Ride the Tiger (album)

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Ride The Tiger
Ride The Tiger cover
Studio album by Yo La Tengo
Released 1986
Genre Rock
Length 50:18
Label Coyote
Producer(s) Clint Conley
Professional reviews
Yo La Tengo chronology
Ride the Tiger
(1986)
New Wave Hot Dogs
(1987)


Ride The Tiger, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music), 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

A more recent CD reissue included four bonus tracks, including both sides of the band's preceding single as well as two live tracks recorded in the mid-'90s.

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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