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All The Weird Kids Up Front
''All the Weird Kids Up Front (Más Rolas Chidas)'' is a compilation album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on August 29, 2020, for Record Store Day, through Matador Records. It is a companion piece to their 2019 greatest hits album '' Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon'', with a track listing submitted and voted on by fans. The compilation was announced on March 5, 2020. The album peaked at number 77 on the ''Billboard'' Top Current Albums The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, pr ... chart. Track listing References {{Spoon 2020 compilation albums Spoon (band) compilation albums Record Store Day releases Matador Records compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spoon (band)
Spoon is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, consisting of members Britt Daniel (vocals, guitar), Jim Eno (drums), Alex Fischel (keyboards, guitar), Gerardo Larios (guitar, keyboards) and Ben Trokan (bass, keyboards). The band was formed in Austin in October 1993 by Daniel and Eno. Critics have described the band's musical style as rock, pop, art rock, and experimental rock. Spoon released their debut studio album, ''Telephono'', in 1996 through Matador Records. Their next full-length album, ''A Series of Sneaks'', was released in 1998 through Elektra Records. The band subsequently signed with Merge Records, where Spoon achieved greater commercial and critical prominence with the albums ''Girls Can Tell'' (2001), ''Kill the Moonlight'' (2002), ''Gimme Fiction'' (2005), ''Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' (2007), and ''Transference'' (2010). They signed with Loma Vista Recordings and ANTI- for the release of ''They Want My Soul'' (2014). The band later returned to Matador to release their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
''Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was first released on July 10, 2007, through Merge Records and Anti-. It received critical acclaim and appeared on several year-end album lists. The album debuted at number 10 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums, selling 46,000 copies in its first week. By January 2010, the album had sold 318,000 copies in the United States. It was supported by two singles; " The Underdog" and " Don't You Evah". Production "Don't Make Me a Target" was originally written by Daniel while Spoon was producing its previous album, ''Gimme Fiction''. The band practiced it "quite a bit" before the release of ''Gimme Fiction'', but ended up shelving it for a year after unsuccessful attempts to work out an arrangement they liked. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spoon (band) Compilation Albums
A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mouth. Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure, mix, stir and toss ingredients and for serving food. Present day spoons are made from metal (notably flat silver or silverware, plated or solid), wood, porcelain or plastic. There are a wide variety of spoons that are made of a variety of materials and by different cultures for many different uses and foods. Terminology The spoon consists of a ''bowl'' and a handle. A handle in a shape of a slender stick is frequently called a ''stem''. The stem can end in a sharp point or be crowned with a ''knop'', a decorative knob. The ''knop-top'' spoons with a variety of knop shapes described by colorful terms like "acorn", "writhen-end" (spiral ornament on a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Wilson (musician)
Daniel Dodd Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. His songwriting résumé includes " Closing Time", which he wrote for his band, Semisonic; "Not Ready to Make Nice", co-written with The Chicks; and " Someone Like You", co-written with Adele. He earned a Grammy nomination for "Closing Time" (Best Rock Song) and won Grammys for Song of the Year ("Not Ready to Make Nice" in 2007) and Album of the Year (which he won in 2012 as one of the producers of Adele's '' 21''). In addition to being the leader of Semisonic, Wilson has released several solo recordings, including the 2017 release '' Re-Covered''. He was also a member of the Minneapolis psychedelic rock band Trip Shakespeare. Early life and education Wilson is a native of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Wilson attended Harvard University, where he studied visual arts with a focus on printmaking and from which he graduated B.A. ''summa cum laude'' in Visual and Environmental Studies in 1983, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Want My Soul
''They Want My Soul'' is the eighth studio album by American indie rock band Spoon. It was released on August 5, 2014 through the band's new label, Loma Vista Recordings. It is the band's first album to feature Alex Fischel, who plays keyboards and guitar. Background The band took several years off following the release of ''Transference'' in 2010, giving each member time to explore other projects. Frontman Britt Daniel explained that the band members were "all a little burned out", and that he personally needed "something that was going to reinvigorate me, to excite me about working on new stuff again." To this end, Daniel formed the group Divine Fits with Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, which recorded and released the album ''A Thing Called Divine Fits'' in 2012. Jim Eno produced albums for other bands during the downtime, while Rob Pope toured with his band The Get Up Kids, and Eric Harvey recorded a solo album. Recording The band first met to record with Joe Chiccarelli in Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LP (singer)
