Today Is the Day (EP)

Today Is the Day
EP by Yo La Tengo
Released	2003
Recorded	1999-2002
Genre	Indie
Label	Matador Records
Producer	Roger Moutenot

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Today Is the Day is an EP by Yo La Tengo, released in 2003 on Matador Records. The title track is a rock version of a song from the album Summer Sun.

The EP features a cover of the song “Needle of Death” by Bert Jansch. The album artwork imitates the artwork for Ornette Coleman’s Something Else!!!!.^[4][5]

In popular culture

• The song "Today Is the Day" is featured in the video game Major League Baseball 2K6.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Today Is the Day" - 4:26
2. "Styles of the Times" - 4:19
3. "Outsmartener" - 2:56
4. "Needle of Death" (Jansch) - 3:18
5. "Dr. Crash" - 2:37
6. "Cherry Chapstick" - 5:31

References

1. ↑ "Today Is The Day [EP] by Yo La Tengo". Retrieved 3 October 2016. 
2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
3. ↑ Rolling Stone review
4. ↑ "The Popdose Guide to Ornette Coleman". 29 January 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2016. 
5. ↑ "Yoko Ono for Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown as first acts announced today". Retrieved 3 October 2016. 
6. ↑ Music, I. G. N. (23 March 2006). "Major League Baseball 2K6 Goes Musically Massive". Retrieved 3 October 2016.