Hot Thoughts

Hot Thoughts
Hot Thoughts
Studio album by Spoon
Released	March 17, 2017
Recorded	December 2015 – July 2016
Studio	Tarbox Road (Cassadaga, New York); Public Hi-Fi (Austin, Texas); The Catacomb (Los Angeles, California);
Genre	Indie rock; alternative dance; dance-punk; art pop;
Length	41:52
Label	Matador
Producer	Dave Fridmann; Spoon;
Spoon chronology
Singles from Hot Thoughts
	"Hot Thoughts"; Released: January 17, 2017; "Can I Sit Next to You"; Released: February 21, 2017; "Do I Have to Talk You Into It"; Released: October 23, 2017;

Hot Thoughts is the ninth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on March 17, 2017, through Matador Records.^[3]^[4] It is also the first Spoon album since 2002's Kill the Moonlight to not feature multi-instrumentalist Eric Harvey, who quietly left the band after finishing a world tour in support of 2014's They Want My Soul.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10^[5]
Metacritic	82/100^[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]
Chicago Tribune	^[8]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[9]
The Guardian	^[10]
NME	^[11]
Pitchfork	7.4/10^[12]
Q	^[13]
Rolling Stone	^[14]
The Times	^[15]
Uncut	8/10^[16]

Hot Thoughts received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[6]

Jillian Mapes of Pitchfork wrote "Spoon stay in their well-earned lane but tweak the formula just enough on their ninth album, keeping their reliably great songwriting and adding new, electronic textures."^[12]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
ABC News	Top 50 Albums of 2017	3	^[17]
Consequence of Sound	Top 50 Albums of 2017	9	^[18]
Diffuser.fm	Top 25 Albums of 2017	4	^[19]
Double J	Top 50 Albums of 2017	14	^[20]
Flood Magazine	Top 25 Albums of 2017	6	^[21]
The Ringer	Top 10 Albums of 2017	4	^[22]
Spectrum Culture	Top 20 Albums of 2017	11	^[23]
Time Out	Top 29 Albums of 2017	14	^[24]
Under the Radar	Top 100 Albums of 2017	13	^[25]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hot Thoughts"	Britt Daniel, Sean Dineen	3:50
2.	"WhisperI'lllistentohearit"	Daniel	4:20
3.	"Do I Have to Talk You Into It"	Daniel	4:20
4.	"First Caress"	Daniel, Alex Fischel	2:48
5.	"Pink Up"	Daniel	5:56
6.	"Can I Sit Next to You"	Daniel	3:54
7.	"I Ain't the One"	Daniel	3:48
8.	"Tear It Down"	Daniel, Laura Pergolizzi	4:20
9.	"Shotgun"	Daniel, Dineen	3:38
10.	"Us" (instrumental)	Daniel, Ted Taforo	4:56
Total length:			41:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes for Hot Thoughts^[26]

Spoon

Britt Daniel – vocals, guitars, keys, piano, percussion, bass
Jim Eno – drums, percussion, keys
Alex Fischel – keyboards, piano, guitars, percussion
Rob Pope – bass, percussion

Production

Spoon – production, recording, mixing
Dave Fridmann – production, recording, mixing
Brad Bell – engineering
Matt Gerhard – engineering
Mike Fridmann – engineering
Max Lorenzen – engineering
Grant Eppley – engineering
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Gentry Studer – mastering
Janet Weiss – song sequencing

Additional musicians

Sabrina Ellis – vocals (track 8)
Sara Houser – vocals (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
Stephen Patterson – extra drums (track 5)
Blair Robbins – vocals (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
Brad Shenfeld – darbuka, saz (track 5)
Ted Taforo – saxophone (track 10)
Sharon Van Etten – vocals (track 4)

Artwork

Christine Messersmith – cover image
Alan Hynes – design
Britt Daniel – design

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[27]	21
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[28]	31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[29]	48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[30]	194
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[31]	39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[32]	27
French Albums (SNEP)^[33]	192
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[34]	40
Japanese Albums Chart^[35]	171
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)^[36]	8
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[37]	28
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[38]	62
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[39]	100
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[40]	33
UK Albums (OCC)^[41]	76
US Billboard 200^[42]	17
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[43]	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[44]	2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[45]	2
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)^[46]	1

References

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^ "Spoon - Hot Thoughts". Record Collector. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
^ "Matador Reveals Release Date, Tracklist for Spoon's New Album". Spin. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^ "Spoon Shares New Song, Will Return to Matador Records for March 2017 Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^ "Hot Thoughts by Spoon reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Reviews and Tracks for Hot Thoughts by Spoon". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Phares, Heather. "Hot Thoughts – Spoon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Kot, Greg (March 24, 2017). "Spoon dances in the shadows with 'Hot Thoughts'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ Bernstein, Jonathan (March 16, 2017). "Spoon's Hot Thoughts: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Dennis, Jon (March 16, 2017). "Spoon: Hot Thoughts review – indie experimenters dance the night away". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Milton, Jamie (March 16, 2017). "Spoon – 'Hot Thoughts' Review". NME. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Mapes, Jillian (March 16, 2017). "Spoon: Hot Thoughts". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Doyle, Tom (May 2017). "The Big Scoop". Q (371): 101.
^ Hermes, Will (March 16, 2017). "Review: Spoon Doubles Down on Beat Science on 'Hot Thoughts'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Hodgkinson, Will (March 17, 2017). "Pop: Spoon: Hot Thoughts". The Times. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ Scoppa, Bud (April 4, 2017). "Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Uncut. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ Raible, Allan (December 27, 2017). "50 Best Albums of 2017". ABCnews.go.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Top 50 Albums of 2017". Consequence.net. December 26, 2017. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ Wawzenek, Bryan (December 15, 2017). "Diffuser's Top 25 Albums of 2017". Diffuser.fm. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Abc.net.au. December 4, 2018. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "The Best Albums of 2017". Floodmagazine.com. December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ Harvilla, Rob (December 6, 2017). "The Best Albums of 2017". Theringer.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Top 20 Albums of 2017". Spectrumculture.com. December 19, 2017. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "29 Best Albums of 2017". Timeout.com. December 11, 2017. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2017". Undertheradarmag.com. December 30, 2017. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ Hot Thoughts (Media notes). Spoon. Matador Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Australiancharts.com – Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
^ "Ultratop.be – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Ultratop.be – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
^ "Spoon Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 12, 2017)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
^ ホット・ソーツ - スプーン (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 24, 2017. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 12: del 17.03.2017 al 23.03.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^ "Spoon Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
^ "Spoon Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ "Spoon Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "Spoon Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ "Spoon Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[1] Fridmann, Dave. "Dave Fridmann/Tarbox News". davefridmann.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

