POLL POLL POLL POLL POLL - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- The results thread

*would have voted canon

The more I listened, the tougher the cuts would have been to make. Esp from Transference: maybe their most wholly "whole" album?

xpost the liner notes for Transference point out that the first and second half of "I Saw the Light" were mixed at two different studios, something else I noticed listening to Transference again tonight. I guess there's a reason the two halves seem like two different songs.

1. Small Stakes
2. I Turn My Camera On
3. Finer Feelings
4. Don’t You Evah
5. The Underdog
6. Who Makes Your Money
7. Don’t Let It Get You Down
8. Inside Out
9. Stay Don’t Go
10. Black Like Me
11. Waiting For The Kid To Come Out
12. Shake It Off
13. Written In Reverse
14. Everything Hits At Once
15. Was It You?
16. The Way We Get By
17. Mean Red Spider
18. My First Time, Volume 3
19. Vittorio E
20. Something To Look Forward To
21. Goodnight Laura
22. The Mystery Zone
23. Got Nuffin’
24. Do You
25. Chips And Dip

apparently I am the only person on this entire board repping "The Delicate Place" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Great poll, loved the images, great work Bee and Thermo!

My ballot, 1-25:

Everything Hits at Once
Finer Feelings
Don't You Evah
Lines in the Suit
Out Go the Lights
Me and the Bean
Believing Is Art
Inside Out
Don't Let It Get You Down
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Mystery Zone
This Book Is a Movie
Reservations
My Mathematical Mind
The Fitted Shirt
Someone Something
Paper Tiger
The Way We Get By
Rhythm & Soul
Jonathon Fisk
Rainy Taxi
The Minor Tough
All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed
The Ghost of You Lingers
Chicago at Night

Whoops, not sure why I bolded Me and the Bean there...

Great poll, loved the pictures.

1. Finer Feelings
2. Metal School
3. The Ghost of You Lingers
4. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
5. Everything Hits at Once
6. Black Like Me
7. Quincy Punk Episode
8. No You're Not
9. The Beast and Dragon, Adored
10. Trouble Comes Running
11. Car Radio
12. Lines in the Suit
13. June's Foreign Spell
14. Is Love Forever?
15. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
16. The Guestlist/The Execution
17. The Fitted Shirt
18. I Saw the Light
19. Outlier
20. They Want My Soul
21. Sister Jack
22. All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed
23. Jonathon Fisk
24. Small Stakes
25. New York Kiss

Great work by everyone!

here is my list.

The Beast and Dragon, Adored
Don’t Make Me a Target
My Mathematical Mind
The Ghost of You Lingers
All the Pretty Girls Go to the City
Vittorio E
Believing is Art
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
I Summon You
Two Sides/Monsieru Valentine
Everything Hits at Once
Small Stakes
I Turn My Camera On
Got Nuffin
Black Like Me
Jonathon Fisk
Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now
The Agony of Laffitte
Sister Jack
The Underdog
Metal Detektor
The Way We Get By
They Never Got You
Don’t Let It Get You Down
1020 AM

xp i actually completely forgot about the delicate place, not sure what i would have cut but would have considered voting for it.

definitely wished I had voted Mystery Zone over Rhthm & Soul.
Thanks for running the great poll!

1 The Fitted Shirt
2 Anything You Want
3 The Ghost Of You Lingers
4 Inside Out
5 Do You
6 Take The Fifth
7 vittorio e.
8 I Turn My Camera On
9 Rent I Pay
10 Small Stakes
11 My Mathematical Mind
12 Written in Reverse
13 Was It You?
14 Merchants of Soul
15 Who Makes Your Money
16 The Beast and Dragon, Adored
17` Is Love Forever?
18 Lines In The Suit
19 Everything Hits At Once
20 Rhthm & Soul

Ah what the heck - here's my ballot:

Songs:

1. Metal School
The Way We Get By
Finer Feelings
Car Radio
Advance Cassette
Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now
Jonathon Fisk
Vittorio E.
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Don't Make Me A Target
Don't You Evah
I Turn My Camera On
Paper Tiger
My Mathematical Mind
Believing Is Art
Do You
Back to the Life
Fitted Shirt
Me and the Bean
Chicago At Night
They Want My Soul
The Mystery Zone
All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed
New York Kiss
25. Chips and Dip

Albums:

1. A Series Of Sneaks
2. Kill The Moonlight
3. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
4. Girls Can Tell
5. They Want My Soul

Tracks (ranked):

Black Like Me
Paper Tiger
Metal Detektor
They Want My Soul
Stay Don't Go
They Never Got You
Everything Hits at Once
June's Foreign Spell
Anything You Want
Don't Make Me a Target
Chicago At Night
Rainy Taxi
Out Go the Lights
Lines in the Suit
Something to Look Forward To
I Saw The Light
Jonathan Fisk
Who Makes Your Money
Take the Fifth
Let Me Be Mine

Albums (ranked):

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Kill the Moonlight
Girls Can Tell
They Want My Soul
Transference
Gimme Fiction
A Series of Sneaks
Telephono

Here's my ballot. Thanks Mr. Bee OK for running the poll.

