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Track Listings
| 1. Everything Hits At Once |
| 2. Believing Is Art |
| 3. Me And The Bean |
| 4. Lines In The Suit |
| 5. The Fitted Shirt |
| 6. Anything You Want |
| 7. Take A Walk |
| 8. 1020 AM |
| 9. Take The Fifth |
| 10. This Book Is A Movie |
| 11. Chicago At Night |
Product Description
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This is a great, understated album that merits repeated plays. Spoon have made a literate, rocking, breakthrough record that occupies a funny place--the songs are not unconventional, per se, yet they're somehow really special. Girls Can Tell displays the emotional resonance and big rock power of, say, Thin Lizzy and Mott the Hoople; the sonically referential, indie-rock smarts of a band like Versus; and amazing hooks that recall Colin Blunstone of the Zombies. Like Jennyanykind, Moviola, and the Lilys, this Austin, Texas, trio has chosen to work on perfecting their craft without paying much heed to mainstream or trends. In spite of (but mostly because of) wrenching breakup-centered lyrical material delivered in a very real, matter-of-fact way, Girls Can Tell is one of those life-affirming pop albums you know you'll return to in years to come. --Mike McGonigal
Album Details
Japanese Version featuring Four Bonus Tracks: Shek Off, Decora (Yo La Tengo Mix), Lines in the Suit (Demo) and Everyhting at Once (Disco Version).
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4.0 out of 5 stars
All But One,
By Jean Anne Miller (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girls Can Tell (Audio CD)
Had Spoon excluded the throwaway instrumental track, "This Book is a Movie," from GIRLS CAN TELL, this wonderful understated band might have achieved one of those rare, never-dare-fast-forward-a-song albums with a broad concept/mood ajoining the musical and themes of the songs together. Maybe my disappointment in the lone instrumental track stems from the very lack of Britt Daniel's throaty, yearning, sometimes desperate, sometimes ambivilent voice. Perhaps I find the song paled in comparison to its follow-up, "Chicago at Night," which happens to be the standout track on the album and is strategically placed at the end to leave a particularly good taste in your mouth, as well as the urge to start all over again (the album that is...or your life, if you feel like it). While listening to the opening bars of "Book is a Movie" (and why the title?), I immediately gear my ears for "Chicago" because it contains similar elements to the other 9 tracks. "Book is a Movie" is a good in isolation but terrible when in comparison to the rest of GIRLS CAN TELL. And like bookends, the opener, "Everything Hits at Once," a melancholy taste of midnight breakup madness, and "Chicago" stand as towering achievements in what comes off as an concept of dismal, yet sometimes hopeful songs. Do we all need "shirts that fit right" for a perfect existence? No, but it wouldn't hurt, but as long as you still got Dad's clothes, that's alright, because believing is art. Consider this lyric: "there's a girl, in my yard, readin' to me tarot cards, she don't know anything, but she's beautiful to me." Spoon's music and lyrics evoke curiosity because the exact intention isn't immediately given away like in a Smashing Pumpkins song. KILL THE MOONLIGHT is a little more catchy but still holds true to the minimalist in all of us. Less is definitely more when you're tired of overkill...and this music nut definitely could do without it for the time being.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I have seen the future of rock and it's not the strokes...,
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This review is from: Girls Can Tell (Audio CD)
...it's Spoon. If you can imagine what a Pavement, Cure and Pixies collaboration might sound like then you can imagine what Britt Daniels accomplishes just about every single time Spoon releases a record. Atmospheric, mysterious, ugly, angular and beautiful and strange all at once, this record hits like a ton of bricks.Daniels has a voice all his own and if you appreciate the likes of Tom Waits, Malkmus, Ryan Adams and Robert Smith then you might just dig his delivery. He's got a better voice than Malkmus but the delivery is similar. On top of all that the songs are super strong, catchy as all hell and unlike anything you will hear on the radio.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This band is too small.,
By Manuel (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girls Can Tell (Audio CD)
Great music like this should not stay in the shadows. everyone needs to hear this music so they know what good music is.Take the album opener for example "Everything Hits at Once". It was the first song I ever heard from Spoon and man do I not regret it. Honestly download this song and see for yourself; you will fall in love with this band and want everyone else to as well. Oh there are other songs on the album too huh. My track picks are: Everything Hits at Once, Me and the Bean, Lines in the Suit, This Book is a Movie, and Chicago at Night. Buy this album. Tell you friends to buy this album, word will spread and Spoon will rise like it should out of obscurity into the light where it belongs.
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