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9. President Yo La Tengo (1989): Featuring a number of great early Yo La Tengo compositions, President Yo La Tengo is an initiation into the creative ethic of a good band that is going to turn great. As far as originals go, "Barnaby, Hardly Working" is an instant classic, but the outside-the-box cover of Dylan's "I Threw It All Away" is the biggest sign of unusual things to come.