Released August 20, 2002 Length 34:50 Artist Spoon Label Merge Records | Recorded January–March 2002 Kill the Moonlight
(2002) Gimme Fiction
(2005) Release date 20 August 2002 Genres Indie rock, Art rock | |
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Producers Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Mike McCarthy Similar Spoon albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Kill the Moonlight is the fourth album by the rock band Spoon, released on August 20, 2002, to critical acclaim.
Contents
Kill the Moonlight had sold roughly 153,000 copies up to December 2009, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
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Background
"The Way We Get By" was released as a single. It was used on the television shows The O.C., Shameless and Hustle as well as in the films Mean Creek, The Puffy Chair and Stranger Than Fiction. "Don't Let It Get You Down" can be heard in the 2005 comedy Waiting....
The song "Jonathon Fisk" is based on a bullying middle school classmate of the songwriter Britt Daniel. According to Daniel, "Fisk" is now a fan of the band, and "came to all of [Spoon's] shows for about two or three years".
Reception
The album was number 49 on Blender's 100 Greatest Indie Albums list.
The album was number 5 on Rhapsody's "Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.
The album was number 19 on Pitchfork's "200 Greatest Albums of the '00s".
The album ranked #51 on Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade".
Track listing
All tracks written by Britt Daniel except where noted..
Personnel
Spoon
Additional personnel
Songs
1Small Stakes3:01
2The Way We Get By2:41
3Something to Look Forward To2:17