The Spoils (U.S.S.A. album)

The Spoils is the debut studio album by American band U.S.S.A.. It was written and produced by Paul Barker and Duane Denison.

The Spoils
Studio album by
U.S.S.A.
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2006 (2006-09-18)
Recorded2006
GenrePost-punk, Alternative, Minimalistic
Length48:52
LabelFuzz
ProducerPaul Barker
Duane Denison

Track listing
  1. "Dead Voices" (4:26)
  2. "Autumn Flowers" (4:11)
  3. "Blue Light" (4:22)
  4. "Cruel Beauty" (2:03)
  5. "Middletown" (4:36)
  6. "Summer Endless Summer" (5:04)
  7. "Forget Yourself" (3:25)
  8. "Cab Ride" (4:34)
  9. "Peculiar Thing" (6:04)
  10. "Sugarwater" (4:38)
  11. "Wasteland" (5:31)

Reception

Ben Lasman of CMJ New Music Monthly, in a negative review, wrote that the album "plays like a cleaned-up retrospective of modern rock cliches flooded with misguided cock-rock swagger".[1] Comparing its sound to Faith No More, Stephen Seigel of Tucson Weekly called The Spoils less dissonant than expected but "no less thrilling for the lack of it".[2] Writing in Boise Weekly, Brandon Nolta called it "edgy, sometimes creepy and never less than entertaining", though it may not appeal to fans of its members' former bands.[3] Greg Prato of AllMusic described it as "both arty and exploratory" without being snobbish. Prato compared the sound to first generation post-punk bands, including Barker's own The Blackouts.[4]

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References
  1. Lasman, Ben (October 2007). "Abridged reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 151. p. 59.
  2. Seigel, Stephen (2007-10-11). "Soundbites: Palatable 'Spoils'". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. Nolta, Brandon (2007-11-21). "USSA: The Spoils". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  4. Prato, Greg. "USSA: The Spoils". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
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