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Spoon (band)
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Spoon is an American rock band formed in Austin, Texas
. The band is composed of Britt Daniel
(vocals, guitar); Jim Eno
(drums); Rob Pope
(bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).
and drummer Jim Eno
, after the two met as members of The Alien Beats
. The name Spoon was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde
band Can
, whose hit song "Spoon
" was the theme song to the movie Das Messer. Eno describes Spoon's music as "rock 'n' roll."
in May 1994. In 1995 the band signed with Matador Records
, and within a year, Spoon released its first full-length LP Telephono
in 1996. The album was met with mixed reviews, with critics often comparing their sound with the likes of Pixies and Wire
. But comparisons aside, Telephono showed signs of a band slipping free of its influences, mixing post-punk with a blend of pop.
Less than a year later, Spoon released its second EP
, Soft Effects
, which served as a transition to their more distinctive, honed sound. Unlike its predecessors, Soft Effects was less noisy and brash, showcasing a more sophisticated, minimalist approach.
In late 1996, Spoon was playing a gig at Denton, Texas
, club the Argo with Ed Cooper and local band called Corn Spoon, for whom Joshua Zarbo was playing bass at the time. Zarbo was invited to audition for Daniel and Eno in 1997, and subsequently became the band's full-time bassist until his permanent departure in 2007.
, Spoon signed to Elektra Records
in 1998. Through this major label the band released A Series of Sneaks
in May 1998. The album did not sell as well as the label had hoped; merely four months after the release of Sneaks, Spoon's Elektra A&R man Ron Laffitte quit his job and that week the band was dropped from the label. Angry with Laffitte, who had promised to stick with the band, Spoon recorded a vindictive yet humorously-titled two-song concept single entitled "The Agony of Laffitte." They lamented their experience with the music business executive and questioned his motivations with the songs “The Agony of Laffitte” and “Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now.”
and released the Love Ways
EP in 2000. They did this without bassist Josh Zarbo, who had briefly left the band. In 2001, Spoon released its third LP entitled Girls Can Tell
. The new record was a success, selling more copies than both their previous LP releases combined. The band’s next release in 2002, Kill the Moonlight
saw similar success. Kill the Moonlight also contained the single, "The Way We Get By," which was popularized by its placement on the teen drama The O.C.
Their next album, Gimme Fiction
, was released in May 2005, and debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200
, selling more than 160,000 copies.
Spoon’s Britt Daniel collaborated with Brian Reitzell to compose and arrange the soundtrack for the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction. The soundtrack
consists chiefly of music performed by Spoon, and according to the liner notes of the official soundtrack, Brian Reitzell collaborated with Britt Daniel to compose the score, while also adapting several tracks from Kill the Moonlight and Gimme Fiction into instrumental versions of the songs.
On July 10, 2007, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
was released and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200. Since the release of Kill the Moonlight in 2002, Spoon has performed on late night talk shows, such as Late Show with David Letterman
, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
, Last Call with Carson Daly
, and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as well as the PBS show Austin City Limits
. They were also musical guests on Saturday Night Live
on October 6, 2007, where they performed "The Underdog" and "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb".
On January 18, 2010 the band released their seventh studio album, Transference
. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 53,000 copies in its first week.
"I Turn My Camera On", from Gimme Fiction, was featured in the second season of Veronica Mars
, as well as on the pilot episode of Bones
, and the May 4, 2008 episode of The Simpsons
. "Don't Make Me a Target" "Don't You Evah" and "Got Nuffin" have been featured on Chuck
. Adam Buxton
used the song "Don't Make Me a Target" for a segment of the pilot of his BBC Three
series MeeBOX
. "I Summon You," from Gimme Fiction, was featured in the sixth season of Scrubs
, in the episode, "My Perspective
", as well as in Season 2 of Veronica Mars
in the episode "Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle". "Don't You Evah" and "I Turn My Camera On" have become popular on YouTube
as dance soundtracks for the Japanese robot Keepon
, accumulating over two million hits. The song "Take A Walk" from Girls Can Tell was featured on the soundtrack to the popular video game "Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2". The song "The Underdog" was featured in the film Cloverfield
, and included in the movie's soundtrack, Rob's Party Mix. It was also featured in Episode 10 of the fourth season of Numb3rs
, in Episode 8 of the third season of How I Met Your Mother
, as well as the movies 17 Again
, I Love You, Man
, and Horrible Bosses
. "Don't You Evah" was featured on the soundtrack for the video game MLB 09: The Show
. The song "The Infinite Pet" from Gimme Fiction was featured in the film (500) Days of Summer "Got Nuffin" was featured as the closing track in the Season 7 finale of House
.
