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9.2
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9.2 |
Paste Magazine
Fade is just 10 distinctive, beautiful songs in 45 minutes meant to show their languid new peers (Real Estate, Beach House, Grizzly Bear, what have you) who’s boss
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9.0
49924
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
There are no calypso tricks or ramshackle cover versions, just a platter of songs that stick fast in your head and at the same time hang together as a soporific, blurry edged soundtrack that you’d happily keep on a loop
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8.5
50377
8.5 |
Tone Deaf
Fade is terrifically written album, and one many young indie bands could learn a thing or two from
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8.5
49803
8.5 |
The Quietus
Swathed in a cotton wool loveliness that plays to the band's strengths
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8.5
49914
8.5 |
Prefix
After three decades of low-key charm, one fact can sometimes get obscured: Yo La Tengo know exactly what they’re doing
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8.5
49565
8.5 |
BBC
The real revelation about Fade is that it is the most settled album they’ve recorded in years
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8.5
49616
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Fade is as timeless as Yo La Tengo’s best
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8.3
49730
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Fade is a disciplined album, oriented toward songs rather than free-form musicianship
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8.1
49700
8.1 |
Pitchfork
A thoroughly immersive dusk-to-dawn soundtrack to a dark night's passing
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8.0
49701
8.0 |
PopMatters
Proof positive that these good guys always come out on top
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8.0
49696
8.0 |
The Observer
Returns to familiar territory so intuitively that it feels less like a return to form than a homecoming
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8.0
49697
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
It’s like they’re overcoming their shyness to hold out welcoming arms, leading us wisely and gently into 2013
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8.0
49739
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Fade comes together as one of Yo La Tengo’s most refreshingly forward efforts in both sound and matter
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8.0
49761
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The album perfectly details just what is so essential and appealing about the group, and why there will always be a place for these guys in the world of indie rock
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8.0
49613
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
There’s nothing showy here, nothing flashy, just an understated, immaculately put together collection of happy and sad, yearning and sweet songs
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8.0
49860
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Bits and pieces of a brilliant past resurfacing in a present and future increasingly detailed and unique in its own voice, where the songs get better and the messages clearer the more time you spend with it
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8.0
49975
8.0 |
Blurt
At 10 songs, only two of which surpass the six-minute mark, this feels like the most concise and focused Yo La Tengo yet
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8.0
50340
8.0 |
The 405
Fade is, in many ways, a more intimate affair than And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out which seems the record that it will draw most frequent comparison to
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
After chopping and changing styles for 30 odd years looking for something truly theirs, YLT now realise they had it all along
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8.0
49656
8.0 |
The Guardian
Could fit anywhere into their post-1990 discography, acting as a guided tour through their styles
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8.0
49659
8.0 |
The Irish Times
With John McEntire replacing Roger Moutenot on production duties, Fade, more successfully than recent releases, crams the best of what YLT do into a concise, filler-free set
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8.0
49663
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Yet another installment of the classic Yo La Tengo formula
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8.0
49677
8.0 |
All Music
Yo La Tengo have developed not just a style, but a voice of their own so distinct that the deeper the details go determines how strong the album can be. Fade is rich with details and grows richer the closer one looks
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8.0
49570
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
An album that should rub loyal fans the right way while welcoming newcomers into the YLT fold with a gentle hand
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
‘Fade’ finds YLT at their most wistfully contemplative; a thought only softened by the paradox that this might just be one of their best yet
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8.0
49553
8.0 |
The Skinny
Even three decades on, Yo La Tengo make the production of quality rock’n’roll seem utterly effortless
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8.0
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8.0 |
State
Fade is yet another signpost in a reliably great road map of musical memories
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8.0
49555
8.0 |
Uncut
It's oddly gentle, melodic and warm, with an experimental undertow. Print edition only
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8.0
49558
8.0 |
Mojo
Fade feels like a definitive and hugely uplifting summary of a cult institution. Print edition only
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7.5
49649
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Perhaps it would be a cliché to say that the trio is still showing younger bands how it's done—but seriously, newbies... take note
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7.0
49576
7.0 |
The Fly
If a sense of staleness had begun to creep in round 2009’s ‘Popular Songs’, ‘Fade’ pretty much puts them back on track
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7.0
49608
7.0 |
NME
Finds them in quietly romantic mode
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7.0
49763
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
On an album about staying the course as time passes and things fall apart, producer John McEntire hones arrangements that are more layered than usual
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6.8
49617
6.8 |
Bowlegs
The album rarely shifts out of a slo- mo sunset tempo
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6.0
49679
6.0 |
The Independent
Yo La Tengo are mellowing somewhat, though without losing the questing spirit of resistance that characterises their approach to music
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6.0
49705
6.0 |
The Scotsman
For those in the right mellow, meditative frame of mind, Fade will make an ideal soundtrack to cosy up to through the winter months
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6.0
50639
6.0 |
musicOMH
Fade offers a continuing warm glow, a slow burning sunset rather than a fizzling out
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