Gimme Fiction
by Spoon
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Gimme Fiction is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Spoon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Spoon is They Want My Soul which is ranked number 687 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,504.
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Gimme Fiction track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/07/2026 06:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,288 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 21:43 | araidernomore | 472 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2026 10:47 |  Tamthebam | 23,129 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 00:21 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 19:10 | Map | 521 | 81/100 |
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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 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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junodog4 10/06/2017 17:31 | #199184 | TOP COMMENT
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Almost as good as Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga...
Gimme Fiction has a more serious tone than other Spoon albums and I love it.
Excellent songs here with Mathematical Mind being the best
But Beast and Dragon, Camera On, Merchant of Soul, I Summon You are top Spoon songs.
The only skippable song here is Sister Jack. The tone doesn't fit the rest and I don't understand what its about
I rank this 2nd best Spoon behind Ga Ga Ga
HoldenM 11/16/2015 03:56 | #153012
Typically awesome Spoon album.
I agree - very under rated album. Not a bad song on this album. It should have made the top 10 for 2005!
jqyelton0216 12/24/2014 16:46 | #130043 | TOP COMMENT
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Highly underrated band on this site.
Should be ranked WAY higher IMO.
straightforward catchy indie rock.
paladisiac 01/03/2012 20:23 | #34331 | TOP COMMENT
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Spoon's always funky. You wouldn't know it by the lead single "the beast and dragon, adored" from "gimme fiction", their most complex song to-date. Spoon's into the funky, catchy, short single format -- leave 'em wanting more routine. While "beast" is a good song, it's not as representative of their usual indie pop/rock groove funk that they bring on the rest of this album (and all their other albums that i own). "two sides / monsieur valentine" is a song black sheep boy would've made for "the stage names" if they were trying to hit early 80s pop instead of mid-70s prog rock. "i turn my camera on" brings THA BASS and is probably tied for the best track with "sister jack" and "i summon you". For Spoon, it's more about the pure, unadulterated, make-the-beatles-want-to-reform simple pop gems than lyrics. Like on "i summon you" and that simple acoustic guitar lick and soft drum; the lyrics just roll off effortlessly as another fabric of the song as a whole ("you got the weight of the world coming down like a mother’s eye / And all that you can / All that you can give is a cold goodbye"). They brings some tricks too, like the reverb/gate of "sister jack" or they xylophone-like FX of "the infinite pet". I always have a blast putting on a Spoon album.
jhuik 12/31/2011 23:17 | #34052
Tracks 2 and 3 warm you up for the middle three tracks which are all kickass Spoon tunes. Altogether a worthwhile album.
Omid 10/07/2010 16:45 | #15539 | TOP COMMENT
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It's really a nice aspect of music,i think every one who is fond of listening to music should try this album at least for one time.
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