Album Rating: 2.5

Well the judgement is they're ok/quite good so I haven't cast them down to the pits of hell - I've listened to some songs off the earlier albums but I should sit down with them and give them a proper go.

Album Rating: 4.0

My guess is they're more of a great highlights than a great albums band for you, across their discog though I bet you'd find at least an album's worth of songs you love.

Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah definitely, this album has three songs I like a lot: Do You, Rainy Taxi, Inside Out.



Then you have kinda awkward stuff like Outlier (the Garden State lyric is quite pukey in particular) and Knock Knock Knock which has a bad chorus for me (the "and I sees yous..." bit). The opener is absolute typical Spoon, just ok, totally neutral.



Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga ratings would be:

1: Ghost lingers [5]

2: R&S [4.5]

3: Black Like Me [4/5]

4: Cherry Bomb [4/5]

5: Don't You Evah [4/5]

6: Finer Feelings [3.5/5]

7: Make Me a Target [3/5]

8: The Underdog [3/5]

9: Little Cigarette [2.5/5]

10: Ragga [2.5/5]



Overall 3.5/5

Album Rating: 4.0

Interestimg, 3 of your bottom 4 would be in my top 5 on that probably.

Album Rating: 2.5

My bottom two are really by far and away my bottom two - Cigarette I find a bit all over the place and a little cheesy (sounds like a bad version of a 'Summerteeth' song in a way) and Ragga tries to skank (and it really shouldn't). Make Me a Target is another 'meat and potatoes' opener (really ploddy, awful lyrics 'nuclear pricks with dialect dicks' or whatever it is), I dunno why I find their openers so average. The last 90 seconds of 'Target' is great though, a purely instrumental version with more experimentation would have been great.

Album Rating: 2.5

A whole album of stuff like 'Ghost of You Lingers' I'd probably 5 if they kept the quality control high

Album Rating: 4.0

You see I love Don't Make Me, witty anti-Bush lyrics, and as you say the last 90 seconds is amazing. Cigarette I find a fun little tune, maybe a bit inconsequential but I love it. Underdog is a great pop song.

I love their openers, maybe try The Beast and Dragon, Adored from Gimme Fiction, pretty different, you might dig.

Not trying to force Spoon on you of course but I want to try to understand this rift in our tastes.

Album Rating: 2.5

I maybe underrated Underdog listening to it now, that might be more a 3.5-4. I appreciate the attempt at political lyrics on 'Target' but I just find those opening verses a bit clunky, they just stand out too much for my personal liking, but I get their appeal.



Stop Spoon-feeding me ;) - I wouldn't say a rift at all, I still like a lot of Spoon songs, I just pick and choose with them like you said.



I'll definitely try more of their stuff before the new one comes out.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"The Underdog [3/5]"



That's like the best song on there

Album Rating: 4.3

the beast and dragon, adored is my favorite song of all time u should check it out doofus

Album Rating: 4.0

I GOT A FEELING IT DON'T COME CHEAP

Album Rating: 4.0

ghost of you lingers is 100% the best spoon song

Album Rating: 2.5

Well, from all the Spoon I've listened to I'm 100% in agreement



Maybe that's part of the problem, I really wish they'd release more material like that

Album Rating: 4.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_yJYNF_Qas

this is fantastic

Album Rating: 4.0

Great song. I'm getting a bit of a "I Turn My Camera On" vibe.

Album Rating: 3.0

Girls Can Tell is my fav spoon.



Hot Thoughts is my favourite song this year so far BY FAR.

Album Rating: 4.0

i love the shrieks and their delay in the new single, but hot thoughts is something else, top 10 spoon

Album Rating: 4.0

After one listen I prefer Hot Thoughts but I'm gonna keep jamming this new one till the album drops.

Album Rating: 4.0

Can I Sit Next To You is very good. Two pretty hot singles.

Album Rating: 4.5

Listened to this today, I'd heard the bigger songs from the last two albums on a local station and always had the same feeling of "man i wanna hear more by them" so finally I got around to it



This is so good, the beautiful marriage of great songs, great sound/production and an actual great band behind it all as well. Def gonna check out more by them