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Gimme Fiction

~ Spoon (Artist)

4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product Details

Audio CD (Jun 15 2005)
Original Release Date: May 10 2005
Number of Discs: 1
Label: FAB
ASIN: B00082ZRN0
In-Print Editions: LP Record

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Gimme Fiction is Spoon's loosest, most eclectic effort yet. While still sounding like themselves, the Austin-based band manages to evoke a number of other artists on their fifth full-length. (It's a neat trick.) On proto-glam opener "The Beast and Dragon, Adored," Britt Daniels channels the David Bowie of The Man Who Sold the World. Then there's slinky jam "I Turn My Camera On," where he conjures up Prince or Mick Jagger, circa "Miss You," by singing in a higher register. As indicated by the title, "Sister Jack" sounds like early Who (i.e. "Happy Jack"), while "They Never Got You" sounds like Plastic Ono Band-era John Lennon. Do all these different styles hang together? For the most part: yes. After the triumph of Kill the Moonlight, Spoon could have easily rested on their laurels and issued another album just like it, but Gimme Fiction proves they would rather evolve than stagnate. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasureable, but not jarring., Dec 25 2007

By	Emily M. Hemmings "emily_hemmings" (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Spoon is kind of like the muzac of tomorrow. I can picture myself in twenty years, bobbing my head in an elevator to "The Delicate Place", assuming we haven't invented transporters by this time.

Their music is soothing and well-done, but it doesn't tend to invade the senses. It's the musical equivalent of someone who asks you if you're sure when you invite them into your house. It's the kind of album you play at a really calm party.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Adored, Feb 24 2007

By	E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Spoon is one of the best, and also the most underappreciated, bands in the wide world of indierock. And after the twin masterpieces of "Girls Can Tell" and "Kill the Moonlight," they had a lot to follow up on. They could have easily rested on their laurels, and produced a new album full of nothing new at all.

But they didn't. And the result is worth waiting for.

Their newest album, "Gimme Fiction," actually takes that kind of rock and builds on it. Nowherer is it more obvious than in the opener, "The Beast and Dragon, Adored," where lead singer Britt Daniels sounds eerily like John Lennon. If I didn't know that it was actually Daniels, I might have thought that someone found a lost Lennon song that happened to sound like Spoon.

It's followed up by a stream of slow-burning rock, with angular guitars and sharp percussion. But Spoon gets to experiment with those different styles too. There's a deep funk vibe in "I Turn My Camera On," but it instantly switches to some piano and drums in "My Mathematical Mind" and the blasts of guitar rock in "Sister Jack."

In other words, Spoon has taken the time to experiment. "Gimme Fiction" is more musically lush than "Kill the Moonlight," which was wonderfully stripped-down. But unlike many bands who try to evolve their work, Spoon hasn't lost their edge. There's still a lo-fi, angular sound to their music; it's not quite on the same level as their prior albums, but even "only good" Spoon is the stuff of retro-rock dreams.

Since it's Spoon, it's dark and rather dismal. But those lo-fi grooves are so much fun that it's virtually impossible to actually think of them as dark. The riffs are sharp and complex, with lots of little hooks to draw listeners in. They can burn slowly, then rev up into brief blasts. It's backed by unstoppable basslines, acoustic guitar and memorable percussion, with frontman Daniels' moody vocals over it all.

Daniels is still in top form in "Gimme Fiction," and it seems that his talents are not running dry. He seems very introspective and thoughtful this time around: "You've got the weight of the world/coming down/like a butterfly," he croons. He even feigns a Prince-like falsetto early on, but somehow the scratchy, flexible sound suits him better.

"Gimme Fiction" pokes into some new territory for Spoon, while keeping on safe ground. Dark and fun, catchy and rough, it's a must-have for fans of good rock.

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4.0 out of 5 stars more a four and a half, Jan 1 2006

By	Manuel (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

Too bad there aren't any of the half marks in the ratings -there are in the averages?- because although more than a four star album it just isn't a 5 star album.

The reason is the opening track. God awful, compared to the truly stunning "Everything Hits at Once" off of "Girls can Tell". The album doesn't -for me that is- really hit a stride until "I Turn my Camera on", a truly magnificent song. Not stopping there "Sister Jack" and the lovely "I Summon You" are the album highlights in my opinion. Also the production has been buffed up here, sound effects are present and on top of that most of the songs blend into each other. A practise in music that isn't done enough nowadays.

Buy the album and spread the word: "Spoon Rocks!"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gimme some more fiction
I have to say I hadn't heard a single song by Spoon until I started watching the OC, and heard "The Way Get By" for the first time. Read more

Published on Oct 1 2005 by Andrew Wales