it a more consistent album. Overall, the length of the album and the long stretches of quite boring instrumentation hold this record down from reaching its true potential.

From teague 07/09/2021 22:49 | #271497

Lags quite a bit in the second half but that first half is great!

From planetneutral 02/03/2021 05:09 | #265647

This album gets some credit for delivering a variety of styles, but that takes a long time to accomplish and ultimately doesn't amount to much.

From VictorVale 10/31/2020 17:30 | #260027

Cresce a cada escutada, álbum fascinante! De bossa-nova ao noise, do amor ao desespero!

From llibnanoon 09/16/2020 14:56 | #258289

I wasn't quite sure what to expect being I never heard their music before. More background stuff, similar to Radiohead. Rating (72.81)

From Brad1770 03/04/2019 11:13 | #233026

What?
'I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One' is YLT's 8th studio album and pretty much comes dead middle into their long discography and is widely regarded as their crowning glory. This album is quite the beast clocking in at 68 minutes/ 16 tracks and certainly takes quite a few listens to wrap your head around everything going on. The album is extremely eclectic with slices of Lo-Fi ("Return to Hot Chicken" , "Damage" , "Shadows" , "The Lie and How We Told It") , Indi Rock ("Sugarcube" , "Deeper Into Movies" , "Moby Octopad") , 2 Cover Versions ("Little Honda" , "My Little Corner of the World") , weird ass instrumentals ( the 10 minute "Spec Bebop" , "Green Arrow" which is pretty much 6 minutes of night time Crickets ) , Bossanova ("Centre of Gravity") and Country and Western ("One PM Again")

Do I Need To Hear This Album?
If you have any interest in discovering what YLT are all about absolutely , but as an album on it's own it's a little too long and eventually wears out it's welcome once you've heard it a few times. Note: the super cute "My Little Corner of the World" is just wonderful , coming right at the end and is worth hanging around for

"What's a Yellow Tango ?" (infamous quote)

From JoaoMoreira 03/20/2018 18:48 | #211351

A good album from a truly unique band.
It's really very yo-la-tengoy the way they rock with both power and serenity. Such strange and enchanting combination.
Also it doesn't sound dated! And that's surprising coming from the 90s.