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Gimme Fiction
by Spoon
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.4133
Avg. Critic Score:
3.3320
Gimme Fiction Rank 3 Reviews
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Village Voice (Consumer Guide)Though I can imagine putting this on at year's end and remembering every song with a kind of surprised admiration, I can't imagine doing it any sooner--or any later either. ...more
Drowned In SoundYou know a good sound when you want to take out a second mortgage to buy headphones good enough to appreciate it. ...more
Amazon.comSpoon's loosest, most eclectic effort yet. ...more
Lost At SeaNearly every song comes off as unassuming in its rightful place. Each track has a designed role, and for that reason you won’t need to use the skip button. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)It torpedoes the often-justifiable notion that Spoon's music feels like it was made with safety in mind, and that its far-and-wide excursions are just that--temporary steps away from a safe, solid path. ...more
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Delusions of AdequacySurely the power of Spoon’s miraculous songwriting skills are enough to keep the listener captivated, but the fact remains that the only surprise the album contains is the apparent lack of innovation. ...more
PopMattersIt's no coincidence that so many of the best albums have a lead-off track that serves to encapsulate the dominant themes and moods of the music that follows it -- think of "Gimme Shelter", "London Calling" or "Let's Go Crazy". If not quite ...more
The Onion A.V. ClubThe most anticipated set of songs theyve ever recorded. ...more
All Music GuideSpoon continues to build one of the most consistent, and distinctive, bodies of work in indie rock -- the band makes changes and takes chances from album to album, but ends up sounding exactly how Spoon should sound each time. ...more
PitchforkEven the most direct songs here have a precision craftsmanship rarely heard in something that is still, at heart, a rock album. ...more
Rolling StoneAustin quartet Spoon turned out workmanlike indie-rock records for eight years, until 2002's irresistible, groove-drivenKill the Moonlighttook them to another level. Tracks like "My Mathematical Mind," on their new album,Gimme Fiction, recapture ...more
Rolling StoneThe overall effect can be vaguely schizo -- many of these tracks seem more like cool fragments than true songs. ...more
PrefixMagBritt Daniel and Jim Eno of Spoon have been courting a trademark sound since releasingTelephonoon Matador in 1996. From that record's lo-fi Wire-worship on through the intricate quirks of 2002'sKill the Moonlight, Spoon's very identity stemmed from their ...more
RollingStoneMany of these tracks seem more like cool fragments than true songs. ...more
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