Laura Pergolizzi (born March 18, 1981), known professionally as LP, is an American singer and songwriter. LP has released six albums and three EPs. LP has written songs for other artists including Cher, Rihanna, the Backstreet Boys, Leona Lewis, Mylène Farmer, Céline Dion and Christina Aguilera. Early life Pergolizzi was born in 1981 on Long Island, to an Italian father and mother, her paternal grandfather coming from Palermo and grandmother from Naples, Italy. Pergolizzi adopted the stage name "LP" after moving to New York City. Career David Lowery of the band Cracker saw LP performing and featured her on "Cinderella", a hidden track on the band's 1998 album, ''Gentleman's Blues''. Lowery followed up by producing LP's debut album ''Heart-Shaped Scar'', released in 2001 through Koch Records. LP's second album, ''Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol'', was released in June 2004 through Lightswitch Records. On the record, she collaborated with songwriter and music producer Linda Perry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Thoughts
''Hot Thoughts'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on March 17, 2017, through Matador Records. It is also the first Spoon album since 2002's '' Kill the Moonlight'' to not feature multi-instrumentalist Eric Harvey, who quietly left the band after finishing a world tour in support of 2014's '' They Want My Soul''. Reception ''Hot Thoughts'' received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews. Jillian Mapes of '' Pitchfork'' wrote "Spoon stay in their well-earned lane but tweak the formula just enough on their ninth album, keeping their reliably great songwriting and adding new, electronic textures." Accolades Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes for ''Hot Thoughts'' Spoon * Britt Daniel – vocals, guitars, keys, piano, percussion, bass *Jim Eno Jim Eno (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill The Moonlight (album)
''Kill the Moonlight'' is the fourth album by American rock band Spoon released on August 20, 2002 through Merge Records. The album features a stripped-down, minimal sound that incorporates various different instruments such as tambourines and pianos along with an idiosyncratic production style. The album has gone on to receive critical acclaim with its lead single "The Way We Get By" being used in various television shows, and is regarded as Spoon's ''magnum opus''. Composition The album has been noted for its minimal and rhythm-driven sound. Eric Carr of ''Pitchfork'' described it as "an adventure in starkness", going on to write: "Like some of the best minimalists in music, Spoon use the null and void to create tension which bolsters and sets apart every nuance of the music-- every handclap, every reverberating crash, every beep from the synthesizer." Heather Phares of ''AllMusic'' wrote that the group "follow(ed up) such a cathartic album as Girls Can Tell with a collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transference (album)
''Transference'' is the seventh studio album by the American indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 18, 2010, in Europe, and on January 19 in North America. In Australia, it was released by Spunk Records on January 15. The album debuted at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 53,000 copies in its first week. As of June 2013, it had sold 183,000 copies in United States. The cover image is an untitled 1970 photograph by the American photographer William Eggleston. Reception ''Exclaim!'' placed ''Transference'' at number 9 on their list of the Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2010, with Ben Conoley writing: "With Transference, Spoon took a more minimalist approach than predecessors ''Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' and ''Gimme Fiction'', demonstrating that great rock music doesn't need more than confidence, swagger and good hooks." ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number 22 on their list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimme Fiction
''Gimme Fiction'' is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Spoon. It was released on May 10, 2005, through Merge Records in the US and Matador Records in Europe. It debuted at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' 200. " I Turn My Camera On" was released as a single, and has become one of the band's biggest hits to date. A deluxe reissue of the album was released on December 11, 2015 to commemorate its 10th anniversary. Background Britt Daniel began working on songs for Spoon's follow-up album to ''Kill the Moonlight'' in early 2003 when he received a letter from David Klowden in which he offered to let Daniel use his beach house if he wanted to "go on another writing stint". Daniel drove to Ocean Beach in San Diego and started writing songs for the next album in a small house that overlooked the ocean. He stayed there for a number of weeks and recalls working a lot but not feeling happy with the output of his work there. Before the title ''Gimme Fiction'' was decided on, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Daniel
John Britt Daniel (born April 14, 1971) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Spoon, as well as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and singer of the band Divine Fits. Daniel also founded numerous other bands in the early 1990s. Early life Britt Daniel was born in Galveston, Texas and grew up in Temple, Texas, a town of 73,000 people about an hour north of Austin. Daniel is the oldest of three children from his parents' marriage. He also has two younger half-siblings. His father, a neurologist, was a fan of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and a collector of guitars; Daniel himself reportedly picked up the guitar in high school after his college-bound girlfriend ended their relationship.'Sup Magazine"The Biography of Britt Daniel of Spoon As Told Through Music", December 2005. Retrieved October 11, 2007. Career In 1988 Britt Daniel formed his first band The Zygotes while in high school. In 1990, while a student at the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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