Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell (180 Gr)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – FEVER TO TELL (180 GR) is the debut full-length from one of the most galvanizing guitar bands to come out of New York City’s early 2000s rock underground, and this reissue brings it back to vinyl in a form that does the original recording proper justice. Released April 29, 2003 on Interscope Records, the album announced Karen O, Nick Zinner, and Brian Chase as a band with genuine voltage. Raw, funny, tender, and abrasive in equal measure, it still sounds like nothing else.

What Makes Yeah Yeah Yeahs – FEVER TO TELL (180 GR) Worth Your Attention

Produced by David Andrew Sitek, the record moves between frantic post-punk and something far more emotionally exposed. Singles like “Date with the Night” and “Pin” hit hard and fast, while “Maps” and “Y Control” showed the band could sustain a slower, more affecting tension without losing any of their edge. Sitek’s production has always rewarded careful listening, and a proper remaster gives you the space to hear what was actually happening in that room. This pressing has been newly remastered by Stephen Marcussen, whose credits speak for themselves in the audiophile world, specifically for this release and for the first time in this format.

The Pressing Details

This is a 180-gram black vinyl LP on Interscope Records, catalog number 2727001. The weight alone matters: heavier vinyl reduces resonance and groove distortion, and on a record with as much dynamic range as this one, that translates directly into a cleaner, more grounded listening experience. Marcussen’s remaster was done specifically for this pressing, meaning the lacquers weren’t pulled from a decades-old source and left to chance. This is a considered production, not a quick reissue turnaround.

What Comes Inside

The packaging includes five newspaper lyric posters with exclusive photography from a genuinely impressive group of contributors: Nick Zinner, Spike Jonze, Lance Bangs, Julian Gross, Patrick Daughters, and Cintamani Calise. That’s not filler. Spike Jonze directed the “Y Control” video. Lance Bangs documented a significant stretch of independent music history with his camera. These posters are real artifacts from the world the band actually inhabited, not stock imagery assembled after the fact. For a collector, the combination of a purpose-built remaster on 180g vinyl and five pieces of original photo ephemera from that specific moment in the band’s career makes this a more complete physical document than the original pressing ever was. If you care about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and you care about how records sound and feel, this is the one to own.