New Wave Hot Dogs is the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 released, in 1987, by alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...

. It was later re-released by Matador Records along with President Yo La Tengo

President Yo La Tengo

President Yo La Tengo was the third album of the Hoboken-based alternative rock band Yo La Tengo. It was released on Coyote/Twin Tone Records along with New Wave Hot Dogs and the "Asparagus Song" single on one record, and later re-released by Matador Records in 1996.The lineup includes Georgia...

 and the "Asparagus Song" single on one record in 1996.

It was described by Dave Henderson in a 1988 review in Underground magazine as "a fine album, a loveable set of tunes - all put together with the greatest of ease." An Allmusic review called it "a quantum leap over the sound of their debut".

Track listing

1. "Clunk" – 3:32
2. "Did I Tell You" – 3:30
3. "House Fall Down" – 2:45
4. "Lewis" – 2:31
5. "Lost In Bessemer" – 1:22
6. "It's Alright (The Way That You Live)" (Lou Reed
   Lou Reed
   Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
   
   ) – 4:10
7. "3 Blocks From Groove Street" – 2:24
8. "Let's Compromise" – 1:51
9. "Serpentine" – 1:57
10. "A Shy Dog" – 3:36
11. "No Water" – 3:18
12. "The Story of Jazz" – 3:34