A rock album-- except for a single song that rejects that assertion completely, and is one of the most breathtaking songs Spoon has ever produced. "I Turn My Camera On" is a Prince-tastic masterpiece hearkening back to the Stones' "Emotional Rescue", but with a show-stopping grandeur that beats them both at their own game-- for one song, anyway; when it comes to soul, Britt Daniel has more in his larynx than Mick Jagger now has in his cold, lifeless body and the call-and-response between his backing chant and his own unbelievable, dual-layered falsetto proves it in barely three-and-a-half minutes. Spoon continue to refine and redefine their product, but rarely is the distinction between one adventurous standout and the rest of an album so marked. A smart band could build a career on the sound just tossed away in "I Turn My Camera On"; in this case, I'd have settled for just one more song, but even if the alternative is business-as-usual for Spoon, that's still pretty great.
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