# Hot Thoughts

Hot Thoughts is the ninth studio album by American rock band Spoon. It was released on March 17, 2017, through Matador Records. It is also the first Spoon album since 2002's Kill the Moonlight to not feature multi-instrumentalist Eric Harvey, who quietly left the band after finishing a world tour in support of 2014's They Want My Soul.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10 |
| Metacritic | 82/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
| Q | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Times | |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
Hot Thoughts received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Jillian Mapes of Pitchfork wrote "Spoon stay in their well-earned lane but tweak the formula just enough on their ninth album, keeping their reliably great songwriting and adding new, electronic textures."

## Accolades

| Publication | Accolade | Rank |
| ABC News | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 3 |
| Consequence of Sound | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 9 |
| Diffuser.fm | Top 25 Albums of 2017 | 4 |
| Double J | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 14 |
| Flood Magazine | Top 25 Albums of 2017 | 6 |
| The Ringer | Top 10 Albums of 2017 | 4 |
| Spectrum Culture | Top 20 Albums of 2017 | 11 |
| Time Out | Top 29 Albums of 2017 | 14 |
| Under the Radar | Top 100 Albums of 2017 | 13 |

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes for Hot Thoughts
Spoon
* Britt Daniel – vocals, guitars, keys, piano, percussion, bass
* Jim Eno – drums, percussion, keys
* Alex Fischel – keyboards, piano, guitars, percussion
* Rob Pope – bass, percussion
Production
* Spoon – production, recording, mixing
* Dave Fridmann – production, recording, mixing
* Brad Bell – engineering
* Matt Gerhard – engineering
* Mike Fridmann – engineering
* Max Lorenzen – engineering
* Grant Eppley – engineering
* Howie Weinberg – mastering
* Gentry Studer – mastering
* Janet Weiss – song sequencing
Additional musicians
* Sabrina Ellis – vocals (track 8)
* Sara Houser – vocals (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
* Stephen Patterson – extra drums (track 5)
* Blair Robbins – vocals (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
* Brad Shenfeld – darbuka, saz (track 5)
* Ted Taforo – saxophone (track 10)
* Sharon Van Etten – vocals (track 4)
Artwork
* Christine Messersmith – cover image
* Alan Hynes – design
* Britt Daniel – design

## Charts

| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 21 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 31 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 48 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 194 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 39 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 27 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 192 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 40 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 171 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) | 8 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP) | 28 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 62 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 100 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 33 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 76 |
| US Billboard 200 | 17 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) | 2 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 2 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 2 |
| US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) | 1 |