Their song “The Mystery Zone” was chosen as the Starbucks
iTunes
Pick of the Week on January 26, 2010.
In 2009, review aggregator Metacritic
ranked Spoon as its "Top overall artist of the decade," based on the band's consistently high review scores between 2000 and 2009, amongst other factors.
On April 12, 2010 Spoon made a guest appearance on Conan O'Brien's The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour
in Eugene, Oregon
where they performed the song ‘’I Summon You‘’ from their album Gimme Fiction
.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. The band is composed of Britt Daniel
Britt Daniel
John Britt Daniel is the co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the Austin, Texas, rock band Spoon.-Biography:Britt Daniel was born in Galveston, Texas, and grew up in Temple, Texas, in a household of five children...
(vocals, guitar); Jim Eno
Jim Eno
Jim Eno is the drummer and one of the founding members of the Austin, Texas band Spoon. He is also a record producer and a semiconductor chip designer.-Overview:Eno was born in Rhode Island...
(drums); Rob Pope
Rob Pope
-History:Rob Pope grew up in Olathe, Kansas. In the summer of 1994, he was in a band called "Kingpin" with his brother Ryan and future Get Up Kids bandmate Jim Suptic. After the band broke up due to internal conflicts, Rob and Jim re-formed with Matt Pryor, who had been playing with Secular Theme...
(bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).
History
The band was formed in late 1993 by lead singer/guitarist Britt DanielBritt Daniel
John Britt Daniel is the co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the Austin, Texas, rock band Spoon.-Biography:Britt Daniel was born in Galveston, Texas, and grew up in Temple, Texas, in a household of five children...
and drummer Jim Eno
Jim Eno
Jim Eno is the drummer and one of the founding members of the Austin, Texas band Spoon. He is also a record producer and a semiconductor chip designer.-Overview:Eno was born in Rhode Island...
, after the two met as members of The Alien Beats
The Alien Beats
Before creating Spoon, Britt Daniel toyed around with a few musical acts in the Austin area. After his stint with Skellington, fellow KTSB DJ Brad Shenfeld asked Britt if he would be interested in starting a country / rockabilly band. Britt declined, but then called Brad back a week later and...
. The name Spoon was chosen to honor the 1970s German avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
band Can
Can (band)
Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.Can constructed their music largely...
, whose hit song "Spoon
Spoon (song)
"Spoon" is the name of a song by the krautrock group Can, recorded in 1972. It was originally released as a single with the song "Shikaku Maru Ten" on the b-side. "Spoon" also appeared as the final track to the band's album Ege Bamyasi later that year....
" was the theme song to the movie Das Messer. Eno describes Spoon's music as "rock 'n' roll."
Early years
Spoon's recording debut came with the vinyl release of NefariousNefarious (EP)
Nefarious is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released in 1994 on a tiny Texas-based imprint called Fluffer Records.-Track listing:# "Government Darling" – 2:33# "This Damn Nation" – 2:31# "Nefarious" – 2:45...
in May 1994. In 1995 the band signed with Matador Records
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...
, and within a year, Spoon released its first full-length LP Telephono
Telephono
Telephono is the first album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on April 23, 1996 by Matador, then re-released in a two-disc package with the Soft Effects EP in 2006 by Merge Records....
in 1996. The album was met with mixed reviews, with critics often comparing their sound with the likes of Pixies and Wire
Wire (band)
Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman , Graham Lewis , Bruce Gilbert , and Robert Gotobed...
. But comparisons aside, Telephono showed signs of a band slipping free of its influences, mixing post-punk with a blend of pop.
Less than a year later, Spoon released its second EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Soft Effects
Soft Effects
Soft Effects is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 21, 1997 by Matador, then re-released with Telephono in 2006 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "Mountain to Sound" – 3:50...
, which served as a transition to their more distinctive, honed sound. Unlike its predecessors, Soft Effects was less noisy and brash, showcasing a more sophisticated, minimalist approach.
In late 1996, Spoon was playing a gig at Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
, club the Argo with Ed Cooper and local band called Corn Spoon, for whom Joshua Zarbo was playing bass at the time. Zarbo was invited to audition for Daniel and Eno in 1997, and subsequently became the band's full-time bassist until his permanent departure in 2007.
Major label debut
After the release of Soft EffectsSoft Effects
Soft Effects is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 21, 1997 by Matador, then re-released with Telephono in 2006 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "Mountain to Sound" – 3:50...
