There's a Riot Going On

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There's a Riot Going On
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Studio album by
Yo La Tengo
ReleasedMarch 16, 2018
Genre Indie rock
Length63:30
Label Matador
Producer Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo chronology
Murder in the Second Degree
(2016)		There's a Riot Going On
(2018)		 We Have Amnesia Sometimes
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 8/10 [11]
Vice A− [12]

There's a Riot Going On is the fifteenth full-length studio album by the American band Yo La Tengo, and was released through Matador Records on March 16, 2018. [13] [14]

Contents

There's a Riot Going On was ranked the 41st best release of the year in The Wire magazine's annual critics' poll. [15]

The title of the album is derived from the 1971 Sly and the Family Stone album There's a Riot Goin' On . [16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yo La Tengo except "Polynesia #1" by Michael Hurley

No.TitleVocalsLength
1."You Are Here" 5:44
2."Shades of Blue"Hubley2:50
3."She May, She Might"Kaplan5:22
4."For You Too"Kaplan4:12
5."Ashes"Hubley3:34
6."Polynesia #1"Hubley2:26
7."Dream Dream Away"McNew5:50
8."Shortwave" 5:44
9."Above the Sound"
  • Kaplan
  • McNew
5:40
10."Let's Do It Wrong"
  • Kaplan
  • Hubley
3:34
11."What Chance Have I Got"Hubley3:06
12."Esportes Casual" 1:26
13."Forever"
  • Kaplan
  • McNew
4:20
14."Out of the Pool"Kaplan2:46
15."Here You Are"
  • Kaplan
  • Hubley
  • McNew
6:56
Total length:63:30

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 63
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 21
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [20] 56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 60
US Billboard 200 [23] 136
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [24] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [25] 25

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