Music CD - Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

	Music CD: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Artist: Spoon List Price: $15.98 Our Price: $10.78 Your Save: $ 5.20 ( 33% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Merge Records
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Tracks: 1. Don't Make Me A Target 2. Ghost Of You Lingers, The 3. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 4. Don't You Evah 5. Rhythm And Soul 6. Eddie's Ragga 7. Underdog, The 8. My Little Japanese Cigarette Case 9. Finer Feelings 10. Black Like Me
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0673855029528 Label: Merge Records Manufacturer: Merge Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Merge Records Release Date: 2007-07-10 Studio: Merge Records
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great record for indie fans and mainstream audience Comment: Great record - catchy hooks, little-no filler, solid songwriting. Spoon has been on the verge of getting mainstream attention for a while, this record puts them closer to that edge. There's nothing here that the average music fan would not appreciate - but then again, inventive/edgy enough for even the most discerning indie obsessee. Customer Rating: Summary: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Comment: Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga ***** Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was easily tied for album of the year in 2007 with Radioheads In Rainbows. Not only was this Spoons first album to get popular recognition, but it is also their best. While they may have hinted at greatness before, it wasn't until the release of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, that the masses saw what some of us had known for a long while. Bridging the gap between indie, post-punk, and pop all at the same time Spoon have created a style almost all their own, and Ga is their best example of this. The only other group that I can even stretch to compare to Spoon is The Fratelis, and as I said that is a stretch, a real big one. Their songs are cheerful, even if the message is gloomy, as in 'The Underdog' the albums lead single and possible strongest track. 'The Ghost Of You Lingers' boarders on brilliant while 'My Little Japanese Cigarette Case' contains some of the best lyrics written this side of Bob Dylan's Modern Times. 'Don't You Evah' is seriously British with a hint of soul, and a splash of funk for good measure. The song contains one killer groove as brought on by bassist Rob Pope. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is with out a doubt one of the strongest albums to come along in the last twenty years, and is a close runner for the best album to come out since 2000. I'm glad Spoon has finally reached the masses, I just hope the success doesn't go to their head and ruin the great music they have been making all these years. Customer Rating: Summary: Spoon cranks out more hits with new album Comment: Spoon is on a roll. I've never seen an indie rock band crank out so many unusual albums and still remain on a minor label. This is Spoon's most unusual album yet, featuring ghost-like vocal effects, flurries of buzzing sounds and even clips from rap songs. However, everything holds together for a brilliant ride. One could call this Spoon's political album, with some of the most unusual lyrics. Most notable is probably their first single of the album, "Don't Make Me a Target," where singer Britt Daniel sings "Here come my man from the stars/We don't know why he goes so far/And keep on marching along/beating his drum." Yet, even though this is Spoon's political album, Spoon never loses its angular edge. Daniel still retains his trademark scratchy voice. Weird guitar buzzes are still flooding the song. And it sure as hell sounds better than anything that the Counting Crows are doing. And just because this is a political album, that doesn't mean that their humorous lyrics change either. In fact, Daniels never fails to sound darkly hilarious in "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb," where he sings "Life can be so fair/let it go all along/I could push for good/You got that cherry bomb." And who could forget the weird lyric in "Don't Make Me a Target" about drums and sticks and bats and balls filling nuclear d***s. But something makes this album more accessible than Gimme Fiction. Maybe it has to do with the fuzzy minor key organ sounds to a rocking beat in "Rhythm & Soul". Maybe it has to do with the cheeky major key chords after the lyrics "That's why you will not survive." Or maybe its the weird rap sample in the opening part of "Finer Feeling". Whatever it is, Spoon tries harder to do things much more differently in this album. This album is filled with the most unusual gems that are hard to find in rock from major labels. Spoon will someday be remembered as one of the greatest indie rockers of the millenium, and the album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is proof. Customer Rating: Summary: Indie Rock......Big Time Comment: As other reviews have stated...this is indie rock folks.....If you're looking for American Idol music...this would not be it. I'd recomend this release along with the 7 cd from Poi Dog Pondering....the best Indie Rock has to offer....extreme creativity.7 Customer Rating: Summary: Not as good as Moonlight.......but masterful in the technique Comment: They have the indie sound down. One reviewer mentioned Lo Fi....that's stating it mildly. It's as if they have a production shield that protects them from all things glossy and slick, the band never fails to deliver. Straight ahead tunes, and a mountain of energy=GaGa...... Check out the new Poi Dog Pondering CD.....a creative blend of all things...yet unique More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Something happened to Spoon between records five and six--they got big. It's not as if these unprepossessing Texans were unpopular before, but after Gimme Fiction, their music was everywhere. There was Britt Daniel, who has since moved to Oregon, singing karaoke on cult favorite Veronica Mars, there was his soundtrack for deadpan Will Ferrell vehicle Stranger Than Fiction, and then there were the countless times their tunes, especially 2002's "The Way We Get By," appeared in other movies and TV shows. The irony is that they hadn't signed to a major label (they tried that in the 1990s; it didn't take). Nor had they given their sound a major overhaul. Maybe it was a change of publicist, or maybe the times had simply caught up with these "faux punks/gentlemen dudes." In any case, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is the mark of men confident enough to give their album one of the world's goofiest titles (at least it's an improvement over Queen's "Radio Ga Ga"). If Gimme Fiction was a transitional work, record number six moves even further away from the angularity of Wire and other early influences. "The Ghost of You Lingers," for instance, is downright dreamy, while "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" is brass-bedecked power-pop (with chimes!). Open-minded listeners will surely find this Beatlesque song cycle irresistible. Fans of the Spoon's darker, more dramatic material might want to check their expectations at the door. They'll be glad they did. --Kathleen C. Fennessy