Popular Songs
by Yo La Tengo
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Yo La Tengo bestography
Popular Songs is ranked 10th 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 477 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,556.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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).
Popular Songs rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 59 Music Albums of 2009 | 37/59 | 2 |
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 62 Music Albums of the 2000s | 51/62 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 91 Music Albums of 2009 | 70/91 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 78 Music Albums of 2009 | 24/78 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 72 Music Albums of 2009 | 35/72 | 3 |
| 2026 | JoaoMoreira | Top 7 Music Albums of 2009 | 6/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2009 Year in Review | 28/52 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 87 Music Albums of 2009 | 20/87 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 210 | |||
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Popular Songs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 04:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 08:49 | HelsinkiSnorkel | 2,273 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:43 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.
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Repo 03/16/2018 09:21 in What album are you listening to right now?Popular Songs comments
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best tracks: nothing to hide, if it's true
ghosttomost 05/21/2014 22:58 | #112532 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
JoaoMoreira 07/12/2013 02:26 | #81199 | TOP COMMENT
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Very nice album. Not brilliant, but still good.
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