[2] "Spoon - Hot Thoughts". Record Collector. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

[3] "Matador Reveals Release Date, Tracklist for Spoon's New Album". Spin. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

[4] "Spoon Shares New Song, Will Return to Matador Records for March 2017 Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

[5] "Hot Thoughts by Spoon reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.

[MC-6] "Reviews and Tracks for Hot Thoughts by Spoon". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[7] Phares, Heather. "Hot Thoughts – Spoon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[8] Kot, Greg (March 24, 2017). "Spoon dances in the shadows with 'Hot Thoughts'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[9] Bernstein, Jonathan (March 16, 2017). "Spoon's Hot Thoughts: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[10] Dennis, Jon (March 16, 2017). "Spoon: Hot Thoughts review – indie experimenters dance the night away". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[11] Milton, Jamie (March 16, 2017). "Spoon – 'Hot Thoughts' Review". NME. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.

[Mapes-12] Mapes, Jillian (March 16, 2017). "Spoon: Hot Thoughts". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[13] Doyle, Tom (May 2017). "The Big Scoop". Q (371): 101.

[14] Hermes, Will (March 16, 2017). "Review: Spoon Doubles Down on Beat Science on 'Hot Thoughts'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[15] Hodgkinson, Will (March 17, 2017). "Pop: Spoon: Hot Thoughts". The Times. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[16] Scoppa, Bud (April 4, 2017). "Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Uncut. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[17] Raible, Allan (December 27, 2017). "50 Best Albums of 2017". ABCnews.go.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[18] "Top 50 Albums of 2017". Consequence.net. December 26, 2017. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[19] Wawzenek, Bryan (December 15, 2017). "Diffuser's Top 25 Albums of 2017". Diffuser.fm. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[20] "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Abc.net.au. December 4, 2018. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[21] "The Best Albums of 2017". Floodmagazine.com. December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[22] Harvilla, Rob (December 6, 2017). "The Best Albums of 2017". Theringer.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[23] "Top 20 Albums of 2017". Spectrumculture.com. December 19, 2017. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[24] "29 Best Albums of 2017". Timeout.com. December 11, 2017. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[25] "Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2017". Undertheradarmag.com. December 30, 2017. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[LinerNotes-26] Hot Thoughts (Media notes). Spoon. Matador Records. 2017.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Australia_Spoon-27] "Australiancharts.com – Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[ac_Austria_Spoon-28] "Austriancharts.at – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

[ac_Flanders_Spoon-29] "Ultratop.be – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[ac_Wallonia_Spoon-30] "Ultratop.be – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

[ac_BillboardCanada_Spoon-31] "Spoon Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2017.

[ac_Netherlands_Spoon-32] "Dutchcharts.nl – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[33] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 12, 2017)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved March 28, 2017.

[ac_Germany_Spoon-34] "Offiziellecharts.de – Spoon – Hot Thoughts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 24, 2017.

[35] ホット・ソーツ - スプーン (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[36] "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. April 24, 2017. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.

[ac_Portugal_Spoon-37] "Portuguesecharts.com – Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

[ac_Scotland_-38] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[39] "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 12: del 17.03.2017 al 23.03.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

[ac_Switzerland_Spoon-40] "Swisscharts.com – Spoon – Hot Thoughts". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

[ac_UK2_-41] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

[ac_Billboard200_Spoon-42] "Spoon Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2017.

[ac_BillboardAlternative_Spoon-43] "Spoon Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[ac_BillboardIndependent_Spoon-44] "Spoon Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

[ac_BillboardRock_Spoon-45] "Spoon Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[ac_BillboardVinyl_Spoon-46] "Spoon Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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Britt Daniel Jim Eno Alex Fischel Gerardo Larios Ben Trokan Joshua Zarbo Andy Maquire Greg Wilson Eric Harvey Rob Pope
Studio albums	Telephono (1996) A Series of Sneaks (1998) Girls Can Tell (2001) Kill the Moonlight (2002) Gimme Fiction (2005) Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007) Transference (2010) They Want My Soul (2014) Hot Thoughts (2017) Lucifer on the Sofa (2022)
EPs	Nefarious Soft Effects 30 Gallon Tank Love Ways Don't You Evah Got Nuffin
Remix albums	Lucifer on the Moon (2022)
Compilations	Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon (2019) All the Weird Kids Up Front (Más Rolas Chidas) (2020)
Singles	"Everything Hits at Once" "I Turn My Camera On" "The Underdog"
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