Transference (album)

Transference
Studio album by Spoon
Released	January 15, 2010 (2010-01-15)
Recorded	2009
Studio	Rare Book Room (Brooklyn, New York) The Catacomb (Portland, Oregon) Crystal Ballroom (Portland, Oregon)
Genre	Indie rock [1] art rock [2]
Length	43:00
Label	Merge ANTI-
Producer	Britt Daniel Jim Eno
Spoon chronology
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) Transference (2010) They Want My Soul (2014)
Singles from Transference
"Written in Reverse" Released: December 1, 2009

Transference is the seventh studio album by the American indie rock band Spoon. It was released on January 18, 2010, in Europe, and on January 19 in North America. ^[3] In Australia, it was released by Spunk Records on January 15.

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 53,000 copies in its first week. ^[4] As of June 2013, it had sold 183,000 copies in United States. ^[5]

The cover image is an untitled 1970 photograph by the American photographer William Eggleston. ^[6]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.2/10 [7]
Metacritic	80/100 [8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
The A.V. Club	A− [10]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [11]
The Guardian	[12]
Los Angeles Times	[13]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)	A− [14]
NME	7/10 [15]
Pitchfork	7.8/10 [16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Spin	7/10 [1]

Exclaim! placed Transference at number 9 on their list of the Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2010, ^[18] with Ben Conoley writing: "With Transference, Spoon took a more minimalist approach than predecessors Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Gimme Fiction , demonstrating that great rock music doesn't need more than confidence, swagger and good hooks." Rolling Stone ranked it number 22 on their list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010, ^[19] and Paste Magazine (#36), ^[20] Spin Magazine (#31), ^[21] The A.V. Club (#25), ^[22] PopMatters (#25), ^[23] and Uncut Magazine (#22) ^[24] also included it on their year-end lists of the best albums of 2010.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Britt Daniel.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Before Destruction"	3:17
2.	"Is Love Forever?"	2:07
3.	"The Mystery Zone"	4:59
4.	"Who Makes Your Money"	3:44
5.	"Written in Reverse"	4:18
6.	"I Saw the Light"	5:32
7.	"Trouble Comes Running"	3:05
8.	"Goodnight Laura"	2:28
9.	"Out Go the Lights"	4:36
10.	"Got Nuffin"	3:58
11.	"Nobody Gets Me But You"	4:56
Total length:		43:00

European ANTI- edition

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Mean Red Spider"	3:05

Japanese release

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Tweakers"	3:43
13.	"Stroke Their Brains"	3:32

Notes

• "The Mystery Zone" has a track length of 5:50 on the LP edition of the album.

Personnel

Spoon

• Britt Daniel
• Jim Eno
• Eric Harvey
• Rob Pope

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [25]	47
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [26]	20
Japanese Albums Chart [27]	158
US Billboard 200 [28]	4
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [29]	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [30]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [31]	1

References

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3. "New Spoon Album! Yes!". Pitchfork . October 30, 2009.
4. "'Hope For Haiti' Album Debuts At No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard . January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
5. Nagy, Evie (June 28, 2013). "Superchunk, Merge Records & The State of Independence: Billboard's DIY Issue". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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