five number ones is something but they were probably peaking.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vh8WLgJXVYE-UrAkxwmGUGzXVEfrHkHE_ud6iErVJQ=s500-no
3. Gimme FictionReleased: May 10, 2005876 Points, 27 Votes, 6 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
so i had gimme fiction and ga5 way lower than most
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link
my number one, when i was re-listening to Spoon for this poll this was the one that made me happiest.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
My #1. It's the best synthesis of their funk experiments, keyboard filigrees, dub arrangements, and punkish stuff.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TlT5JWQlkG9FNpoFdTIJCQ38Qqzx9LZlVPJPHUxGLg=s500-no
2. Kill The MoonlightReleased: August 20, 2002878 Points, 31 Votes, 4 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/R1_Ayv5ObQ1HLpNNtqbSzCo4F67T3hO5oXumDVHpSg=s500-no
1. Ga Ga Ga Ga GaReleased: July 10, 2007906 Points, 27 Votes, 7 Number Ones
as you can see Kill The Moonlight only beat Gimme Fiction by just 2 points, two. but it had 4 more votes.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
i could barely pull it together for a 20-track ballot due to irl craziness but fwiw if I'd managed an album ballot both Girls Can Tell and Gimme Fiction would have placed higher. not that i'm complaining about the results of record. this is great!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
Now I REALLY wish I voted Girls Can Tell (orig. my number 4) over GA5 (orig. my number 3). Cause KTM (my #2, just slightly below Sneaks) is leaps and bounds better than GA5.
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:39 (eight years ago) link
Albums:
28 Ballots received9 Different Albums:
1. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 906 Points, 27 Votes, 7 Number Ones2. Kill The Moonlight 878 Points, 31 Votes, 4 Number Ones3. Gimme Fiction 876 Points, 27 Votes, 6 Number Ones4. Transference 794 Points, 25 Votes, 5 Number Ones5. Girls Can Tell 788 Points, 25 Votes, 2 Number Ones6. A Series of Sneaks 684 Points, 23 Votes, 2 Number Ones7. They Want My Soul 603 Points, 21 Votes, 1 Number One8. Telephono 482 Points, 19 Votes, 1 Number One9. A Thing Called Divine Fits 277 Points, 11 Votes
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
again thanks Thermo Thinwall for these pictures.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MAptXJ633edj7F07wWkomybirav9zlnKxKrvuM_GVQ=w640-h320-no
40. The Guestlist/The ExecutionFrom: A Series of SneaksReleased: May 5, 1998251 Points, 9 Votes
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ej7ZHn_jG7NOeQlMFpSDR2XRdgdkRsW4NiqtB6etaQ=w640-h320-no
39. Rhthm & SoulFrom: Ga Ga Ga Ga GaReleased: July 10, 2007260 Points, 9 Votes
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:07 (eight years ago) link
Voted for #40, one of the few Spoon songs from the first four albums that I remembered before listening to them again. I heard all of these in about 2002 and then lost the files a few years later, so I probably hadn't listened to those albums in ten years.
― Tom Violence, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L6cTDwUdqRUhwcUinuYHpbmH-qLjBwKgxTvLl_PY7A=w640-h320-no
38. Rainy TaxiFrom: They Want My SoulReleased: August 5, 2014265 Points, 9 Votes, 1 Number One
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
A ha! I see the font choice for each image is tied to the cover art of the album whence the track came. Nice call!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
that is all Thermo Thinwall.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
"Rainy Taxi" was in my Top 10.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
but i was not the number one vote.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YZKqfrQnskpbae98wsAqjpTr2BhhjLRCUlgdBDDn3zw=w640-h320-no
37. Believing Is ArtFrom: Girls Can TellReleased: February 20, 2001281 Points, 9 Votes
Song
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:48 (eight years ago) link
wow. shocked to see i'm one of two Girls Can Tell #1s...though i guess that makes me feel like my taste in spoon is less cliche. :3
was totally cool with that...until i saw that Ga5 won. peasants, the lot of you
― soyrev, Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
Awesome groove on "Rainy Taxi".
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 31 July 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XBh-8CWz4GeTb2AtzsxvNtkZXY_nAjst7v9vuDAyAXM=w640-h320-no
36. Metal DetektorFrom: A Series of SneaksReleased: May 5, 1998283 Points, 9 Votes
Live in studio
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Not to nitpick, but the SoS release date you're using is for the Merge reissue.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 31 July 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
thanks for letting me know.
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
TOOOO LOOOOOOW
― bunny slopes, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
damn way too low
― call all destroyer, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
awwwwesome images, A+
Gax5 being #1 is even more messed up than i was expecting this to be
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
overdog
― j., Friday, 31 July 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SM5bpHdLSDWafz-46pK8kodCMDUSI1w2RVDilDwB3cY=w640-h320-no
35. They Never Got YouFrom: Gimme FictionReleased: May 10, 2005287 Points, 10 Votes, 1 Number One
songLive
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
Rhthm & Soul def not one of my favorites. Voted for Execution cos I love the simplicity of that riff - middle 8 handclap - riff - whistle section
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
They Never Got You: Great tune that just didn't find a place on my ballot. Gimme Fiction has a great insistent pulse through most of its tracks, it seems like, moreso than Kill the Moonlight.
― Tom Violence, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:35 (eight years ago) link
This made my ballot, and "They Want My Soul" is a good sequel.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 July 2015 00:36 (eight years ago) link
Voted for these last two, "Metal Dekektor" my #5 and the highlight of the early stuff for me
― bunny slopes, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:40 (eight years ago) link
blew my wad already, this was my number one. i just love the ending with the buildup.
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link
ha i don't think this woulda made my top 60!
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
this song is illustrative of the issues with the back half of gimme fiction--just a little too repetitive
― call all destroyer, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
yup
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link
lol
"They Never Got You"
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:50 (eight years ago) link
i don't look like that guy however.
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:54 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wOPepHFaXBFy3InFRUVHIVAImXFEj-DO42pC8J8fO2M=w640-h320-no
34. Who Makes Your MoneyFrom: TransferenceReleased: January 19, 2010299 Points, 10 Votes
SongLive
― Bee OK, Friday, 31 July 2015 00:58 (eight years ago) link
i guess i'll be saying too low a lot
― call all destroyer, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link
cool studio trix on this one.
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
didn't vote but that one is the best song on transference
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Friday, 31 July 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
On my ballot. It justifies its length.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 July 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
on mine too, one of the higher ones from Transference. so damn good
― soyrev, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link
also man these images are great
― soyrev, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
britt's vocal on who makes your money might be his best
― call all destroyer, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
Yeah totally
― Spottie, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
yeah this was great, enjoying just skimming back through some of it :)
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
Transference is far and away my favorite.
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Saturday, 4 December 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
Glad I'm not the only one. That said, while they're not a band I listen to all the time, every album easily has 3-4 top tier songs
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 4 December 2021 10:21 (two years ago) link
Hot Thoughts has become my most played Spoon album, thanks to "I Ain't the One" and especially "WhisperI’lllistentohearit." He sounds sexy as fuck on the latter.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 December 2021 11:04 (two years ago) link