| Kill the Moonlight | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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]
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"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]
| Professional ratings | |
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| 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]
All songs written by Britt Daniel, except for where noted.
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2002 | Billboard Top Independent Albums | 23 |
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