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. 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

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Reception

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'' 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 ''

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(#22) also included it on their year-end lists of the best albums of 2010.

Track listing

;Notes * "The Mystery Zone" has a track length of 5:50 on the LP edition of the album.

Personnel

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Charts

References

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