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For the film by Steve Hanft, see Kill the Moonlight (film).
Kill the Moonlight 
Studio album by Spoon Released August 20, 2002 Recorded January–March 2002 Genre Indie rock Length 34:50 Label Merge Records Producer Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Mike McCarthy Spoon chronology Girls Can Tell
(2001)Kill the Moonlight
(2002)Gimme Fiction
(2005)Kill the Moonlight is the fourth album from Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon, released on August 20, 2002 to a great deal of critical acclaim.[1]
Kill the Moonlight has sold roughly 153,000 copies, as of December 2009, according to Nielsen Soundscan [2]
Contents
Background
"The Way We Get By" was released as a single. It was featured on the television shows The O.C. 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 songwriter Britt Daniel.[3] 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."[3]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[4]Entertainment Weekly (A)[5] Pitchfork Media (8.9/10)[6] PopMatters (favorable)[7] Robert Christgau (A)[8] Rolling Stone [9]Sputnikmusic 
[10]Stylus Magazine (A)[11] Village Voice (A)[12] Tiny Mix Tapes [13]The album's title comes from a slogan in Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto.
The album was number 49 on Blender's 100 Greatest Indie Albums list.[14]
The album was number 5 on Rhapsody (online music service)'s "Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.[15]
The album was number 19 on Pitchfork's "200 Greatest Albums of the '00's."
The album ranked #51 on Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Decade." [16]
Track listing
- "Small Stakes" – 3:00
- "The Way We Get By" – 2:38
- "Something to Look Forward To" – 2:17
- "Stay Don't Go" – 3:35
- "Jonathon Fisk" – 3:15
- "Paper Tiger" – 3:07
- "Someone Something" – 2:48
- "Don't Let It Get You Down" – 3:29
- "All the Pretty Girls Go to the City" – 3:12
- "You Gotta Feel It" – 1:29
- "Back to the Life" – 2:21
- "Vittorio E." – 3:39
Charts
Album
Year Chart Position 2002 Billboard Top Independent Albums 23 References
- ^ Kill The Moonlight at MetaCritic
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=hUd1o0aCe10C&lpg=PT23&ots=MzrPJ4sioO&dq=Spoon%20Gimme%20Fiction%20soundscan&pg=PT23#v=onepage&q=Spoon%20Gimme%20Fiction%20soundscan&f=false
- ^ a b Lorelei Sharkey, "Playing Spoon", Nerve.com
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Sputnikmusic review
- ^ Stylus Magazine review
- ^ Village Voice review
- ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
- ^ Blender picks the best 100 indie rock albums ever
- ^ "Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade" Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248017/100_best_albums_of_the_decade/12
- Britt Daniel
- Jim Eno
- Rob Pope
- Eric Harvey
- Joshua Zarbo
- Andy Maquire
- Greg Wilson
Studio albums - Telephono
- A Series of Sneaks
- Girls Can Tell
- Kill the Moonlight
- Gimme Fiction
- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
- Transference
EPs - Nefarious
- Soft Effects
- 30 Gallon Tank
- Love Ways
- Don't You Evah
- Got Nuffin
Singles - "The Agony of Laffitte"
- "The Way We Get By"
- "Sister Jack"
- "Don't You Evah"
- "Written in Reverse"
Associated acts Categories:- Spoon albums
- 2002 albums
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