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** The BSide "It Took A Rumor To Make Me Wonder, Now I'm Convinced I'm Going Under" gets its NonAppearingTitle from one of the lyrics to "Something To Talk About" by Music/BonnieRaitt.
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** "Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever". Because The Natural History's album was delayed while they shopped for a new label, Spoon's version was technically released first by a few months - The Natural History's version was also released on Spoon's ''Don't You Evah'' EP alongside various remixes.

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** "Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever". Because The Natural History's album ''People That We Meet'' was delayed while they shopped for a new label, Spoon's version was technically released first by a few months - The Natural History's version was also released on Spoon's ''Don't You Evah'' EP alongside various remixes.
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** "Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever". Because The Natural History's album was on [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment the shelf of album languishment]], Spoon's version actually was technically released first, though The Natural History's original was also released as a BSide to the Spoon version.

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** "Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever". Because The Natural History's album was on [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment the shelf of album languishment]], delayed while they shopped for a new label, Spoon's version actually was technically released first, though first by a few months - The Natural History's original version was also released as a BSide to the Spoon version. on Spoon's ''Don't You Evah'' EP alongside various remixes.
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** "Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever".

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** "Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever". Because The Natural History's album was on [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment the shelf of album languishment]], Spoon's version actually was technically released first, though The Natural History's original was also released as a BSide to the Spoon version.
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* CoverVersion: Spoon have recorded cover versions of songs, most of which were originally recorded by other independent artists:
**"Don't You Evah" is a cover of a song by The Natural History, originally titled "Don't You Ever".
** "Held" from ''Lucifer On The Sofa'' is a cover of a song by Smog.
** "Towner" was originally recorded by [=aMiniature=].
** "Me And the Bean" from ''Girls Can Tell'' was recorded by The Sidehackers.
** "I Just Don't Understand" from ''They Want My Soul'' was originally performed by Creator/AnnMargret.
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* ''Lucifer On The Sofa'' (2021)

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* ''Lucifer On The Sofa'' (2021)
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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Alex Fischel and Gerardo Larios. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have nine studio albums to their name:

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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Alex Fischel and Gerardo Larios. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have nine ten studio albums to their name:




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* ''Lucifer On The Sofa'' (2021)
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Outside of Spoon, Britt Daniel has been involved in a number of side projects such as remixing and producing music for other bands like Music/{{Interpol}} and Music/WhiteRabbits, contributing to the original score for ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', and most recently, co-founding a new band with members of other established indie acts called Divine Fits. Their well-received debut, ''A Thing Called Divine Fits'' was released in 2012.

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Outside of Spoon, Britt Daniel has been involved in a number of side projects such as remixing and producing music for other bands like Music/{{Interpol}} and Music/WhiteRabbits, White Rabbits, contributing to the original score for ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', and most recently, co-founding a new band with members of other established indie acts called Divine Fits. Their well-received debut, ''A Thing Called Divine Fits'' was released in 2012.



* MinusculeRocking: Frequently occurs on the first two albums as well as most of the tracks on ''Get Nice!''. The shortest examples from each are "Primary" (1:10), "Staring At the Board" (0:54) and "Leave Your Effects Where They're Easily Seen" (0:56).

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* MinusculeRocking: MinisculeRocking: Frequently occurs on the first two albums as well as most of the tracks on ''Get Nice!''. The shortest examples from each are "Primary" (1:10), "Staring At the Board" (0:54) and "Leave Your Effects Where They're Easily Seen" (0:56).
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* MinusculeRocking: Frequently occurs on the first two albums as well as most of the tracks on ''Get Nice!''. The shortest examples from each are "Primary" (1:10), "Staring At the Board" (0:54) and "Leave Your Effects Where They're Easily Seen" (0:56).

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* GratuitousPanning: "Trouble Comes Running". The vocals and bass guitar are in the center, the lead guitar and harmony vocals are panned to the right, and the drums are panned entirely to the left.
* GreatestHitsAlbum: Despite albums like these becoming relatively uncommon by the late 2010s, Spoon still released ''Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon'' in 2019, complete with the new song "No Bullets Spent".



