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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Tribute To
| name = Tribute To
| Type = EP
| type = EP
| Artist = [[Jim James|Yim Yames]]
| artist = [[Jim James|Yim Yames]]
| Cover = YimYamesTributeTo.jpg
| cover = YimYamesTributeTo.jpg
| Released = 4 August 2009
| alt =
| Recorded = November 2001
| released = August 4, 2009
| Genre = [[Pop music]]
| recorded = December 2001
| Length = 26:39
| venue =
| Label = [[ATO]]
| studio =
| Producer = Jim James
| genre = [[Pop music]]
| Reviews =
| length = 26:39
| label = [[ATO Records|ATO]]
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*[[OnMilwaukee.com]] (favourable) <ref name="Tanzilo">Tanzilo, Bobby (2009) "[http://onmilwaukee.com/living/articles/omcrecs07092009.html?19635 OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: July 9, 2009]", [[OnMilwaukee.com]]</ref>
| producer = Jim James
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*''[[The Skinny]]'' {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name="Forgan" />
| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = [[New Multitudes]]
| Last album =
| next_year = 2012
| This album = '''''Tribute To'''''<br />(2009)
| Next album =
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
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'''''Tribute To''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by [[My Morning Jacket]] lead singer [[Jim James]] (under the [[pseudonym]] Yim Yames), consisting entirely of [[George Harrison]] covers.<ref name="Ayers">Ayers, Michael D. (2009) "[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/jim-james-reveals-george-harrison-e-p-details-1003987895.story#/bbcom/news/jim-james-reveals-george-harrison-e-p-details-1003987895.story Jim James Reveals George Harrison E.P. Details]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', 25 June 2009</ref> The EP was released as a digital download via his website, on [[July 7|July 7th]], [[2009]]. The album will be released as a [[Compact disc|CD]] on [[August 4|August 4th]], [[2009]].<ref name="Ryan">Ryan, Larry (2009) "[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/caught-in-the-net-nufolkers-bare-their-teeth-1758697.html Caught in the Net: Nu-folkers bare their teeth]", ''[[The Independent]]'', 24 July 2009</ref> James recorded the album in November 2001 on a relative's eight-track reel-to-reel tape recorder, just days after Harrison's passing.<ref name="Ayers" /> Of the recording, James told [[Billboard Magazine]] that "I felt like I was in the weirdest head space when I did that EP... I felt really confused a lot of the time. I wanted to just do it and let it come out even if I messed stuff up. It's definitely not the tightest or most professional recording you're ever going to hear in your life but I like that. I think it lends it a more childish atmosphere."<ref name="Ayers" />
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1616548/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [[CHARTattack]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/74953/yim-yames-tribute-to|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607213330/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/74953/yim-yames-tribute-to|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 7, 2011|title=Yim Yames — Tribute To &#124; CHARTattack|date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Drowned in Sound]]
|rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14558/reviews/4137525|title=Album Review: Yim Yames - Tribute To|website=DrownedInSound|access-date=2009-08-05|archive-date=2015-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929143659/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14558/reviews/4137525|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4score = B<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/07/29/tribute-3/|title=Tribute To|website=EW.com}}</ref>
|rev5 = [[OnMilwaukee.com]]
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|rev5score = (favorable)<ref name="Tanzilo">Tanzilo, Bobby (2009) "[http://onmilwaukee.com/living/articles/omcrecs07092009.html?19635 OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: July 9, 2009]", [[OnMilwaukee.com]]</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev6score = 6.7/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13454-tribute-to/|title=Yim Yames: Tribute To|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/29479015/review/29524510/tribute_to|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806181859/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/29479015/review/29524510/tribute_to|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2009|title=Rolling Stone review|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''
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|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Forgan" />
|rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev9score = 8/10<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Stacey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wIe3FI6TI0C&q=All+Things+Must+Pass&pg=PA88|title=Yim Yames ''Tribute To''|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=September 2009|page=88|accessdate=May 18, 2015}}</ref>
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'''''Tribute To''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by [[My Morning Jacket]] lead singer [[Jim James]] (under the name Yim Yames), consisting entirely of covers of songs written by [[George Harrison]], both from his solo career and [[The Beatles|Beatles]]).<ref name="Ayers">Ayers, Michael D. (2009) "[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/jim-james-reveals-george-harrison-e-p-details-1003987895.story#/bbcom/news/jim-james-reveals-george-harrison-e-p-details-1003987895.story Jim James Reveals George Harrison E.P. Details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627030450/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/jim-james-reveals-george-harrison-e-p-details-1003987895.story#/bbcom/news/jim-james-reveals-george-harrison-e-p-details-1003987895.story |date=2009-06-27 }}", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', June 25, 2009.</ref> The EP was released as a digital download via his website, on July 7, 2009. The album was released as a [[Compact disc|CD]] on August 4, 2009.<ref name="Ryan">Ryan, Larry (2009) "[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/caught-in-the-net-nufolkers-bare-their-teeth-1758697.html Caught in the Net: Nu-folkers bare their teeth]", ''[[The Independent]]'', July 24, 2009.</ref> James recorded the album in December 2001 on a relative's eight-track reel-to-reel tape recorder, just days after Harrison's passing.<ref name="Ayers" /> Of the recording, James told ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine that "I felt like I was in the weirdest head space when I did that EP … I felt really confused a lot of the time. I wanted to just do it and let it come out even if I messed stuff up. It's definitely not the tightest or most professional recording you're ever going to hear in your life but I like that. I think it lends it a more childish atmosphere."<ref name="Ayers" />


