Hot Thoughts

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Hot Thoughts
Spoon Hot Thoughts.jpg
Studio album by
Spoon
ReleasedMarch 17, 2017
RecordedDecember 2015 – July 2016 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length41:52
Label Matador
Producer
Spoon chronology
They Want My Soul
(2014)		Hot Thoughts
(2017)		 Everything Hits at Once
(2019)
Singles from Hot Thoughts
  1. "Hot Thoughts"
    Released: January 17, 2017
  2. "Can I Sit Next to You"
    Released: February 21, 2017
  3. "Do I Have to Talk You Into It"
    Released: October 23, 2017

Hot Thoughts is the ninth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on March 17, 2017, through Matador Records. [3] [4] It is also the first Spoon album since 2002's Kill the Moonlight to not feature multi-instrumentalist Eric Harvey, who quietly left the band after finishing a world tour in support of 2014's They Want My Soul .

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [5]
Metacritic 82/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Entertainment Weekly A− [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Uncut 8/10 [16]

Hot Thoughts received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [6]

Jillian Mapes of Pitchfork wrote "Spoon stay in their well-earned lane but tweak the formula just enough on their ninth album, keeping their reliably great songwriting and adding new, electronic textures." [12]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
ABC News Top 50 Albums of 2017
3
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2017
9
Diffuser.fm Top 25 Albums of 2017
4
Double J Top 50 Albums of 2017
14
Flood MagazineTop 25 Albums of 2017
6
The Ringer Top 10 Albums of 2017
4
Spectrum CultureTop 20 Albums of 2017
11
Time Out Top 29 Albums of 2017
14
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2017
13

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hot Thoughts" Britt Daniel, Sean Dineen3:50
2."WhisperI'lllistentohearit"Daniel4:20
3."Do I Have to Talk You Into It"Daniel4:20
4."First Caress"Daniel, Alex Fischel2:48
5."Pink Up"Daniel5:56
6."Can I Sit Next to You"Daniel3:54
7."I Ain't the One"Daniel3:48
8."Tear It Down"Daniel, Laura Pergolizzi 4:20
9."Shotgun"Daniel, Dineen3:38
10."Us" (instrumental)Daniel, Ted Taforo4:56
Total length:41:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes for Hot Thoughts [26]

Spoon

 Production

Additional musicians

 Artwork

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [27] 21
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [28] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] 194
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [31] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [32] 27
French Albums (SNEP) [33] 192
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 40
Japanese Albums Chart [35] 171
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [36] 8
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [37] 28
Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 62
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [39] 100
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [40] 33
UK Albums (OCC) [41] 76
US Billboard 200 [42] 17
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [43] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [44] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [45] 2
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [46] 1

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