Girls Can Tell

Girls Can Tell
Studio album by Spoon
Released	February 20, 2001
Recorded	2000
Genre	Indie rock
Length	36:08
Label	Merge Records
Producer	Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Mike McCarthy
Spoon chronology
Love Ways (2000) Girls Can Tell (2001) Kill the Moonlight (2002)

Girls Can Tell is the third studio album by Austin, Texas indie rock band Spoon. It was released on February 20, 2001.

The track "Me and the Bean" is a cover of a mid-90's Austin, Texas band called The Sidehackers. The songwriter of The Sidehackers, John Clayton, appears on Kill the Moonlight, contributing bass to the album.

Girls Can Tell, as of December 2009, has sold slightly less than 100,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10) [2]
Pop Matters	[3]
Robert Christgau	(B+) [4]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [5]
Uncut	[5]

Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed Girls Can Tell at number 96 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Everything Hits at Once" – 4:04
2. "Believing Is Art" – 4:19
3. "Me and the Bean" – 3:33
4. "Lines in the Suit" – 3:47
5. "The Fitted Shirt" – 3:12
6. "Anything You Want" – 2:16
7. "Take a Walk" – 2:26
8. "1020 AM" – 2:10
9. "Take the Fifth" – 3:56
10. "This Book Is a Movie" – 3:33
11. "Chicago at Night" – 2:47

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Billboard Top Independent Albums	46

References

1. ^ Girls Can Tell at Allmusic
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6. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 30, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 100-51". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7708-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-100-51/. Retrieved October 1, 2009.