Popular Songs
by Yo La Tengo

Popular Songs by Yo La Tengo
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-09-08
Overall rank: 6,800th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 61 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (116th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,182nd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,800th)

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Yo La Tengo bestography

Popular Songs is ranked 10th best out of 30 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 479 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,561.

Yo La Tengo album bestography « Higher ranked (5,322nd)
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This album (6,800th)
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Popular Songs track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Popular Songs rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,800th | 2000s rank: 1,182nd | 2009 rank: 116th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 61 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.

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85/100
From 09/08/2017 15:57 | #197541
best tracks: nothing to hide, if it's true
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From 05/21/2014 22:58 | #112532
Don't let the condensed tracklisting fool you, this album picks up where I Am Not Afraid of You left off and is just as sprawling. With songs veering in almost every direction the band has ever explored, Popular Songs is coming from a band oozing with confidence in who they are as a band. Highlights range from the gentle "I'm On My Way", to the droning "More Stars Than There Are In Heaven", to the classic YLT noiserock of "And the Glitter Is Gone". This is band that just keeps going and is here to stay.
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From 07/12/2013 02:26 | #81199
Very nice album. Not brilliant, but still good.
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