Summer Sun (studio album) by Yo La Tengo

Summer Sun by Yo La Tengo
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 11,901st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 56 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2003 (223rd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,176th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,901st)
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Yo La Tengo bestography

Summer Sun is ranked 12th best out of 29 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 461 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,899.

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Summer Sun track list

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74/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 01/17/2019 08:37
Extremely underrated
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Best Tracks: Seasons Of The Shark, Take Care
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From 05/21/2014 22:43
Easily Yo La Tengo's most underrated album, the band continues the trend of stripping back their music to the barebones on Summer Sun. Completely lacking of the band's noiserock roots, many YLT fans found this record to be unappealing. Despite this departure, repeated listens will reward YLT fans with an absolute treasure of challenging and beautiful material. Contained on this record is the band's best ballad ever, "Today is the Day", James' best song with YLT, "Tiny Birds", and the absolutely otherworldly experience that is "Let's Be Still". While not recommended as a starting point for newbie YLT fans, Summer Sun earns a strong ranking amongst YLT's already stellar catalogue.
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