Jonathon Fisk
The Underdog
The Beast and Dragon, Adored
Trouble Comes Running
Sister Jack
Small Stakes
Got Nuffin
Me and the Bean
I Turn My Camera On
The Way We Get By
I Summon You
Take the Fifth
Rhythm & Soul
Execution
Finer Feelings
The Mystery Zone
I Saw The Light
Don’t Make Me a Target
Don’t You Evah
Merchants Of Soul
Written In Reverse
Anything You Want
Don’t Let It Get You Down
Is Love Forever?
Vittorio E

Love "The Delicate Place." Easy inclusion on a 50-song ballot.

Re: the talk upthread about the most rocking Spoon songs, I really should've voted for June's Foreign Spell.

Kill the Moonlight defines my idea of Spoon-y production, and I so love Don't Let It Get You Down for the way the song rolls out, so complete and still so uncluttered. Gives me goosebumps. Should have had a place.

Full Results:

Divine Fits

14 Ballots received
6 Different Songs:

1. Would That Not Be Nice
2. Shivers
3. The Salton Sea
3. Like Ice Cream
3. Baby Get Worse
6. For Your Heart

Albums:

28 Ballots received
9 Different Albums:

1. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 906 Points, 27 Votes, 7 Number Ones
2. Kill The Moonlight 878 Points, 31 Votes, 4 Number Ones
3. Gimme Fiction 876 Points, 27 Votes, 6 Number Ones
4. Transference 794 Points, 25 Votes, 5 Number Ones
5. Girls Can Tell 788 Points, 25 Votes, 2 Number Ones
6. A Series of Sneaks 684 Points, 23 Votes, 2 Number Ones
7. They Want My Soul 603 Points, 21 Votes, 1 Number One
8. Telephono 482 Points, 19 Votes, 1 Number One
9. A Thing Called Divine Fits 277 Points, 11 Votes

Songs:

33 Ballots received (two were unranked)
99 Songs received votes:

Song- Points- Votes- #1's

1. Everything hits at once 813 23 3
2. The Way We Get By 769 23
3. The Beast And Dragon Adored 673 19 2
4. I Turn My Camera On 660 22
5. Finer feelings 625 18 2
6. Black Like Me 622 19 1
7. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 543 17 1
8. Lines in the suit 540 17
9. Small Stakes 523 16 2
10. Jonathan Fisk 507 15 2
11. Don't make me a target 483 15 1
12. I Summon You 481 17
13. Don't You Evah 475 14 1
14. The Mystery Zone 460 16
15. The Underdog 444 14
16. Sister Jack 441 14
17. Written in reverse 431 16
18. My mathematical mind 425 14
19. Inside Out 422 13 1
20. Got Nuffin 415 14 1
21. Do You 410 14
22. The Ghost of You Lingers 409 11 2
23. I saw the light 396 14
24. Anything You Want 383 13
25. New York Kiss 380 13 1
26. The Two sides Monsieur Valentine 379 12
27. The Fitted Shirt 375 10 2
28. Me and the Bean 356 13
29. Trouble Comes Running 345 10 3
30. Stay Don't Go 334 12
31. Vittorio E. 332 11
32. Out go the lights 317 10
33. Paper Tiger 307 9 1
34. Who Makes Your Money 299 10
35. They Never Got You 287 10 1
36. Metal Detaktor 283 9
37. Believing Is Art 281 9
38. Rainy taxi 265 9 1
39. Rhthm & Soul 260 9
40. The Guestlist/The Execution 251 9

