I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
by Yo La Tengo
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Yo La Tengo bestography
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass is ranked 4th best out of 31 albums by Yo La Tengo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yo La Tengo is I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One which is ranked number 485 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,509.
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I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 56 Music Albums of 2006 | 35/56 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 28 Music Albums of 2006 | 9/28 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '05 to '14 | 91/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 143 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 473 | |||
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I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/31/2026 21:30 | RemainInLight | 3,876 | 36/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2026 00:47 | Praibonito | 100 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 00:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,823 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/16/2012 15:17 | #46559 | TOP COMMENT
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"Beat Your Ass" picks up on "Inside-Out" and gives the swift kick in the ass the album title suggests. They're back with some upbeat guitar pop ready to take names and they want YOU to know it. That wry smirk of yours has Yo La Tengo written all over it.
ghosttomost 05/21/2014 22:51 | #112530 | TOP COMMENT
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Just in case anyone thought the old Yo La Tengo were gone, the band returns with this tour de force and, as promised, beats the ass of all those who ever questioned the band's longevity. I Am Not Afraid of You is a sprawling potpourri of an album that comes across as a spiritual successor to the band's I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One. Bookended by the monsters "Pass the Hatchet" and "Story of Yo La Tango" (yes, they're poking fun at a common misspelling), clocking in at 78 minutes there are unfortunately a few weaker tracks within. Possessing more than a fair share of some of the band's best material in a decade more than makes up for this, however.
Great title, a lot of fantastic songs. The sound of YLT has really grown for this album, so many happy sounding songs and fun musical moments in the album.
Probably the best album title of all time.
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