Album Info Hide Show Artist: Spoon Album: They Want My Soul Gatefold: Yes Released: USA & Europe, 8 Nov 2024 Tracklist: A1 Rent I Pay 3:10 Songwriter – Britt Daniel A2 Inside Out 5:02 Songwriter – Britt Daniel A3 Rainy Taxi 3:58 Songwriter – Britt Daniel A4 Do You 3:33 Backing Vocals – Milcah Jimnez Songwriter – Britt Daniel A5 Knock Knock Knock 4:39 Backing Vocals – Milcah Jimnez Songwriter – Britt Daniel B1 Outlier 4:22 Backing Vocals – Milcah Jimnez Written-By – Daniel, Harvey, Eno B2 They Want My Soul 3:22 Songwriter – Britt Daniel B3 I Just Don’t Understand 2:38 Written-By – Kent Westberry, Marijohn Wilkin B4 Let Me Be Mine 3:26 Songwriter – Britt Daniel B5 New York Kiss 3:27 Written-By – Daniel, Wilson C1 Rent I Pay (Home Demo) 2:14 C2 One More Shot (Home Demo) 2:59 C3 The Way Love Comes (Home Demo) 3:20 C4 Inside Out (Home Demo) 1:54 C5 They Want My Soul (Home Demo) 3:11 C6 Outlier (Band Demo) 3:14 D1 Let Me Be Mine (Night Version Dub) 4:53 D2 Knock Knock Knock (Band Demo) 5:53 D3 Do You (Band Demo) 2:47 D4 New York Kiss (Home Demo) 3:03 D5 Inside Out (Reduction Mix) 2:54 Related Content: Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . 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The reissue underlines the albums vaunted place amid one of rocks most bulletproof catalogues and offers a glimpse at the creative process behind a pivotal moment in ongoing the Spoon story. Following 2010s Transference, Spoon was feeling spent. At that point, the band had released seven albums in 14 years while touring relentlessly and becoming an institution known for its minimalist grooves, jagged swagger, and superhuman level of quality control. But Transference, the follow-up to their 2007 breakout Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, was marked by a dubby mysteriousness that made it a harder sell for the masses that tuned-in to their horn-laden hit, The Underdog. Even though Transference was their highest-charting album to date, reaching No. 4, the overall reaction to it was relatively muted. A subsequent year of touring left the group, led by frontman Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno, longing for a much-needed break. Which isnt to say they went on an extended vacation. Daniel started a new band, Divine Fits, alongside Wolf Parades Dan Boeckner, while Eno produced records for dance-punks !!! and heartland rockers Heartless Bastards. Reenergized by these outside projects, Spoon reconvened in 2013 to start work on what would become They Want My Soul. After fully exploring a gritty, self-produced path with Transference, they were eager to bring in producers known for their own styles and big sounds: Half of the album was recorded with Joe Chiccarelli, a Grammy winner who had worked with the Strokes and the White Stripes, while Dave Fridmann, the visionary behind records by the Flaming Lips, MGMT, and Low, collaborated with the group on the other half. On paper, Spoons team-up with Fridmannknown for his maximalist, psychedelic bentmay have seemed like an odd fit, but their pairing proved to be particularly fruitful. Working in close quarters at Fridmanns Tarbox Road Studios in snowy upstate New York, they recorded tracks including Rent I Pay, the albums strutting opening track and first single, and Inside Out, which had the band trying out a meditative sound they had never really attempted before. The stunning ballad was highlighted by glistening keyboard solos courtesy of new band member Alex Fischel, who played with Daniel in Divine Fits. Spoon notably drew inspiration for Inside Outs punchy beat and harpsichord synth tones from an unlikely sourceDr. Dre and the track is now Spoons most popular on Spotify, nearing 100 million plays. Meanwhile, Fischel remains integral to the modern Spoon sound to this day. On a purely sonic level, They Want My Soul, which also peaked at No. 4 on the charts, may be the most lustrous album Spoon have ever made. So its especially enlightening to hear the rough-and-ready demos included in this deluxe edition. Daniel recorded some of these early versions on his own at his home studio, and a few were laid down with the full band at Enos Public Hi-Fi studio in Spoons hometown of Austin, Texas. Daniels solo piano version of Inside Out is a revelation, the songs tender core fully intact. Across this More Soul Edition, its thrilling to hear the evolution of Do You, which has stayed a staple of Spoons live sets over the last decade, from a lonely strummer called The Way Love Comes to a cymbal-crashing barnburner to the svelte single fans know and love. The demo of the albums title track, a tongue-in-cheek rocker aimed at those trying to steal some of Daniels mojo, includes a few newly unearthed lines that rank among the songwriters funniest: Nice young men on college quads/Sad cops in police squads/Im not bragging Im just saying, they want my soul! These nascent takes, several of which include entire verses that were eventually rewritten, also reveal Daniels restlessness as a lyricist, always looking for a more potent turn of phrase to make a song burrow into the listeners head. Its one thing for a band to last a long time. But its something completely differentand inordinately more difficultfor a band to make very good records for a long time. Spoon is one of those bands. How do they do it? By maintaining dignity in a world hellbent on sucking it out of each and every one of us. By being unafraid to introduce new voices and creative expressions in their work, while never taking a corny left turn just for the sake of it. By knowing when they need to stop and rechargeand when to come back with force. They make it all look easy. But They Want My Soul: Deluxe More Soul Edition shows the hard work it takes to achieve greatness every damn time. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review