Album Rating: 4.0

Just learned that Dave Fridmann produced the title track; no wonder that tune is probably my early favorite

Album Rating: 3.0

Rowan don't start here plz. literally any other album

Album Rating: 4.0

I mean, I’d certainly recommend starting here over Telephono.

This did grow off me a tad after a couple really impactful listens but it’s definitely excellent in typical Spoon fashion, though it’s certainly more straightforward than anything they’ve done in a long time (someone on RYM compared this to The Black Keys and I had the same thought). Not that it’s totally lacking in neat little twists and turns in the production. Britt Daniel continues to be one of the best frontmen in rock, he really sells this material. I’d be interested to see a more thorough klap breakdown though, curious why this is so comparatively low for you.

Album Rating: 4.0

Honestly I can get behind this album as a starting point. For all intents and purposes, it's mine, since I only gave Ga the one listen IIRC

Album Rating: 4.1

I did start here! and it's very good!



I've been listening backwards from here the last couple days. Hot Thoughts and Transference were aight, Soul and Ga Ga were fucking lit

Album Rating: 4.0

Good take there Rowan. They have lots of good stuff to explore.

kill the moonlight was my entry point. such a fun album

Album Rating: 3.0

boney, these songs bore me. i don't know what else to say. i probably need to give it more time but it seems like pretty paint-by-numbers for them. i re-listened to hot thoughts and i wasn't extremely high on that but i think hot thoughts kills this.



anyways for rowan



1. Ga x 5

2. Girls Can Tell

3. Gimme Fiction

4. Kill the Moonlight

5. They Want My Soul

6. Hot Thoughts

7. Lucifer

8. Transference

9. Series of Sneaks

10. Telephono

hot thoughts t/t is up there with their best. this is great. also correct top 2 klap

Album Rating: 3.0

actually think whispernyoulllistentohearit or however you spell it is my fave off that album and one of my favorite spoon songs ever. that thing goes. t/t does rule tho

Wasn't crazy about their last album but it has some highlights. This is a low though

my one issue with this album is using the name mr jones why is every song called mr jones

Album Rating: 3.5

i agree. he's a doctor

Album Rating: 4.0

The Devil and Mr. Jones Are Raging Inside Me

Album Rating: 4.1

lmao oops I thought Hot Thoughts t/t was absolutely dreadful. most of that album missed me cept Whisper and Talk You Into It



just heard Gimme Fiction too and yeah... this band doing falsetto funk with overproduction just isn't it for me lol. they're so much better going for the jugular. so far it's alternated between one great album and one decent, curious to hear the last (first) albums tho

Album Rating: 4.0

The 90s stuff is more straightforward Pixies/Pavement style indie rock (2nd album is a genuinely excellent exercise in that style though), Girls Can Tell and Kill the Moonlight are their best behind Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Guess I'm one of the rare Spoon fans who doesn't place Kill the Moonlight among their best. I almost never come back to that one. I'm probably overdue for a revisit.



'Hot Thoughts' maybe isn't one of their best but I do like how different it sounds, and 'Tear it Down' is one of my fave spoon songs.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Hot Thoughts is the broody sequel to Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix I'd always hoped for

Album Rating: 4.0

"Satellite" reminds me pleasantly of Wilco

Album Rating: 4.0

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