Kill The Moonlight
by Spoon
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Spoon bestography
Kill The Moonlight is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Spoon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Spoon is They Want My Soul which is ranked number 675 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,544.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Kill The Moonlight track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Kill The Moonlight rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 75 Music Albums of 2002 | 33/75 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/90 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2002 | 57/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 28 Music Albums of 2002 | 2/28 | 5 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2401-2500 | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 52 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 279 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,239 | |||
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Kill The Moonlight ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 08:39 | Charlesd | 111 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 03:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,260 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 02:03 |  imacgill | 2,876 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Kill The Moonlight forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026View latest topic →
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Kill The Moonlight comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2011 04:52 | #32651 | TOP COMMENT
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The catchiness is unrelenting, one of a core of indie-popsters that have perfected the catchy indie-pop song (along with new porn). From the urgency of dope-smokin'-endorsin' "the way we get by" ("We go out in stormy weather / We rarely practice discern / We make love to Some Weird Sin / We seek out the taciturn") to the beat-boxing of "stay don't go" to the chugging guitar of "jonathan fisk" to the vacuumous & drumstick-backboned "paper tiger" to the inter-flitting piano of "don't let it get you down", you'll be humming along or toe-tapping in moments. The lyrics are minimal and more used for feeling and rhyme structure, like opener "small stakes": "small stakes ensure you the minimum blues / but you don't feel taken and you don't feel abused".
Great album, very underrated on this site. Not even in the top 1000? Crazy
buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2016 13:53 | #168014 | TOP COMMENT
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This is an album I first listened to only retrospectively, after hearing Gimme Fiction and wondering what else they'd done. Normally I tend to fall in love with the first album I hear by an artist, but this one is an exception. I love the sound of this album: the simplicity of the beats, the cleanness of the production, the grooviness of the melodies. "The Way We Get By" is the highlight on an album filled with highlights.
I can't really get into early Spoon. Rating are high but I don't find them to be that good until they release Gimme Fiction and then from there they take off.
I guess its smart indie music. I just like later Spoon better
Gimme Fiction, Ga Ga Ga, and Transference is quite a run
Great album, surprised it is so low in the rankings. It kind of slows down at the end but the first half holds up well, particulary "small stakes", "way we get by" and "jonathan fisk". Spoon is truly one of the most underrated bands ever.
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