Album · 1995

Electr‐O‐Pura

by Yo La Tengo

Electr‐O‐Pura is a 1995 indie album by Yo La Tengo. It runs 16 tracks across 71 minutes on Matador.

Indie · Indie Rock · Alternative

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Tracks: 71 min
Runtime: 122 bpm
Tempo: C major
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Electr-O-Pura is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on May 2, 1995 by record label Matador. The album received very positive reviews from music critics. Electr-O-Pura was recorded at Alex the Great Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by Roger Moutenot, who recorded the band's previous album, Painful. The band named the album after an extinct soda brand; they discovered the name while they were visiting the Museum of Beverage Containers in Nashville while the album was still in production. The hyphens were added as the band's "own editorial comment". Electr-O-Pura was released on May 2, 1995 by the independent record label Matador Records. The song "Tom Courtenay", which is a tribute to the English film star, was released as a single on March 21, 1995.

In the back of the CD case, the songs are deliberately listed with wrong running times to fool listeners. As singer and guitarist Ira Kaplan explains, "I think sometimes people have a tendency to look at a song and say, 'Oh, it's six minutes long. This is gonna suck. Pop songs should be three minutes.' So we thought we'd say, 'Oh yeah, we agree with you completely', and have people not go into 'Flying Lesson' or 'Blue Line Swinger' already armed to not like this song, and maybe trick them into listening to it once". The alternate titles were lifted from a book on the Blues Project.

In brief

When was Electr‐O‐Pura released?: Electr‐O‐Pura was released in 1995 on Matador.
How many tracks are on Electr‐O‐Pura?: Electr‐O‐Pura has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 71 minutes.
What genre is Electr‐O‐Pura?: Electr‐O‐Pura is catalogued under Indie, Indie Rock, Alternative.
What BPM is Electr‐O‐Pura?: Electr‐O‐Pura runs at a median tempo of 122 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Electr‐O‐Pura?: Listeners of Electr‐O‐Pura also rate Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement, Funeral by Arcade Fire, Know by Heart by The American Analog Set.

Electr‐O‐Pura at a glance

Label: Matador Records
Recorded at: Nashville
Produced by: Roger Moutenot

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