Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo "Strange but True" COLOR:MINT GREEN The Shirelles

The Shirelles

and you’ve got the recipe for an album that bears listening to with eyes closed

Preceded by the singles "Happiness" and "Son of Sam"

Outer Sleeve

shades of Reggaeton and Champeta

Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo "Strange but True" COLOR:MINT GREEN The ShirellesJad Fair & Yo La Tengo's Collaborative Album Strange but True on Colored LP. In the 90s, Jad Fair had five favorite bands and songwriters: Daniel Johnston, The Pastels, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, and Yo La Tengo. Its a good list, sure, but whats most remarkable about it is that, in the course of a dozen years or so, Fair made music with all of them in one form or another. Jad Fair has been prolific for half a century now, long before the Internet