Painful (album)

Painful
Studio album by
Yo La Tengo
ReleasedOctober 5, 1993
Recorded1993
Genre
Length48:36
LabelMatador
Producer
  • Fred Brockman
  • Roger Moutenot
Yo La Tengo chronology
May I Sing with Me
(1992) 		Painful
(1993) 		Electr-O-Pura
(1995)
Singles from Painful
  1. "Big Day Coming"
    Released: 30 September 1993
  2. "From a Motel 6"
    Released: 7 January 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
Mojo[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork9.6/10[9]
Q[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[12]

Painful is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released in 1993 by record label Matador, their first for the label.

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  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "Painful – Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (November 11, 1993). "Melody Lingers On". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Yo La Tengo: Painful". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Yo La Tengo: Painful". Entertainment Weekly. October 8, 1993. p. 54.
  7. ^ Chick, Stevie (February 2015). "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Mojo. No. 255. p. 102.
  8. ^ "Yo La Tengo: Painful". NME. November 6, 1993. p. 29.
  9. ^ Berman, Stuart (December 2, 2014). "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  10. ^ "Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful". Q. No. 342. January 2015. p. 139.
  11. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Yo La Tengo". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 896–97. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  12. ^ Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Yo La Tengo". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 443–44. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.