, Spoon signed to Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
in 1998. Through this major label the band released A Series of Sneaks
A Series of Sneaks
A Series of Sneaks is the second album released by the band Spoon. It was released in 1998 by Elektra, then re-released with The Agony of Laffitte CD single tracks added on in 2002 by Merge Records.-Track listing:...
in May 1998. The album did not sell as well as the label had hoped; merely four months after the release of Sneaks, Spoon's Elektra A&R man Ron Laffitte quit his job and that week the band was dropped from the label. Angry with Laffitte, who had promised to stick with the band, Spoon recorded a vindictive yet humorously-titled two-song concept single entitled "The Agony of Laffitte." They lamented their experience with the music business executive and questioned his motivations with the songs “The Agony of Laffitte” and “Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now.”
Commercial success
Spoon signed with the indie rock label Merge RecordsMerge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
and released the Love Ways
Love Ways
Love Ways is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on October 24, 2000 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "Change My Life" – 4:29# "I Didn't Come Here to Die" – 3:08# "Jealousy" – 2:09# "The Figures of Art" – 1:46...
EP in 2000. They did this without bassist Josh Zarbo, who had briefly left the band. In 2001, Spoon released its third LP entitled Girls Can Tell
Girls Can Tell
Girls Can Tell is the third studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on February 20, 2001.The track "Me and the Bean" is a cover of a mid-90's Austin, Texas band called The Sidehackers...
. The new record was a success, selling more copies than both their previous LP releases combined. The band’s next release in 2002, Kill the Moonlight
Kill the Moonlight
Kill the Moonlight is the fourth album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon, released on August 20, 2002 to a great deal of critical acclaim.Kill the Moonlight has sold roughly 153,000 copies, as of December 2009, according to Nielsen Soundscan...
saw similar success. Kill the Moonlight also contained the single, "The Way We Get By," which was popularized by its placement on the teen drama The O.C.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
Their next album, Gimme Fiction
Gimme Fiction
Gimme Fiction is the fifth album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon, released on May 10, 2005. It debuted at #44 on the Billboard 200. "I Turn My Camera On" has been released as a single, and garnered some radio-play. Some versions of the album also come with a bonus disc. "Sister Jack" was...
, was released in May 2005, and debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, selling more than 160,000 copies.
Spoon’s Britt Daniel collaborated with Brian Reitzell to compose and arrange the soundtrack for the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction. The soundtrack
Stranger Than Fiction (soundtrack)
Stranger than Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction which was directed by Marc Forster and written by Zach Helm.-Composition:...
consists chiefly of music performed by Spoon, and according to the liner notes of the official soundtrack, Brian Reitzell collaborated with Britt Daniel to compose the score, while also adapting several tracks from Kill the Moonlight and Gimme Fiction into instrumental versions of the songs.
On July 10, 2007, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is the sixth studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on Merge Records on July 10, 2007 to considerable critical acclaim. Its cover art comes from a portrait of artist/sculptor Lee Bontecou, taken by Italian photographer Ugo Mulas in 1963...
was released and debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200. Since the release of Kill the Moonlight in 2002, Spoon has performed on late night talk shows, such as Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)
The Late Late Show is an American late-night television talk and variety show on CBS hosted by Craig Ferguson since 2005. It immediately follows Late Show with David Letterman and is produced by Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated...
, Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late night talk show that is broadcast on NBC. The show is hosted by Carson Daly, the half-hour show featuring celebrity interviews, documentary-style coverage of a topic, and musical performances. Last Call airs weeknights at 1:35 a.m. Eastern / 12:35 a.m....
, and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise...
as well as the PBS show Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...
. They were also musical guests on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
on October 6, 2007, where they performed "The Underdog" and "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb".
On January 18, 2010 the band released their seventh studio album, Transference
Transference (album)
Transference is the seventh studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 18, 2010 in Europe, and on January 19 in North America...
. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 53,000 copies in its first week.
"I Turn My Camera On", from Gimme Fiction, was featured in the second season of Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
, as well as on the pilot episode of Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
, and the May 4, 2008 episode of The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
. "Don't Make Me a Target" "Don't You Evah" and "Got Nuffin" have been featured on Chuck
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
. Adam Buxton
Adam Buxton
Adam Offord Buxton is an English comedian and actor. With Joe Cornish, he forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe. The pair presented Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music, whilst Buxton also presents his own show on 6 Music on Sundays, called Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape, currently on hiatus.-Major work:His...
used the song "Don't Make Me a Target" for a segment of the pilot of his BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
series MeeBOX
MeeBOX
MeeBOX is a television pilot broadcast on 22 June 2008 on BBC Three. It is a sketch show written by and starring Adam Buxton. The show is set on a video hosting website, featuring sketches involving archive manipulation, cut ups, sketches, revoiced clips, animations, spoof pop videos, lip-synching...