Car Radio 237 8 1
They Want My Soul 236 9
Something to Look Forward To 231 9
Advance Cassette 209 7
All The Pretty Girls Go To The City 205 7
Was It You? 197 7
Metal School 192 6 1
Chicago at night 184 7
Is Love Forever? 184 8
Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now 184 6
Quincy Punk Episode 169 5
Take the Fifth 167 6
The Agony of Laffitte 161 6
rent I pay 160 5
June's Foreign Spell 145 5
Outlier 144 6
Don't Let It Get You Down 143 5
My Little Japanese Cigarette Case 135 5
The minor tough 133 5
Waiting for the Kid to Come Out 133 4
Don’t Make Me A Target 131 4
Let me be mine 114 4
Reservations 110 4
The Government Darling 108 3
30 gallon tank 106 4
Merchants of Soul 106 4
Goodnight Laura 103 4
All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed 101 4
Nobody Gets Me But You 98 3
Change My Life 92 3
Chips and Dip 92 4
Plastic Mylar 90 3
Nefarious 86 2
Don't Buy the Realistic 81 3
Idiot Driver 75 2 1
Someone Something 72 3
Utilitarian 71 3
Don’t Let It Get You Down 64 3
Back to the Life 61 3
1020 AM 56 3
This Book is a Movie 56 2
The infinite pet 53 2
Eddie's Ragga 52 2
Knock Knock Knock 51 2
No You're Not 51 2
Mountain to Sound 39 2
Shake It Off 30 1
Cvantez 28 1
Dismember 28 1
Take A Walk 28 1
Before Destruction 25 1
Mean Red Spider 25 1
My First Time, Volume 3 24 1
Dracula's Cigarette 23 1
Jealousy 23 1
Decora 21 1
I Can Feel it Fade Like an AM Single 19 1
Loss Leaders 18 1
Revenge! 17 1

It looks like Don't Make Me a Target is listed twice and if you added them together it would slot into 7th

Doesn't really matter though, great poll regardless

damn, thanks for letting me know.

"The Beast and Dragon, Adored" – 4:18
"Believing Is Art" – 4:19
"Jonathon Fisk" – 3:15
"The Fitted Shirt" – 3:12
"Small Stakes" – 3:00
"Stay Don't Go"
"I Turn My Camera On" – 3:32
"Lines in the Suit" – 3:47
"Everything Hits at Once" – 4:04
"Me and the Bean" (John Clayton) – 3:33
"Something to Look Forward To" (Daniel, Miles Zuniga) – 2:17
"Sister Jack" – 3:35
"Take the Fifth" – 3:56
"The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine" – 2:58
"The Way We Get By" – 2:38
"I Summon You" – 3:55
"The Underdog"  
"The Agony of Laffitte"
"Someone Something"

Was following the results over the weekend on on zing but have just been appreciating the images, fantastic stuff.

Here was my ballot. My number one didn't even make the top 50. [sob sob]

1. Car Radio
2. The Beast and Dragon, Adored
3. Lines in the Suit
4. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
5. Anything You Want
6. Advance Cassette
7. Everything Hits At Once
8. The Agony of Laffitte
9. Metal Detektor
10. I Summon You
11. Me and the Bean
12. Sister Jack
13. Chips and Dip
14. Cvantez
15. Is Love Forever
16. Black Like Me
17. Chicago At Night
18. Waiting For The Kid To Come Out
19. Jealousy
20. Do You
21. I Turn My Camera On
22. Stay Don't Go
23. Small Stakes
24. Loss Leaders
25. Utilitarian

Here are the albums:

1. Gimmie Fiction
2. Girls Can Tell
3. A Series of Sneaks
4. Kill The Moonlight
5. Transference
6. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7. They Want My Soul
8. Telefono

what are all the cover album tracks? "me and the bean," "i just don't understand"...

Don't You Evah and Towner off Telephono

forgot that about "don't you evah," thanks

if it makes you feel better, cajunsunday, i can post the image i made in anticipation of Car Radio making the list!

Please!

"Car Radio" just missed, it was number 40.

Or 41

http://i.imgur.com/E2tsGla.jpg

image is from a diner of SF.

that one is great, another one i really liked that didn't make the countdown was "Rent I Pay."

my list. "Before Destruction" is my real discovery/re-evaluation from this poll, should have voted for it! Also "Car Radio" and "Rent I Pay" would probably make my top 30

1. The Ghost of You Lingers
2. Small Stakes
3. Everything Hits At Once
4. Inside Out
5. Metal Detektor
6. Out Go the Lights
7. The Beast and Dragon, Adored
8. Finer Feelings
9. Written In Reverse
10. Paper Tiger
11. The Agony of Lafitte
12. Lines In the Suit
13. Black Like Me
14. Trouble Comes Running
15. Anything You Want
16. Do You
17. Stay Don't Go
18. I Summon You
19. Something to Look Forward To
20. They Want My Soul
21. Mountain to Sound
22. I Turn My Camera On
23. The Way We Get By
24. They Never Got You
25. The Mystery Zone

speaking of artwork that didn't make it, i really loved this one as mentioned above:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VlRCLC2AChF4MWSsAT1ll9IBs4CKwziE3GFkmuQxwTA=w640-h320-no

and the last one that i know about, alternative image (would not mind seeing the rest Thermo Thinwall.)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GaTd_M7r-tNRIsC8VgP6bcslIrY6cuugNOZ4bFU3ZTU=w640-h320-no

The images are uniformly excellent, really amazingly well done, Thermo.

