[2015-12-11] Spoon "Gimme Fiction (Deluxe Limited Edition)" 2CD set (Merge)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:47 pm

Description
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Spoon classic, Merge will release a deluxe limited-edition version of Gimme Fiction on double-CD. The reissue contains the album remastered by Howie Weinberg from the original tapes, a second disc with 12 previously unreleased demos from the era, nine additional bonus tracks via digital download, and a full-color book containing photos and an extensive oral history of the making of the album. Gimme Fiction dragged the sonic pointillism of Kill the Moonlight further into dub-influenced weirdness as the increasingly confident Spoon went crazy in the studio, experimenting with everything from warped hip-hop samples to horse whinnies. How all this directionless Dylan worship and psychedelic goofing resulted in an album as sharply realized as Gimme Fiction is a testament solely to Spoon’s self-assurance and tastefulness (and some hard work, and a bit of luck, etc.). Whatever digging or strange alchemy had to go into it, they only produced more gold. Gimme Fiction deserves special recognition because it’s the album where Spoon—backed into a corner—took some crazy leaps, all of them forward. It’s a “departure point” for a band that, lucky for us, has never made a real departure.

Tracklist
[CD1: Gimme Fiction Remastered]
1. The Beast And The Dragon, Adored
2. The Two Sides Of Monsieur Valentine
3. I Turn My Camera On
4. My Mathematical Mind
5. The Delicate Place
6. Sister Jack
7. I Summon You
8. The Infinite Pet
9. Was It You?
10. They Never Got You
11. Merchants Of Soul

[CD2: Gimme Fiction Home Demos]
1. I Summon You (First Demo)
2. Was It You?
3. I’ve Been Good Too Long
4. Sister Jack (Piano Demo)
5. The Beast And Dragon, Adored
6. My Mathematical Mind
7. They Never Got You
8. The Two Sides Of Monsieur Valentine
9. Delicate Place
10. The Infinite Pet
11. Merchants Of Soul
12. Dear Mr Landlord

[Bonus Digital Downloads: Gimme Fiction Odds And Ends]
1. The Beast And Dragon, Adored (Rehearsal)
2. Sister Jack (Up Demo)
3. I Turn My Camera On (First Demo)
4. My Mathematical Mind (First Rehearsal)
5. Tear Me Down (First Demo)
6. The Delicate Place (Vanderslice + Solter Version)
7. I Wanna Go (Demo)
8. I Summon You (Electric Demo)
9. My Mathematical Mind (Vanderslice + Solter Version)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016OJOV9G/?tag=imwan-20

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHH!!!! Another Download! I'm out.

[2015-12-11] Spoon "Gimme Fiction (Deluxe Limited Edition)" 2CD set (Merge)

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