. "I Summon You," from Gimme Fiction, was featured in the sixth season of Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, in the episode, "My Perspective
My Perspective
"My Perspective" is the 9th episode of season six and 126th episode of the American situation comedy Scrubs. It aired as on February 15, 2007 on NBC.-Plot:When J.D...
", as well as in Season 2 of Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
in the episode "Rashard and Wallace Go to White Castle". "Don't You Evah" and "I Turn My Camera On" have become popular on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
as dance soundtracks for the Japanese robot Keepon
Keepon
Keepon is a small yellow robot designed to study social development by interacting with children. Keepon was developed by while at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Kyoto, Japan...
, accumulating over two million hits. The song "Take A Walk" from Girls Can Tell was featured on the soundtrack to the popular video game "Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2". The song "The Underdog" was featured in the film Cloverfield
Cloverfield
Cloverfield is a 2008 American disaster-monster film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and written by Drew Goddard.The film follows six young New Yorkers attending a going-away party on the night that a gigantic monster attacks the city...
, and included in the movie's soundtrack, Rob's Party Mix. It was also featured in Episode 10 of the fourth season of Numb3rs
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
, in Episode 8 of the third season of How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, as well as the movies 17 Again
17 Again (film)
17 Again: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on April 21, 2009 by New Line Records.-Track listing:# "On My Own" by Vincent and The Villains# "Can't Say No" by The Helio Sequence# "L.E.S...
, I Love You, Man
I Love You, Man
I Love You, Man is a 2009 American comedy film originally titled Let's be Friends and written by Larry Levin before John Hamburg rewrote and directed the film...
, and Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx...
. "Don't You Evah" was featured on the soundtrack for the video game MLB 09: The Show
MLB 09: The Show
MLB 09: The Show is a baseball simulation video game developed by SCE San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable systems. It belongs to the Major League Baseball game series on the PlayStation systems...
. The song "The Infinite Pet" from Gimme Fiction was featured in the film (500) Days of Summer "Got Nuffin" was featured as the closing track in the Season 7 finale of House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
.
Their song “The Mystery Zone” was chosen as the Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...
iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
Pick of the Week on January 26, 2010.
In 2009, review aggregator Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
ranked Spoon as its "Top overall artist of the decade," based on the band's consistently high review scores between 2000 and 2009, amongst other factors.
On April 12, 2010 Spoon made a guest appearance on Conan O'Brien's The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour
The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour
The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour was a comedy tour featuring Conan O'Brien. The title of the tour is a reference to the 2010 Tonight Show host and timeslot conflict which resulted in O'Brien resigning from his position as host of The Tonight Show in January 2010...
in Eugene, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
where they performed the song ‘’I Summon You‘’ from their album Gimme Fiction
Gimme Fiction
Gimme Fiction is the fifth album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon, released on May 10, 2005. It debuted at #44 on the Billboard 200. "I Turn My Camera On" has been released as a single, and garnered some radio-play. Some versions of the album also come with a bonus disc. "Sister Jack" was...
.
Albums
| Year | Album | USA Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
USA Independent Albums | Label Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Telephono Telephono Telephono is the first album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on April 23, 1996 by Matador, then re-released in a two-disc package with the Soft Effects EP in 2006 by Merge Records.... |
– | 35 | Matador Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have... |
| 1998 | A Series of Sneaks A Series of Sneaks A Series of Sneaks is the second album released by the band Spoon. It was released in 1998 by Elektra, then re-released with The Agony of Laffitte CD single tracks added on in 2002 by Merge Records.-Track listing:... |
– | – | Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
| 2001 | Girls Can Tell Girls Can Tell Girls Can Tell is the third studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on February 20, 2001.The track "Me and the Bean" is a cover of a mid-90's Austin, Texas band called The Sidehackers... |
– | 46 | Merge Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records... |
| 2002 | Kill the Moonlight Kill the Moonlight Kill the Moonlight is the fourth album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon, released on August 20, 2002 to a great deal of critical acclaim.Kill the Moonlight has sold roughly 153,000 copies, as of December 2009, according to Nielsen Soundscan... |
– | 23 | Merge Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records... |
| 2005 | Gimme Fiction Gimme Fiction Gimme Fiction is the fifth album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon, released on May 10, 2005. It debuted at #44 on the Billboard 200. "I Turn My Camera On" has been released as a single, and garnered some radio-play. Some versions of the album also come with a bonus disc. "Sister Jack" was... |
44 | 1 | Merge Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records... |
| 2007 | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is the sixth studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on Merge Records on July 10, 2007 to considerable critical acclaim. Its cover art comes from a portrait of artist/sculptor Lee Bontecou, taken by Italian photographer Ugo Mulas in 1963... |
10 | 1 | Merge Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records... |
| 2010 | Transference Transference (album) Transference is the seventh studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 18, 2010 in Europe, and on January 19 in North America... |
4 | 2 | Merge Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records... |
EPs
- The Nefarious EPNefarious (EP)Nefarious is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released in 1994 on a tiny Texas-based imprint called Fluffer Records.-Track listing:# "Government Darling" – 2:33# "This Damn Nation" – 2:31# "Nefarious" – 2:45...
