And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out is the ninth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on February 22, 2000 by record label Matador. The album received positive reviews from critics.

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Studio album by
Yo La Tengo
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2000
Recorded1999 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genre
Length77:15
LabelMatador
ProducerRoger Moutenot
Yo La Tengo chronology
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
(1997)		 And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
(2000)		 The Sounds of the Sounds of Science
(2002)
Singles from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
  1. "You Can Have It All"
    Released: May 25, 1999
  2. "Saturday"
    Released: January 31, 2000

Recording and release

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out was recorded at Alex the Great in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed at the Big House in Manhattan, New York City. The album was produced by Roger Moutenot and released on February 22, 2000 by Matador Records. The title of the album is likely derived from a Sun Ra quote: "...At first there was nothing...then nothing turned itself inside-out and became something". The album artwork is made up of photographs by surrealist photographer and Yale professor Gregory Crewdson.

The album reached #138 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the U.S., their first to do so.[1] As of January 2003, the album has sold 114,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2]

Music and lyrics

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out marks a creative shift in Yo La Tengo's songwriting with a greatly slower approach. The band continued to expand on their simplistic songwriting. Many songs on the album are soft ballads with very airy percussion and background noises. However, the guitars and bass provide a strong undertone of reverberation. The album also features an array of backing instruments such as vibraphone and drum machines, which all lend an expansion of musical textures and differentiation of timbre.

Yo La Tengo deliver more subdued art-pop songs on this album than on any other. However, their noise rock influence is also most present in songs like "Saturday", "Cherry Chapstick", "Tired Hippo", and the 17-minute epic "Night Falls on Hoboken". The title "Let's Save Tony Orlando's House" comes from an episode of The Simpsons, titled "Marge on the Lam". It is the name of a telethon that actor Troy McClure previously hosted. During this period, many of their tracks were given temp-titles based on Troy McClure's filmography.[3]

The song "The Crying of Lot G" is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49. "You Can Have It All" is a cover of the George McCrae song, originally written by Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band. Yo La Tengo's take is of a distinctly different style, with a much slower tempo. A techno version of "You Can Have It All" was used as Northwest Airlines's theme song under the Now You're Flying Smart slogan. The track "Our Way to Fall" appears in an episode of Six Feet Under titled "Driving Mr. Mossback" (season 2, episode 4).

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA[6]
The Guardian[7]
Melody Maker[8]
NME9/10[9]
Pitchfork8.1/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Spin8/10[13]
The Village VoiceB+[14]

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out received positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares felt that the album "isn't as immediate as some of the group's earlier work, but it's just as enduring, proving that Yo La Tengo is the perfect band to grow old with".[5] The album appeared at number 8 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 2000.[15]

In 2009, Pitchfork ranked the album at number 37 on its list of The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.[16] Similarly, the album was ranked at number 77 in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Best Albums of the 2000s.[17] In 2014, the album was ranked at number 44 in PopMatters' list of the 100 Best Albums of the 2000s.[18] In 2018, Pitchfork ranked it fifth on its list of The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums.[19] In 2019, the album was ranked 82nd on The Guardian's 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yo La Tengo unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
1."Everyday" Hubley, McNew6:32
2."Our Way to Fall" Kaplan4:18
3."Saturday" Hubley, Kaplan4:18
4."Let's Save Tony Orlando's House" Hubley4:59
5."Last Days of Disco" Kaplan6:28
6."The Crying of Lot G" Kaplan4:45
7."You Can Have It All"Harry Wayne CaseyHubley4:37
8."Tears Are in Your Eyes" Hubley4:35
9."Cherry Chapstick" Kaplan6:12
10."From Black to Blue" Kaplan4:47
11."Madeline" Hubley3:37
12."Tired Hippo"  4:46
13."Night Falls on Hoboken" Kaplan17:42
gollark: #10 is of course fairly beeoidal, as ever, but you don't actually care about my opinion on it.
gollark: I would hope you don't actually combine the no-english with the claimed stricter enforcement, given that people like discussing Toki Pona and such.
gollark: Ubq apparently considers it quite funny that it has specific examples for advertising but not inciting racial hatred or something.
gollark: Having an overly broad harshly punished rule and then selectively enforcing it is worse than a narrower rule which might not cover some cases, except we have never actually had advertising issues not covered already.
gollark: This is excessive though.

References
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  2. "Yo La Tengo Shines Up 'Summer' Songs". Billboard. 2003-01-31. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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  5. Phares, Heather. "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out – Yo La Tengo". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  6. Brunner, Rob (2000-03-03). "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  7. Costa, Maddy (2000-02-18). "Moving pictures". The Guardian.
  8. "Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out". Melody Maker: 53. 2000-03-14.
  9. Mulvey, John (2000-02-18). "Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-03-03. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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  12. Sheffield, Rob (2000-03-02). "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  13. Jacob, Sally (April 2000). "Turn In, Bliss Out". Spin. 16 (4): 189–190. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  14. Christgau, Robert (2000-05-30). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  15. "The 2000 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 2001-02-20. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
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  17. "100 Best Albums of the 2000s (Page 77)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  18. "The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: 60-41". PopMatters. 8 October 2014.
  19. "The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums". Pitchfork. 2018-04-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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