Hot Thoughts
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Studio album by Spoon | ||||
Released | March 17, 2017 | |||
Recorded | December 2015 – July 2016[1] | |||
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Length | 41:52 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
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Hot Thoughts is the ninth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on March 17, 2017, through Matador Records.[3][4] 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
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[5] |
Metacritic | 82/100[6] |
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Entertainment Weekly | A−[9] |
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Pitchfork | 7.4/10[12] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Uncut | 8/10[16] |
Hot Thoughts received acclaim 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, indicating "universal acclaim".[6]
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."[12]
Accolades
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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ABC News | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 3 | [17] |
Consequence of Sound | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 9 | [18] |
Diffuser.fm | Top 25 Albums of 2017 | 4 | [19] |
Double J | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 14 | [20] |
Flood Magazine | Top 25 Albums of 2017 | 6 | [21] |
The Ringer | Top 10 Albums of 2017 | 4 | [22] |
Spectrum Culture | Top 20 Albums of 2017 | 11 | [23] |
Time Out | Top 29 Albums of 2017 | 14 | [24] |
Under the Radar | Top 100 Albums of 2017 | 13 | [25] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hot Thoughts" | Britt Daniel, Sean Dineen | 3:50 |
2. | "WhisperI'lllistentohearit" | Daniel | 4:20 |
3. | "Do I Have to Talk You Into It" | Daniel | 4:20 |
4. | "First Caress" | Daniel, Alex Fischel | 2:48 |
5. | "Pink Up" | Daniel | 5:56 |
6. | "Can I Sit Next to You" | Daniel | 3:54 |
7. | "I Ain't the One" | Daniel | 3:48 |
8. | "Tear It Down" | Daniel, Laura Pergolizzi | 4:20 |
9. | "Shotgun" | Daniel, Dineen | 3:38 |
10. | "Us" (instrumental) | Daniel, Ted Taforo | 4:56 |
Total length: | 41:52 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes for Hot Thoughts[26]
Spoon
- Britt Daniel – vocals, guitars, keys, piano, percussion, bass
- Jim Eno – drums, percussion, keys
- Alex Fischel – keyboards, piano, guitars, percussion
- Rob Pope – bass, percussion
Production
- Spoon – production, recording, mixing
- Dave Fridmann – production, recording, mixing
- Brad Bell – engineering
- Matt Gerhard – engineering
- Mike Fridmann – engineering
- Max Lorenzen – engineering
- Grant Eppley – engineering
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Gentry Studer – mastering
- Janet Weiss – song sequencing
Additional musicians
- Sabrina Ellis – vocals (track 8)
- Sara Houser – vocals (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
- Stephen Patterson – extra drums (track 5)
- Blair Robbins – vocals (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
- Brad Shenfeld – darbuka, saz (track 5)
- Ted Taforo – saxophone (track 10)
- Sharon Van Etten – vocals (track 4)
Artwork
- Christine Messersmith – cover image
- Alan Hynes – design
- Britt Daniel – design
Charts
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[27] | 21 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28] | 31 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] | 48 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30] | 194 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31] | 39 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] | 27 |
French Albums (SNEP)[33] | 192 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] | 40 |
Japanese Albums Chart[35] | 171 |
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[36] | 8 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[37] | 28 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] | 62 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[39] | 100 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] | 33 |
UK Albums (OCC)[41] | 76 |
US Billboard 200[42] | 17 |
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[43] | 2 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[44] | 2 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[45] | 2 |
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[46] | 1 |
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- ^ "Spoon Shares New Song, Will Return to Matador Records for March 2017 Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ "Hot Thoughts by Spoon reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "Reviews and Tracks for Hot Thoughts by Spoon". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Hot Thoughts – Spoon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Kot, Greg (March 24, 2017). "Spoon dances in the shadows with 'Hot Thoughts'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (March 16, 2017). "Spoon's Hot Thoughts: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Dennis, Jon (March 16, 2017). "Spoon: Hot Thoughts review – indie experimenters dance the night away". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Milton, Jamie (March 16, 2017). "Spoon – 'Hot Thoughts' Review". NME. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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- ^ Doyle, Tom (May 2017). "The Big Scoop". Q (371): 101.
- ^ Hermes, Will (March 16, 2017). "Review: Spoon Doubles Down on Beat Science on 'Hot Thoughts'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
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- ^ "29 Best Albums of 2017". Timeout.com. December 11, 2017. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2017". Undertheradarmag.com. December 30, 2017. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ Hot Thoughts (Media notes). Spoon. Matador Records. 2017.
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