Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003

Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003
Greatest hits album by Yo La Tengo
Released	March 22, 2005
Recorded	1985–2003
Genre	Indie rock
Length	118:04
Language	English
Label	Matador
Yo La Tengo chronology
Summer Sun (2003) Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003 (2005) Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics (2006)

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Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs: 1985–2003 is a best-of compilation album of songs by the band Yo La Tengo. It was available in two- or three-disc editions, the third disc being A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986–2002.

The front and rear cover art is reminiscent of The Beatles' Second Album in style, color and layout of band photographs.

Track listing[]

Disc one

1. "Shaker" (from the Shaker EP, 1993) - 3:20
2. "Sugarcube" (from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997) - 3:22
3. "Barnaby, Hardly Working" (from President Yo La Tengo, 1989) - 4:36
4. "Little Eyes" (from Summer Sun, 2003) - 4:22
5. "Stockholm Syndrome" (from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997) - 2:53
6. "Our Way to Fall" (from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, 2000) - 4:20
7. "From a Motel 6" (from Painful, 1993) - 4:11
8. "Swing For Life" (from May I Sing With Me, 1992) - 5:16
9. "Tom Courtenay" (from Electr-O-Pura, 1995) - 3:32
10. "Lewis" (from New Wave Hot Dogs, 1987) - 2:30
11. "I Heard You Looking" (from Painful, 1993) - 7:02
12. "You Can Have It All" (from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, 2000) - 4:37
13. "Did I Tell You" (from Fakebook, 1990) - 3:28

Disc two

1. "The River of Water" (from The River of Water/A House Is Not a Motel - 7", 1985) - 2:31
2. "Autumn Sweater" (from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997) - 5:19
3. "Big Day Coming" (from Painful, 1993) - 4:14
4. "Pablo and Andrea" (from Electr-O-Pura, 1995) - 4:17
5. "Drug Test" (from President Yo La Tengo, 1989) - 4:08
6. "Season of the Shark" (from Summer Sun, 2003) - 4:29
7. "Upside-Down" (from May I Sing With Me, 1992) - 2:41
8. "The Summer" (from Fakebook, 1990) - 2:39
9. "Tears Are in Your Eyes" (from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, 2000) - 4:35
10. "Blue Line Swinger" (from Electr-O-Pura, 1995) - 9:30
11. "The Story of Jazz" (from New Wave Hot Dogs, 1987) - 3:35
12. "Nuclear War" (version 1) (from the Nuclear War EP, 2002) - 7:35
13. "By the Time It Gets Dark" (Sandy Denny cover from the Little Honda EP, 1997) - 3:02

A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986–2002

As indicated by its title, these songs are outtakes and rarities. Some tracks were previously released as indicated.^[3]

1. "Stay Away From Heaven" - the film The Invisible Circus - 4:31
2. "Pencil Test"* - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One session track - 3:39
3. "Almost True"* - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out session track - 3:05
4. "Tom Courtenay" (acoustic version) - Camp Yo La Tengo - EP - 3:13
5. "Big Day Coming" (demo)* - 3:43
6. "Dreaming" ( cover) - 3:37
7. "Bad Politics" - Tom Courtenay single - 2:59
8. "Blue-Green Arrow" - from Earworm 7" - 5:42
9. "Decora" (acoustic)* - KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic session, circa '95 - 3:06
10. "Out the Window" (original version) - That is Yo La Tengo - EP 4:16
11. "Weather Shy" from the film The Invisible Circus - 4:54
12. "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac cover) - Chemical Imbalance cover mount 7" - 4:47
13. "Autumn Sweater" (Kevin Shields remix) - Autumn Sweater EP - 8:42
14. "Ashes on the Ground" - From A Motel 6 EP - 5:15
15. "Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger" - Camp Yo La Tengo EP - 9:19
16. "Magnet" - the NRBQ tribute album The Q People 4:10

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