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Thought for Food
Studio album by
The Books
ReleasedJune 3, 2002
GenreFolktronica[1]
Length38:31
LabelTomlab
The Books chronology
Thought for Food
(2002) 		The Lemon of Pink
(2003)

Thought for Food is the debut studio album by American musical duo The Books. It contains all the characteristic elements of their sound: rich and varied sampling from a variety of mundane and instrumental sources combined into songs.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork9.0/10[3]
Stylus MagazineA[4]
Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/5[5]

Pitchfork placed Thought for Food at number 4 of their top 50 albums of 2002, and number 125 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again" – 4:05
  2. "Read, Eat, Sleep" – 3:46
  3. "All Bad Ends All" – 2:42
  4. "Contempt" – 3:20
  5. "All Our Base Are Belong to Them" – 4:18
  6. "Thankyoubranch" – 5:05
  7. "Motherless Bastard" – 4:11
  8. "Mikey Bass" – 2:52
  9. "Excess Straussess" – 2:06
  10. "Getting the Done Job" – 3:49
  11. "A Dead Fish Gains the Power of Observation" – 1:07
  12. "Deafkids" – 1:10

Notes

  1. ^ Macdonald, Cameron. "Lost and Safe with The Books". Tape Op. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Richardson, Mark. "Thought for Food – The Books". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Richardson, Mark (July 23, 2002). "The Books: Thought for Food". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Estefan, Kareem (September 1, 2003). "The Books – Thought for Food – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Books – Thought for Food". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
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