I know people who swear Yo La Tengo is Satan...I mean...oh, never mind. I'm not one of 'em. I've heard a couple of recs that were decent enough, but over the years they seemed to morph from a decent alterna-indie rock thing into a third-rate Sonic Youth. That's what they were when I saw them open up for Big Star a few years ago. Pointless meandering, uninvolving songs, pretentiousness at its most galling. I want to vote for Fleetwood Mac in any poll about as much as I'd like root canal, but then again maybe I'd at least end up with some Vicodin or something. Always liked the Rumours album & still have it, the only record I own by either band. As commercial as it is, I always thought the songs were great pop from start to finish & Lindsey Buckingham was a heck of a player even if he's part of that commercial 70s 'California' ROCK thing I can't stand...but if you're going to at listen to one record in that Jackson Browne/Eagles/Linda Ronstadt vein, I think this is the one. For that they get my vote. I just don't think YLT has contributed all that much & that they went from one thing I would've liked into something I have no use for is enough to vote against 'em.