broc Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 After Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga what else should i get? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Girls Can Tell then Kill the Moonlight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 A Series of Sneaks is not only their finest album, but one of the finest albums ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Surfa Rosa and/or Doolittle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Surfa Rosa and/or Doolittle. I don't get it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I don't get it. Spoon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Serak_the_Preparer Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Buy any and all of them. I think Spoon is one of the best bands out there and one of the most underrated. If any band should be playing stadiums, it should be them. You really can't go wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Gimme Fiction was the album that got me into Spoon (still my fave). Then I quickly worked my way backwards. All of them are superb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Gimme Fiction is in heavy rotation on my IPod, as well as Girls Can Tell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maureyrd Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Telephono and Series of Sneaks. After that Spoon went lite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broc Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Thanks everyone. I've ordered Kill The Moonlight LP for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am hipper and "indier" than you Just kidding maur... Welcome to the boards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Muncle Douchey Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Gimme Fiction was the album that got me into Spoon (still my fave). Then I quickly worked my way backwards. All of them are superb. exactly how i feel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 My personal ranking of Spoon albums, not that anyone cares: 1. A Series of Sneaks2. Girls Can Tell3. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga4. Kill the Moonlight5. Telephono6. Gimme Fiction There are also two EPs that are both very good: Soft Effects, which would make # 3 if included in the list above, and Love Ways, which would rank just above Kill the Moonlight. I've never managed to get hold of a copy of the Nefarious EP, sadly. As you can tell, I just never cared for Gimme Fiction ... to me it seems like the one serious misstep in an otherwise stellar catalog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethyo25 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Love, Love, Love me some Spoon. Always have. Last year when I was visiting the great Chicago, I finally got a hold of A Series Of Sneaks....and love it. It's so Chicago. Love Gimme Fiction (this one took me a while to really love, but now I think it just might be they're best)LOVE GA GA GA GA GA (this is a classic)Love Kill The Moonlight (got this while in college, and it started my Spoon addiction) I still haven't got Girls Can Tell, but it's next on my purchase list. I've hear it's really great. Why Spoon aren't a huge fucking band, the world may never know...but at least they're big in my rotation. And I love when I ask someone if they like Spoon, and love the look I get..."what the fuck are you talking about??"......oh well, your loss bitches! -seth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 As you can tell, I just never cared for Gimme Fiction ... to me it seems like the one serious misstep in an otherwise stellar catalog. That's funny, because Spoon had always been a band I admired and respected from a distance without fully embracing...until I got Gimme Fiction. Now I've gone back and rediscovered those albums that I could never quite get into as much as I felt like I should have been able to. Anyway, I'm not sure how I would rank them all, but I will probably always hold Gimme Fictionin high esteem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Last year when I was visiting the great Chicago, I finally got a hold of A Series Of Sneaks....and love it. It's so Chicago.You know they're from Austin, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 My personal ranking of Spoon albums, not that anyone cares: 1. A Series of Sneaks2. Girls Can Tell3. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga4. Kill the Moonlight5. Telephono6. Gimme Fiction I care because it's right on with my rankings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 As you can tell, I just never cared for Gimme Fiction ... to me it seems like the one serious misstep in an otherwise stellar catalog. Wow. That's kind of shocking. Is it like nails on the chalkboard? You don't like 'The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine'? Just curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Wow. That's kind of shocking. Is it like nails on the chalkboard? You don't like 'The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine'?That's probably the one song on the record I do like. Maybe "I Summon You" too. To me the album just meanders, never really gets up a full head of steam, repeats itself too much, and suffers from failed stylistic and sonic experimentation and Britt Daniel's weakest songwriting since Telephono. I got the impression that Daniel had an idea of what direction he wanted to go, but hadn't quite figured out how to go there yet. Then, on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, he figured it out. I also thought that Daniel played away from his strengths too much. The album is so piano-centric that you almost forget that there's a guitarist in the band, which is too bad, because he can really tear it up when he wants to. Seriously, I regard A Series of Sneaks as one of the best guitar albums of all time. It's not that I wanted Spoon to make another Sneaks, because Girls Can Tell proved how the band's sound could progress and still be amazing ... I just got the feeling that they released an album because they decided it was time to release an album, without really being ready to do so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
augurus Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 That's probably the one song on the record I do like. Maybe "I Summon You" too. To me the album just meanders, never really gets up a full head of steam, repeats itself too much, and suffers from failed stylistic and sonic experimentation and Britt Daniel's weakest songwriting since Telephono. I got the impression that Daniel had an idea of what direction he wanted to go, but hadn't quite figured out how to go there yet. Then, on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, he figured it out. I also thought that Daniel played away from his strengths too much. The album is so piano-centric that you almost forget that there's a guitarist in the band, which is too bad, because he can really tear it up when he wants to. Seriously, I regard A Series of Sneaks as one of the best guitar albums of all time. It's not that I wanted Spoon to make another Sneaks, because Girls Can Tell proved how the band's sound could progress and still be amazing ... I just got the feeling that they released an album because they decided it was time to release an album, without really being ready to do so.I firmly believe that Britt Daniel's weakest writing occurs in Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. There's so much repetition that Daniel's words discards all meaning as well as beauty in form. I just could not get over the annoying "don't make me a target" or "ooh rhythm and soul".Britt Daniel can write much better than that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I firmly believe that Britt Daniel's weakest writing occurs in Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. There's so much repetition that Daniel's words discards all meaning as well as beauty in form.I can see where you get that ... it's certainly not his best lyrical effort. I do like the album, though, because it recaptures some of the instrumental muscle that Spoon had before Gimme Fiction and Kill the Moonlight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethyo25 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 yeah, I know they are a texas band, but I guess what I mean't was, I purchased Sneaks in Chicago, and listen to it and GA while I was there....therefore in my mind Sneaks sounds very Chicagoy to me..... I'm weird...just go with me..... -seth oh yeah, and don't mess with texas.........fuckin' bush Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 yeah, I know they are a texas band, but I guess what I mean't was, I purchased Sneaks in Chicago, and listen to it and GA while I was there....therefore in my mind Sneaks sounds very Chicagoy to me..... I'm weird...just go with me..... I hear what you're saying. There are lots of albums and songs that seem tied to a particular place (and time) for me, probably because that's where I first heard them, or that's where I first really paid attention to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maureyrd Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 You know they're from Austin, right? Hahahahaha Just kidding maur... Welcome to the boards. Shit, I'm a 34 year old Republican attorney. I'm the farthest thing from hip or indie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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