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What Another Man Spills

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The culmination of the first phase of Lambchop’s existence

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    Review by Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo)

    This is the culmination of the first phase of Lambchop's existence, that period when a bunch of friends, many of them musicians, would get together every week and seemingly Kurt Wagner'd find an instrument for anyone who dropped by. Listening to it now, one can imagine that Kurt knew they were about to move on and took one last snapshot of the group. The five covers (including one by Dump) and the "Soul Finger"-inspired party instrumental that wraps things up make you feel like you've been fortunate to eavesdrop on a moment in time that passed before anyone involved even knew. Best of all, "The Saturday Option" is one of my very favorite of Kurt's songs.

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    Review by Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

    It's a safe bet to expect the unexpected in regards to any new Lambchop effort, but the cryptically titled (and beautifully packaged) What Another Man Spills is the band's most consistently surprising and deliriously eclectic outing to date, with new twists around every corner. While it's their loveliest record since How I Quit Smoking, that album's countrypolitan gauze is largely a thing of the past, replaced here by a dreamy, jazz-like patina which proves a remarkably versatile backdrop not only for Kurt Wagner's originals but for a vast range of covers, from Dump's "It's Not Alright" to Curtis Mayfield's "Give Me Your Love (Love Song)." The latter is easily the most jaw-dropping track on What Another Man Spills, with the group easily slipping into the song's soulful groove without a hint of irony, not even in Wagner's amazingly Prince-like falsetto; a later cover of the Frederick Knight smash "I've Been Lonely for So Long," while less surprising, is no less engaging, further solidifying Lambchop's growing debt to the Stax/Volt sound. Where the album's jumble of styles and offbeat covers might seem self-indulgent coming from any other band, Lambchop somehow makes it all work with their wit, style, and intelligence intact -- even five records in, they never cease to amaze.

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