(1994, Fluffer) - Soft EffectsSoft EffectsSoft Effects is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 21, 1997 by Matador, then re-released with Telephono in 2006 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "Mountain to Sound" – 3:50...
(1997, MatadorMatador RecordsMatador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...
) - 30 Gallon Tank30 Gallon Tank30 Gallon Tank is an EP from Austin, Texas, indie rock band Spoon. The 7" record was released on May 5, 1998, as a promotional EP showcasing the newly signed Elektra Records band. Released on the same day was Spoon's second LP A Series of Sneaks...
(1998, ElektraElektra RecordsElektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
) - Love WaysLove WaysLove Ways is an EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on October 24, 2000 by Merge Records.-Track listing:# "Change My Life" – 4:29# "I Didn't Come Here to Die" – 3:08# "Jealousy" – 2:09# "The Figures of Art" – 1:46...
(2000, MergeMerge RecordsMerge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
) - Get Nice! (2007, Matador)
- Don't You EvahDon't You EvahDon't You Evah is an 8 song-EP from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on April 8, 2008 by Merge Records. It was released to promote the title track, the second single from their album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga....
(2008, Merge) - Got NuffinGot NuffinGot Nuffin is the sixth EP by the indie rock band Spoon. It was released June 30, 2009 by Merge Records. It marks the first official Spoon release since the release of 2008's Don't You Evah EP....
(2009, Merge)
Singles
- "All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed" (7"/CD5, 1996)
- "Not Turning Off" (7", 1996)
- "Anticipation" (7", 1998)
- "The Agony of Laffitte" (CD5, 1999, Saddle Creek)
- "Anything You Want" (7"/CD5, 2001)
- "Everything Hits at Once" (CD5, 2001)
- "Car Radio" / "Advance Cassette" (CD5, 2001)
- "Text Later" / "Shake It Off" (split 7", 2002)
- "Someone Something" (7", 2002)
- "Jonathon Fisk" (CD5, 2002)
- "Stay Don't Go" (CD5, 2003)
- "The Way We Get By" (CD5, 2003)
- "I Turn My Camera On" (7"/CD5, 2005)
- "My First Time, Vol. 3" (digital single, 2005)
- "Sister Jack" (UK and US, 7"/CD5, 2005)
- "The Underdog" (UK and US, digital single/7" promo, 2007) #26 USA Alternative Songs
- "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" (Europe and Australia, digital single, 2007)
- "Don't You Evah" (digital single (Diplo Mix), 2007; CD5, 2008) #33 USA Alternative Songs
- "Got Nuffin" (UK 7"/CD5; US 12"/CD5, 2009) #43 U.S. Rock SongsRock SongsRock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs...
- "Written in Reverse" (UK and US, 7", 2010)
Compilations
- "Don't Buy The Realistic" and "Telamon Bridge" on What's Up Matador? (1997, Matador Records)
- "Tear Me Down" on Wig in a BoxWig in a BoxWig In A Box: Songs from & Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch...
(2003, Off Records) - "The Book I Write" and 3 previously released tracks on Stranger than Fiction Original SoundtrackStranger Than Fiction (soundtrack)Stranger than Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2006 film Stranger than Fiction which was directed by Marc Forster and written by Zach Helm.-Composition:...
(2006, Columbia RecordsColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
/SonySony, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
) - "Well-Alright" on Dark Was the NightDark Was the NightDark Was the Night is the twentieth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS...
(2009, 4AD4AD4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...
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External links
- Official website
- Spoon interview at Groovin The Moo Festival 2010
- Interview with Jim Eno on the release of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Interview with Jim Eno Jan 2008
- Spoon article August 2007
- Pitchfork article
- Interview
- AV Club article
- The Mixtape: Spoon has a new record
- Interview for WAAAU.TV
- Spoon collection at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
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