Fakebook
by Yo La Tengo

Fakebook by Yo La Tengo
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 5,344th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 92 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (881st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,344th)

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Yo La Tengo bestography

Fakebook is ranked 8th 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 475 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,597.

Yo La Tengo album bestography « Higher ranked (4,049th)
Fade
This album (5,344th)
Fakebook
Lower ranked (5,350th) »
May I Sing With Me

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Overall rank: 5,344th | 1990s rank: 881st | 1990 rank: 76th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 92 votes)
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02/14/2026 16:37 TodFitz  Ratings distribution  27,35363/100
 
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11/29/2025 03:58 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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09/05/2024 07:23 lanadeleswift  Ratings distribution  3,57586/100
 
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08/28/2024 23:19 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,07880/100
 
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07/13/2024 11:40 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93769/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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80/100
From 07/26/2016 15:45 | #171844
This collection of mostly covers features Yo La Tengo's quiet side, re-creating them as folk aficionados capable of faithfully performing not only their own material but also pitch-perfect interpretations of classics such as Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down" and John Cale's "Andalucia." This is one of indie rock's great bands returning to its folk roots in a way that feels both reverent and innovative.
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From 03/19/2014 14:31 | #106842
Like unwrapping a present from your Nan on Christmas day, finding it's a hand-knitted pullover but actually really loving it.
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