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1. 
   dameinde
   (2 Posts)

   Okay. I purchased the 7" 30 Gallon Tank for $3. I have the song, and it is amazing. SO far I have been hooked on what I imagine are the "favorites" due to a search of You Tube and these boards. Don't Make me a target, I turn my camera on, Jealousy, You got Yr.Cherry Bomb, not to mention my first song (I could be underground). I now have a few albums? now and am looking for a sort of progression I may want to listen to the songs in. What drew me in was the pop nature of some of the songs I listed. Are there any other pop type songs I should hear that compliment these? I want to know what are YOUR favorites and why. Thanks, and I will take a listen.

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 
   Gabriel
   (48 Posts)

   Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga has their poppiest stuff, in my opinion. It's also my favorite of theirs, so there you go! Basically everything from Girls Can Tell onward counts as their most "pop" music. All the albums have classics on them and are all highly recommended. After some of that, I suggest A Series of Sneaks, then Telephono/Soft Effects EP. SOS is a good bridge between late Spoon and young Spoon.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 
   drop dead ed
   (182 Posts)

   you can't go wrong with "anything you want" "me and the bean" "metal Detektor" and um "everything hits at once" oh I like "paper tiger" and "My mathematical mind"

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 
   wantsarevolution
   (144 Posts)

   I think it's really fun to listen to the albums in the reverse order of their release. There's a very clear progression, plus you can start with the poppiest stuff and work your way back.

   Don't worry, there's great stuff for you back at the beginning of their career too. Check out "Utilitarian" and "No You're Not" from SoS, for example.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 
   middlenamewayne
   (20 Posts)

   It's also fun and useful to read reviews of SPOON albums (in magazines and on-line), which tend to be almost universally positive. Beyond that, they vary greatly -- I remember how 1/2 the reviews for GIMME FICTION (including mine, in my SPOON cover story for Texas Music magazine) lauded it for its lushness and compared it to Sgt. Pepper, while the other half applauded it for being so stark and spare and not overproduced -- the reviews were split between polar opposites and yet were all "thumbs up"!

   - mnw

   (I wonder when we'll see a "best-of" album? Merge certainly has enough of the material under their banner to make one -- I suppose it'll happen either a) if and when the band has a "proper' chart super-hit, b) if and when the band jumps to another label, or c) if and when the band splits up. That's typically the way it works.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 
   Gabriel
   (48 Posts)

   I don't see Spoon leaving Merge, and the only way Spoon could break up is if they retire or if Britt suddenly can't stand Jim Eno (seeing as how those two are the only two necessary to be Spoon), and I don't see that happening either. Guess we'll just wait for the hit. Problem is, that would result in a tragically lopsided compilation, with probably just poppy stuff from Girls Can Tell onward to appease fans of the hit.

   But perhaps there will be a Spoon rarities compilation some day? They could call it Fish Fingers.

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 
   middlenamewayne
   (20 Posts)

   > But perhaps there will be a Spoon rarities compilation some day?

   That's mighty likely. Bands who issue lots of extraneous tracks that are good and typical of the band inevitably issue some kind of non-album cut compilation or compilations (Elvis Costello and R.E.M. are good examples), and SPOON falls into this category.

   On the other hand, in the case of people like Tom Petty or The Damned, who tend to use their B-sides as a place to let their silly side out, you have to wait for a box set to come out because they figure noone will buy JUST the goofy stuff!

   -- kwl aka ndj aka mnw aka etc.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 
   Gabriel
   (48 Posts)

   It's funny you mention that, because my favorite Tom Petty song is a B-side - "Sweet William". I know virtually nothing about Tom Petty and know very few of his songs, but my aunt got my family tickets to see him, so we went. I remember being bored by most songs but floored by "Sweet William". It was definitely a different side of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 
   Tyler Darling
   (264 Posts)

   I'd have to say "Girls Can Tell". Definitely Get on Viynl. It's my favorite album (and the last of all the Spoon albums I got). It's got a bit of all their styles, and I just love it. Also because Britt writes about realtionships and love and stuff. He's never wrote about that stuff before this album, or after this album. So in that way it's unique. I say get in on vinyl because I love it on vinyl, and you also get free mp3 download of the whole album. But also "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" and "Kill The Moonlight" are very accesible. It's somewhat "Poppy". Gimme Fiction is good too (it's the first album I bought) but the second side of the album is kinda hard to get into. I'd save Telephono/Soft Effects and Series of Sneaks for last. They're very good albums, but more heavy and abrasive.

   As for the Spoon "Best of" theory
   I don't think Spoon is a kind of band that would release a best of album. Unless they stop dealings with Merge and the label pulls a "Radiohead" move. Radioheads best of album was a compilation of songs on their capitol albums. The band had NOTHING to do with that release. They did not want to release a best of. They wanted to keep each album an album. I think that's how Spoon is too. Each album is so definitive and unique. It's inteded to be listened to as a whole album. Spoon takes a lot of pride in their recordings. So I think they want to keep them that way. But thst's just my opinion on what I know of Spoon.

   Posted 10 months ago #
10. 
    kerron
    (3 Posts)

    Pride in recordings! That's why we wait so long between albums. Why are all my favourite performers perfectionists?

    Posted 10 months ago #
11. 
    Tyler Darling
    (264 Posts)

    Yeah but it's TOTALLY worth it isn't it? I wouldn't want to hea

    Posted 9 months ago #
12. 
    Tyler Darling
    (264 Posts)

    Yeah but it's TOTALLY worth it isn't it? I wouldn't want to hear what a halfway Spoon album sounded like! They're not delaying anything if they don't have to, just want it to sound great. Fine tuning and production is what makes a good song great. The material can be good but the presentation of it is what makes it great.

    Posted 9 months ago #

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