Telephono

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Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Telephono is the debut studio album by the indie rock band Spoon. It was released on April 23, 1996, by Matador, then re-released in a two-disc package with the Soft Effects EP in 2006 by Merge Records. The album was produced by John Croslin, who had been one of the leaders of Austin's the Reivers, recording in Croslin's garage studio on a budget of $3,000.[1]

"Idiot Driver" had previously appeared in an "alternate mix" form on the Peek-A-Boo Records November 1995 compilation album Bicycle Rodeo.

Reception

Template:Music ratings The album drew mainly positive critical attention, and in particular many comparisons to the Pixies.[2][3][4] Texas Monthly called it "a snarling, devious suite of ultra-catchy songs that are simultaneously vivid and opaque."[5] Initially, Telephono sold only a few thousand copies on LP,[1] but later interest prompted a CD reissue.

Track listing

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Personnel

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Billboard Top Independent Albums[6] 35

References

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  1. a b Raoul Hernandez, "Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington", The Austin Chronicle, January 22, 1999.
  2. Brad Jones, "Spoon Tunes" Template:Webarchive, Westword, April 25, 1996.
  3. Perry Gettelman, "The Word Has Gotten Around About Spoon", Orlando Sentinel, June 7, 1996.
  4. Shannon Zimmerman, "Lone Stars", Washington City Paper, February 16, 2001.
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