Ride the Tiger (album)

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Ride The Tiger
Ride The Tiger cover
Studio album by Yo La Tengo
Released 1986
Recorded  ???
Genre Rock
Length 50:18
Label Coyote
Producer(s) Clint Conley
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4/5 stars Review
Q Magazine (** out of ****) (9/94, p. 131)

Yo La Tengo chronology
Ride the Tiger
(1986)
New Wave Hot Dogs
(1987)


Ride The Tiger (1986) was the debut album of the Hoboken-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Cone of Silence – 2:49
  2. Big Sky – 2:46
  3. The Evil That Men Do – 4:11
  4. The Forest Green – 3:23
  5. The Pain of Pain – 5:35
  6. The Way Some People Die – 3:37
  7. The Empty Pool – 2:21
  8. Alrock's Bells – 4:08
  9. Five Years – 3:45
  10. Screaming Dead Balloons – 3:17
  11. Living In The Country – 2:14
  12. The River Of Water – 2:30
  13. A House Is Not A Motel – 3:43
  14. Crispy Duck – 3:04
  15. Closing Time – 3:45

[edit] Personnel

Ira Kaplan, Dave Schramm (vocals, guitar); Mike Lewis (bass); Georgia Hubley (drums).

Additional personnel: David Bither, Mike Tchang (saxophone); Chris Nelson (trombone); Clint Conley, Dave Rick (bass).

Engineers: Ken French, Rober Miller.

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