They Shoot, We Score

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ReleasedSeptember 5, 2008
Genre Soundtrack
Length56:13
Label Egon Records [1]
Yo La Tengo chronology
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
(2006)
They Shoot, We Score
(2008)
Fuckbook
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [2]

They Shoot, We Score is a compilation soundtrack album by the band Yo La Tengo, released on September 5, 2008. [3]

Contents

It contains tracks from the films Old Joy (2006), Junebug (2005), Game 6 (2005) and Shortbus (2006). [4]

"Spec Bebop" is a shortened new recording of the track from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One and "Madeline" is different from the identically titled track from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out .

The album was released with different covers using the posters for each of the films as a cover.

Track listing

Tracks 1-6: Old Joy
Tracks 7-13: Junebug
Tracks 14-23: Game 6
Tracks 24-27: Shortbus

  1. "Leaving Home" (2:44)
  2. "Getting Lost" (3:02)
  3. "Path to Springs" (1:30)
  4. "Driving Home" (3:48)
  5. "Leaving Home (alternate version)" (4:25)
  6. "Old Joy: End Credits" (2:48)
  7. "Ashley" (1:37)
  8. "Meerkats" (0:34)
  9. "Madeline" (0:39)
  10. "A Roomful of Ladies" (outtake) (1:57)
  11. "David Wark" (1:05)
  12. "Aftermath (outtake)" (2:08)
  13. "George" (0:40)
  14. "This Could Be It" (2:49)
  15. "The Phantom Who Haunts Broadway" (0:42)
  16. "Game Time" (1:04)
  17. "Pharaoh Blues" (2:42)
  18. "Zoo Chant" (2:29)
  19. "Love Chant" (4:53)
  20. "Asbestos" (1:05)
  21. "Return of the Pharaoh" (1:31)
  22. "Spec Bebop" (3:03)
  23. "Buckner's Boner" (2:24)
  24. "Isolation Tank" (2:09)
  25. "Panic in Central Park (outtake)" (1:10)
  26. "Panic in Central Park" (1:10)
  27. "Wizard's Sleeve" (2:05)

Personnel

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