They Want My Soul
by Spoon
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They Want My Soul is ranked as the best album by Spoon.
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They Want My Soul track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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They Want My Soul rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 64/100 | 37 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '05 to '14 | 11/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Ever Albums - 1 per Year | 17/68 | - |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 38/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My top 100 from BEA's top 2000 | 10/100 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 76 Music Albums of 2014 | 41/76 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 15 Music Albums of the 2010s | 9/15 | 9 |
| 2026 | Vasco | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 431 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,549 | |||
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They Want My Soul ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2026 20:51 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 00:24 | Rayzer6 | 1,624 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 12:41 | ASOARE | 2,544 | 78/100 |
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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 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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They Want My Soul forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5447): By adbrack1988 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026They Want My Soul comments
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I was never that crazy about Spoon until I heard this album. The great synths and punchy rock songs make this album much different from their previous material. Also, I love the production especially with the drums which sound very crisp. Great energy, very catchy, this is their best album yet in my opinion!
Highlights: Inside Out, Do You, New York Kiss, They Want My Soul, Rainy Taxi
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/24/2014 05:01 | #122581 | TOP COMMENT
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I've loved Spoon for years. Definitely their best since Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/07/2014 01:55 | #121410 | TOP COMMENT
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Never been a huge fan of Spoon but this is trully worth all the hype, very mellow and sweet sometimes and rocking as hell when needed and yet it has a distinctive sound which makes it both timeless and weirdly imaginative through the hole listen. Trully recomended...
This is a wonderful wonderful album. Rent I Pay, Inside Out, Knock Knock Knock are instant classics, but there isn't a bad song on it. Easily one of the best of 2014 if not número uno
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/17/2014 18:54 | #119683 | TOP COMMENT
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Rent I Pay is a relatively unimaginative opener but then this gets re-eally greasy with Knock Knock Knock (a real knockout, ha), goes in breezy new directions like Outlier then rolls right on with the title track through the acoustic-tinged Let Me Be Mine and the closer. Britt seems influenced very positively by his Divine Fits collaboration. Lovin' this more with every listen. Honestly, this could be the best album yet, by a really great band.
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