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Manos (album)

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Manos
Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1993
GenreRock
Length41:57
LabelSub Pop
The Spinanes chronology
Manos
(1993)
Strand
(1996)

Manos is an album by the Spinanes, released in 1993 on Sub Pop Records. Soon after its release, it became the first album released on an independent label to top the American college charts.[1]

Manos was re-issued in 2018 by Merge Records.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[5]
Pitchfork8.5/10[6]

Ira Robbins, in Newsday, listed Manos as the ninth best album of 1993.[7]

Track listing

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  1. "Entire" – 2:28
  2. "Noel, Jonah and Me" – 3:25
  3. "Spitfire" – 3:10
  4. "Love that Party with the Monkey Kitty" – 2:46
  5. "Uneasy" – 2:39
  6. "Epiphany" – 5:15
  7. "Manos" – 4:26
  8. "Dangle" – 3:01
  9. "Basement Galaxy" – 3:31
  10. "Grand Prize" – 3:21
  11. "Sunday" – 2:54
  12. "Shellburn" – 5:02

References

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  1. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2005-11-17). "College Radio". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ^ Antrim, Taylor (December 5, 2018). "Talking to Rebecca Gates of the Spinanes, as Manos—a Lost '90s Indie Rock Classic—Gets a Deluxe Reissue". Vogue.
  3. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Manos - The Spinanes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ^ Kot, Greg (1993-12-30). "The Spinanes Manos (Sub Pop)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "The Spinanes". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  6. ^ Deusner, Stephen. "The Spinanes: Manos". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  7. ^ "Music Critic Choices". Fanfare. Newsday. Jan 2, 1994. p. 18.
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