Spoon have gone on to make some very good albums since Girls Can Tell, but they’ve never made one that as expertly weaves their accessible and experimental sides quite as well.
"This Book Is a Movie," an appropriately tense, filmic instrumental, and "Chicago at Night," a slightly spooky pop song with winding guitars and an off-kilter melody, complete Girls Can Tell, making it Spoon's most mature, accomplished work to date and a fine balance of fire and polish.
A near-masterpiece ... It's hip and urgent, formal and exhilarated, everything guitar pop aspires to today.
Release Date
February 19, 2001