Today

The debut: slow two-chord songs, a Jonathan Richman cover, and Tugboat to close.
Galaxie 500, 1988

Released
1988
Recorded
July 1988
Studio
Noise New York
Label
Aurora
Producer
Kramer
Length
36:14

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Recorded quickly at Noise New York and released by Aurora, a label set up for the band, with an Eugene Atget photograph on the cover. Its songs are slow and simple, built from a few chords until something emerged, with a nearly seven-minute version of Jonathan Richman's Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste. Pitchfork has given it 9.5 and ranked it among the best dream pop albums.

Track listing

  1. Flowers4:26
  2. Pictures3:23
  3. Parking Lot2:52
  4. Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste6:47
  5. Temperature's Rising5:05
  6. Oblivious3:18
  7. It's Getting Late3:29
  8. Instrumental3:01
  9. Tugboat3:53

More from Galaxie 500

On Fire (1989)

Sources

  1. Today (Galaxie 500 album), Wikipedia
  2. Galaxie 500, 20/20/20