The recordings were described as "delicate and suitably reverential" by ''[[The Skinny]]''.<ref name="Forgan">Forgan, Duncan (2009) "[http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/46495-yim-yames-a-tribute-to-george-harrison Yim Yames - A Tribute To George Harrison]", ''[[The Skinny]]'', 29 July 2009</ref>
The recordings were described as "delicate and suitably reverential" by ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''.<ref name="Forgan">Forgan, Duncan (2009) "[http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/46495-yim-yames-a-tribute-to-george-harrison Yim Yames – A Tribute To George Harrison]", ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'', July 29, 2009.</ref>


james announced that a portion of the proceeds would be donated to the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.<ref name="Ayers" />
James announced that a portion of the proceeds would be donated to the [[Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary]].<ref name="Ayers" />


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| total_length = 26:39
| total_length = 26:39

| all_writing = [[George Harrison]]
| all_writing = [[George Harrison]]

| writing_credits = no

| title1 = [[Long, Long, Long]]
| title1 = [[Long, Long, Long]]
| length1 = 3:58
| length1 = 3:58
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| title2 = [[Behind That Locked Door]]

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| title2 = Behind That Locked Door
| length2 = 4:18
| length2 = 4:18

| title3 = [[Love You To]]
| title3 = [[Love You To]]
| length3 = 4:22
| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = [[My Sweet Lord]]
| title4 = [[My Sweet Lord]]
| length4 = 3:33
| length4 = 3:33
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| title5 = [[Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)]]

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| title5 = Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
| length5 = 5:10
| length5 = 5:10

| title6 = [[All Things Must Pass (song)|All Things Must Pass]]
| title6 = [[All Things Must Pass (song)|All Things Must Pass]]
| length6 = 5:21
| length6 = 5:21
}}
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Jim James]] - vocals, guitar, banjo, piano


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.yimyames.com/site/ Yim Yames website]
*[http://www.yimyames.com Yim Yames website]

{{George Harrison|state=collapsed}}


[[Category:2009 EPs]]
[[Category:2009 debut EPs]]
[[Category:Jim James albums]]
[[Category:George Harrison tribute albums]]

Latest revision as of 04:28, 22 January 2024

Tribute To
EP by
Yim Yames
ReleasedAugust 4, 2009
RecordedDecember 2001
GenrePop music
Length26:39
LabelATO
ProducerJim James
Yim Yames chronology
Tribute To
(2009) 		New Multitudes
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
CHARTattack[2]
Drowned in Sound7/10[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
OnMilwaukee.com(favorable)[5]
Pitchfork6.7/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Skinny[8]
Spin8/10[9]

Tribute To is an EP by My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James (under the name Yim Yames), consisting entirely of covers of songs written by George Harrison, both from his solo career and Beatles).[10] The EP was released as a digital download via his website, on July 7, 2009. The album was released as a CD on August 4, 2009.[11] James recorded the album in December 2001 on a relative's eight-track reel-to-reel tape recorder, just days after Harrison's passing.[10] Of the recording, James told Billboard magazine that "I felt like I was in the weirdest head space when I did that EP … I felt really confused a lot of the time. I wanted to just do it and let it come out even if I messed stuff up. It's definitely not the tightest or most professional recording you're ever going to hear in your life but I like that. I think it lends it a more childish atmosphere."[10]

The recordings were described as "delicate and suitably reverential" by The Skinny.[8]

James announced that a portion of the proceeds would be donated to the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.[10]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by George Harrison

No.TitleLength
1."Long, Long, Long"3:58
2."Behind That Locked Door"4:18
3."Love You To"4:22
4."My Sweet Lord"3:33
5."Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)"5:10
6."All Things Must Pass"5:21
Total length:26:39

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Yim Yames — Tribute To | CHARTattack". June 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Album Review: Yim Yames - Tribute To". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  4. ^ "Tribute To". EW.com.
  5. ^ Tanzilo, Bobby (2009) "OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: July 9, 2009", OnMilwaukee.com
  6. ^ "Yim Yames: Tribute To". Pitchfork.
  7. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 6, 2009.
  8. ^ a b Forgan, Duncan (2009) "Yim Yames – A Tribute To George Harrison", The Skinny, July 29, 2009.
  9. ^ Anderson, Stacey (September 2009). "Yim Yames Tribute To". Spin. p. 88. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d Ayers, Michael D. (2009) "Jim James Reveals George Harrison E.P. Details Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine", Billboard, June 25, 2009.
  11. ^ Ryan, Larry (2009) "Caught in the Net: Nu-folkers bare their teeth", The Independent, July 24, 2009.
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