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{{Infobox album
| name       = May I Sing with Me
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Yo La Tengo]]
| cover      = mayisingwithme.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 28, 1992
| recorded   = {{flatlist| 1991
* Fort Apache, Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]]
* Water Music, [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], United States
}}
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Indie rock]]
* [[noise rock]]
* [[noise pop]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/167214-popular-songs-15-or-so-essential-yo-la-tengo-tracks/ |title=Popular Songs: 15 (Or So) Essential Yo La Tengo Tracks |website=[[PopMatters]] |date=January 16, 2013 |accessdate=May 11, 2016 |last=Pan |first=Arnold |quote=it was after that fork in the road that Yo La Tengo took on the noise pop identity that has been its profile ever since...}}</ref>
}}
| length     = 54:18
| label      = [[Alias Records|Alias]]
| producer   = Gene Holder
| prev_title = [[Fakebook (album)|Fakebook]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[Painful (album)|Painful]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
{{album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/may-i-sing-with-me-mw0000678790 |title=May I Sing with Me – Yo La Tengo |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=March 27, 2015 |last=Dougan |first=John}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/03/19/yo-la-tengomay-i-sing-with-me/ |title=Yo La Tengo: May I Sing With Me (Alias) |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 19, 1992 |access-date=September 21, 2017 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4245 |chapter=Yo La Tengo: May I Sing With Me |accessdate=August 16, 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |title=[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |year=2000 |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/article/1992/03/06/may-i-sing-me/ |title=May I Sing With Me |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 6, 1992 |accessdate=September 21, 2017 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Yo La Tengo |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/896 896–97] }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev7score = 5/10<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]] |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8}}</ref>
}}
'''''May I Sing with Me''''' is the fifth studio album by American [[indie rock]] band [[Yo La Tengo]], released in February 1992 by record label [[Alias Records|Alias]]. This album is the first with their now-permanent bassist James McNew. The song "Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)" is a remake of the song "Crispy Duck" with different lyrics.
==Track listing==
{{Track list
|title1 = Detouring America with Horns
|writer1 = Hubley
|length1 = 4:03
|title2 = Upside-Down
|writer2 = Kaplan
|length2 = 2:38
|title3 = Mushroom Cloud of Hiss
|writer3 = Hubley, Kaplan
|length3 = 9:25
|title4 = Swing for Life
|writer4 = Hubley, Kaplan
|length4 = 5:06
|title5 = Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
|writer5 = Hubley, Kaplan
|length5 = 6:20
|title6 = Some Kinda Fatigue
|writer6 = Kaplan
|length6 = 4:34
|title7 = Always Something
|writer7 = Hubley, Kaplan
|length7 = 4:38
|title8 = 86-Second Blowout
|writer8 = Kaplan
|length8 = 1:32
|title9 = Out the Window
|writer9 = Kaplan
|length9 = 4:00
|title10 = Sleeping Pill
|writer10 = Hubley, Kaplan, McNew
|length10 = 9:44
|title11 = Satellite
|writer11 = Kaplan
|length11 = 2:17
}}
==Personnel==
*Ira Kaplan – guitar, vocals
*James McNew – bass, occasional vocals, occasional guitar
*Georgia Hubley – drums, vocals, some feedback, cover art
;Additional personnel
* Gene Holder – producer; bass (tracks 4, 5)
* Lou Giordano – engineer
* Carl Plaster – assistant engineer
* John Siket – engineer (tracks 4, 5); mixing engineer
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* John Halpern – front and back cover photos
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|32453}}
{{Yo La Tengo}}
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