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Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
by Spoon
The Austin band serves up their latest album hoping fans go ga ga over it.
| LABEL: |
Merge |
| RELEASE DATE: |
10 July 2007 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
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92
Filter
Even when they’re forging new ground (which is often) or mixing it up with any of the aforementioned conversation points, they still manage to sound exactly like themselves.
91
Entertainment Weekly
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is one of those ''taking stock'' records that collates and refines everything that came before. But what an inventory of sounds they've built.
90
All Music Guide
Concise and lively, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is a remarkable blend of focus and creativity.
90
PopMatters
Fresh and familiar is a consistent hallmark of the Austin band, and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga proves to be no exception.
90
Drowned In Sound
What’s really on display here is a well honed, experienced band flexing their muscles and creating tightly controlled, good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll music (of a rather cerebral variety) on their own terms, free from the weighty plague of fashion.
90
Tiny Mix Tapes
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is Spoon’s finest release since 2001’s "Girls Can Tell" and fills me with a happiness rarely delivered in a genre filled with groups that never improve upon their debuts.
90
cokemachineglow
I think Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is the album of this year and maybe of the next.
90
Delusions of Adequacy
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is painfully short; a lean, black-tie rock album, and one of the year's best in a year full of great records.
89
Austin Chronicle
Thirty-six minutes of a detailed, agonizing shot in the arm, a veritable buffet of musical stylings, each song bettering the one before, from a band that just as easily could've released a new version of "Gimme Fiction."
85
Pitchfork
Through whatever process they use, the band has also managed to create yet another wonderfully singular indie rock record, unafraid of unfettered passion or self-sabotage, and which affirms a shrouded, hybrid style as unquestionably theirs.
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is more scattershot, as though Daniel weren't sure whether he wanted to make his big pop push, keep pursuing rhythmic deconstruction to its logical end, or just give up entirely and make "A Series Of Sneaks" again.
83
Stylus Magazine
1997's "I Could See the Dude" was abrupt, intriguing, emotive, and obtuse - these have always been within Spoon’s grasp, but rarely have they felt as unified as they do now, a baby’s first word burped up five times.
83
MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
A trifle brighter, quicker and fuller than "Gimme Fiction."
80
Spin
The tug-of-war between bristly unavailability and candid confession mirrors a musical duet between post-punk snarls and genial pop charms. There's no resolution, but the struggle is endlessly compelling.
80
Dusted Magazine
The good news is that Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is Spoon's best record in a while - if you liked "Gimme Fiction," you'll probably like this too.
80
Q Magazine
There is no waste here. [Sep 2007, p.96]
80
Amazon.com
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is the mark of men confident enough to give their album one of the world's goofiest titles.
80
Rolling Stone
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga might be Spoon's commercial breakthrough, doing for them what "Good News" did for Modest Mouse, but for certain it's one of the Austin, Texas, trio's finest records.
80
Hartford Courant
There's plenty for everyone to love here, actually, and despite the silly title, Spoon's latest is worth going ga-ga over.
80
Lost At Sea
Spoon has again produced a collage of songs that may be proverbial, but are not paint-by-numbers.
80
Prefix Magazine
They've found the blueprint to the instantly memorable rock song - and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga contains several - and continued to follow the instructions.
80
New York Magazine
Each and every hand clap and piano chord on their foot-stomping, flawless new album, now streaming on their label's Website, is obsessively placed.
80
Billboard
"Ga Ga" stand out as a fun, if somewhat peculiar, addition to the Spoon catalog.
80
Village Voice
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, the group's sixth album, boasts an instrument roll call that might look swollen - trumpet, Chamberlin, cello, koto, flamenco guitar - but Spoon wear it well.
80
musicOMH.com
There are moments of sheer brilliance on Ga... and due to the band keeping things short and sweet (the album clocks in at about 36 minutes) those moments are rarely far apart.
80
The New York Times
The result is an indie-rock album that sounds mysterious without being diffident or difficult, without piling on the noise or retreating into whimsy.
80
Boston Globe
From the terrific pulsing opener, "Don't Make Me a Target," to the curt horn and acoustic-guitar stomp of "The Underdog," these wonderfully produced and arranged songs brim with optimism and are pounded out purposefully.
70
Under The Radar
While the band's attempt to branch out and modify their approach is admirable, some of Ga's nonsense causes the record to fall just short of being the accomplishment of which the band has long been capable. [Summer 2007, p.84]
60
Blender
Despite Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga's adventurousness, it's highest points end up being the most conventional. [August 2007, p.112]
60
Paste Magazine
While any given song on the album contains a memorable melodic passage or a compelling idea, some of them are more mixed in their results.
60
The Guardian
The album has an energy both attractive and intimidating.
60
NOW Magazine
It's not the best album of Spoon's career, but it's far from a misstep.
60
BBC collective
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga sees Britt Daniels channelling his persecution complex into more piano-driven 60s pop songs, screaming "Don't make me a target!" at the heavens as his girlfriend walks out. His band prove surprisingly versatile.
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