Thought for Food

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Thought for Food
Studio album by The Books
Released	June 3, 2002
Genre	Electronic, Folk
Length	38:31
Label	Tomlab
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (9.0/10) 24 Jul 02
The Books chronology
	Thought for Food (2002)	The Lemon of Pink (2003)

Thought For Food is The Books' first album. It contains all the characteristic elements of their sound: rich and varied sampling from a variety of mundane and instrumental sources, combined into surprisingly coherent songs.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again" – 4:05
2. "Read, Eat, Sleep" – 3:46
3. "All Bad Ends All" – 2:42
4. "Contempt" – 3:20
5. "All Our Base Are Belong to Them" – 4:18
6. "Thankyoubranch" – 5:05
7. "Motherless Bastard" – 4:11
8. "Mikey Bass" – 2:52
9. "Excess Straussess" – 2:06
10. "Getting the Done Job" – 3:49
11. "A Dead Fish Gains the Power of Observation" – 1:07
12. "Deafkids" – 1:10

[edit] External links

• The Books official Web site which contains full-length streaming versions of all songs on this album.
• Thought for Food at MusicBrainz