I kind of like to think of Spoon as being the band from Summer of 69 if Jimmy hadn't quit and Jody hadn't got married and they HAD got far.

i had one i wasn't crazy about for "All The Girls..."
i think that was it?
evicting a nightmare tenant in two hours – can have a look this evening.

proof that i have abandoned indie rock is the scarce attention i paid this band.

@Thermo i would make a "rent i pay" joke here if i knew that song better

The image is a metaphor for my life right now, with a deadbeat sociopath refusing to vacate my basement.

"Rent she don't pay"

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3ajys7s9NKdoezgAIUJkvnC_4hCOAhWaJ197DPIfZszh61M7gCr3Ge_FokjSrBIVXUMqlUIQ9K_EaHErf-TbHZiMyqsaTB_eabVB5qtUP5CUccMH192PUqVwqAlU-VXLQJwqC344HahhgaU0zix64j9rMy9xTcMkIZDS5rXzW2FHHbyHttfLCYtt3aorNcPSYetiW2kB_pOOrVkWIniiU2BhM27hwB4t1Tqbx3MdXRHLcQM2q2CgHV241xaxi_m9fWyaoGNh-niFsv9vYwTSBXyhJCehjgqJBgA3-EajgO_6A5zcdOyuUzD_i-_gFqC-S9Pl2cF5HdQL-ohzXzZ3TF6-cil89FT0ibi-Tv1_5x-cSePb7MRmhv9c8zJcxmtdtdQe7pwj5okuaxiUZK3hcfFteoH1DclUZ70kf4AmSPjz80Gwa3XPpWPyWW2UpnCwTvfiINQxHTLfNK4T_GUeNp-9VJzipOM7FvkT7bqvvrOlil-8KjRtRcfOXWBRwhiE7fYQ5Nr0sAl809Bhm9OxQ1JlxzM_aTRAld9cCCZvqMkc5Py2gjo8VdNJgwfE0ZJse-jx3CZ4GpHMFKpQEQYJ2V5wHd3L7-USb71IFZEkZU_XVyriKequ=w535-h950-no

A revised version of that poll.

i just noticed a really silly spelling error in one of the images.

that was supposed to be:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kg0afHzhdgMj2sxxN4F2SnbEVVJd91MEx31KFGKiTAAMKc4bTVue6eVMkWDkDwn4kTbA9ofQFB855VhBwBJBpqYDEwBWGMJAtzDJT53ny9VsLLzJsrdL8IzbIlbCOizBOBNZudjBfwkh1xET2xg2O9-dqm0nveTKMMaWBwjRqpXGKhypQp2MBMzYZc6_esttbnZvehhWOGnvIFWCy-1Neusr68vzci9saOpWMLE47XLn_nBcccDEDBqCS0TrsuC6sAzr66htTvqUTLdyDMcC9l8lfCW2tvkRR8hLsmJd2WtdlDOVkf9URgU8gFOgx1rlmzxV22bwNlV4TLxSblaX0izbwZar-51WvkkqAoOofCRPPBw5GQdKWnWU_k4aoeplCjsgvwKoznuvm9tJf9o-lmvHQJmcIux5AuJZP_2yLOXQHVIT53ZUZHQkpf7IvDGrEyM5HXfzkMuNGGGqwjUMEjEopPVTh5Uql01Eqi14prnGOM17dEEFb8LQys_-iMzwlQcA2Pe8RYtekMjEuDawwSUi5u0x9k9YWrG8cQdaE1klgQ5UFBDsZTmHsWzlX2SpNTgE3TDqNiYGEAlOmUzvNV8nAN74IDdSUEpVcQNSNF65SOtKhihawaFig23J4SrtZ-WwkfmAXv6jjmFofneIwpdCi5OVEoy-uFZuLq8pYA=w535-h950-no

what i absolutely love about you list Alfred is the placement of "They Never Got You." That is my number one from this poll and didn't get a lot of love compared. You have it at number five and that makes me very, very happy.

great overall list too.

i'm sad because the beautiful images that The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall did for this poll have disappeared. my computer did die after this poll but i still luckily have the images, so i think i need to re-post them. let's see if i can do this...

https://i.imgur.com/wFPtat8.jpg