- rock, indie rock
- 56 min
- 15 tracks
- Matador
Gimme Fiction is the fifth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on May 10, 2005, through Merge Records in the US and Matador Records in Europe. It debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200. "I Turn My Camera On" was released as a single and became one of the band's biggest hits. A deluxe reissue of the album was released on December 11, 2015, to commemorate its 10th anniversary.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 84/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Houston Chronicle4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- SpinB−
- Uncut4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- 1The Beast and Dragon, Adored4:19
- 2The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine2:58
- 3I Turn My Camera On3:32
- 4My Mathematical Mind5:02
- 5The Delicate Place3:43
- 6Sister Jack3:35
- 7I Summon You3:56
- 8The Infinite Pet3:56
- 9Was It You?5:02
- 10They Never Got You4:59
- 11Merchants of Soul2:49
- 1Carryout Kids2:47
- 2You Was It3:58
- 3I Summon You (demo)4:00
- 4Sister Jack (piano demo)1:44
15 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Spoon
- Label
- Matador
- Released
- May 9, 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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