* GreatestHitsAlbum: Despite albums like these becoming relatively uncommon by the late 2010s, Spoon still released ''Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon'' in 2019, complete with the new song "No Bullets Spent".
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* TextlessAlbumCover: ''They Want My Soul'' and ''Hot Thoughts''.
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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope, Eric Harvey, and Alex Fischel. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have nine studio albums to their name:

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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope, Eric Harvey, and Alex Fischel.Fischel and Gerardo Larios. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have nine studio albums to their name:
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: Despite albums like these becoming relatively uncommon by the late 2010s, Spoon still released ''Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon'' in 2019, complete with the new song "No Bullets Spent".
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* TakeThat: "Outlier" features a slight diss to ''GardenState''.

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* TakeThat: The lyrics to "Outlier" features include a slight diss to ''GardenState''.''Film/GardenState''.
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* TakeThat: "Outlier" features a slight diss to ''GardenState''.
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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope, Eric Harvey, and Alex Fischel. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have eight studio albums to their name:

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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope, Eric Harvey, and Alex Fischel. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have eight nine studio albums to their name:




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* ''Hot Thoughts'' (2017)
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Outside of Spoon, Britt Daniel has been involved in a number of side projects such as remixing and producing music for other bands like {{Interpol}} and WhiteRabbits, contributing to the original score for StrangerThanFiction, and most recently, co-founding a new band with members of other established indie acts called Divine Fits. Their well-received debut, ''A Thing Called Divine Fits'' was released in 2012.

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Outside of Spoon, Britt Daniel has been involved in a number of side projects such as remixing and producing music for other bands like {{Interpol}} Music/{{Interpol}} and WhiteRabbits, Music/WhiteRabbits, contributing to the original score for StrangerThanFiction, ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'', and most recently, co-founding a new band with members of other established indie acts called Divine Fits. Their well-received debut, ''A Thing Called Divine Fits'' was released in 2012.
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* ShoutOut: "The Way We Get By" mentions several songs by Iggy Pop and Music/TheStooges - namely "Shake Appeal", "Some Weird Sin", and "Down On The Street".
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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope and Eric Harvey. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have seven studio albums to their name:

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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope and Pope, Eric Harvey.Harvey, and Alex Fischel. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have seven eight studio albums to their name:




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* ''They Want My Soul'' (2014)

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* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named after a Music/{{Can}} song.



* SurprisinglyGentleSong: The quiet, piano-based lullaby "Goodnight Laura", on ''Transference''.

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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: The quiet, piano-based lullaby "Goodnight Laura", on ''Transference''.''Transference''.
* TitledAfterTheSong: The band is named after a Music/{{Can}} song.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named after a {{Can}} song.

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* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named after a {{Can}} Music/{{Can}} song.
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* PerishingAltRockVoice
* ProtestSong: "Don't Make Me A Target" according to WordOfGod.
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* StudioChatter: At the beginning of "Don't You Evah".
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* LoopedLyrics: "My Little Japanese Cigarette Case".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first couple of releases, while still fairly popular with critics and fans, have a "louder" and rawer feel to them that could catch people who heard their more recent and popular work first off guard.
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Spoon is a rock band from Austin, Texas formed in 1993. The current lineup includes founders Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, as well as Rob Pope and Eric Harvey. The group has a very catchy and distinct sound that blends classic rock/punk influences with the experimentation and techniques commonly associated with modern AlternativeRock. To date, they currently have seven studio albums to their name:
* ''Telephono'' (1996)
* ''A Series of Sneaks'' (1998)
* ''Girls Can Tell'' (2001)
* ''Kill the Moonlight'' (2002)
* ''Gimme Fiction'' (2005)
* ''Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' (2007)
* ''Transference'' (2010)

Outside of Spoon, Britt Daniel has been involved in a number of side projects such as remixing and producing music for other bands like {{Interpol}} and WhiteRabbits, contributing to the original score for StrangerThanFiction, and most recently, co-founding a new band with members of other established indie acts called Divine Fits. Their well-received debut, ''A Thing Called Divine Fits'' was released in 2012.
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!! This band contains examples of:
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named after a {{Can}} song.
*AlbumTitleDrop: A strange example. ''Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' is apparently named after the piano sounds in "The Ghost Of You Lingers".
*BuryYourGays: "The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine":
-->I wanna play the part of Eddie in ''The Stranger Dance''
-->He makes love to the duke
-->He swordfights the queen
-->He steals the whole show in his last dying scene
*{{Instrumentals}}: Not very common in their output, but ''Girls Can Tell'' has the appropriately named "This Book is a Movie".
*SurprisinglyGentleSong: The quiet, piano-based lullaby "Goodnight Laura", on ''Transference''.

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