Entertainment (Fischerspooner album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Entertainment

| type = studio

| artist = Fischerspooner

| cover = Fischerspooner-Entertainment.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 4, 2009

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Electropop

| length =

| label =

| producer = Fischerspooner, Jeff Saltzman

| prev_title = Odyssey

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Sir

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Entertainment

| type = studio

| single1 = We Are Electric

| single1date =

| single2 = Supply And Demand

| single2date =

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 60/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/entertainment/fischerspooner|title=Entertainment by Fischerspooner|website=metacritic.com|accessdate=8 July 2017}}

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/entertainment-mw0000816280|title=Entertainment - Fischerspooner - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=8 July 2017}}

| rev2 = musicOMH

| rev2Score ={{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/fischerspooner-3_0409.htm|title=link|website=musicomh.com|accessdate=8 July 2017}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3Score = 3/10{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/10405|title=Album review: Fischerspooner - NME|website=NME|accessdate=8 July 2017}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4Score = 5.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13013-entertainment|title=Fischerspooner: Entertainment Album Review|website=pitchfork.com|accessdate=8 July 2017}}

}}

Entertainment is the third studio album by electroclash duo and performance troupe Fischerspooner, released on May 5, 2009 in the United States, and on May 4 around the world. On April 19, 2009 a teaser for this album appeared on YouTube.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6dlZi4jV4U |title=Fischerspooner - Entertainment Teaser |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-04-18 |accessdate=2012-02-15}}

Written over a two-year period with producer Jeff Saltzman (The Killers, The Sounds) and recorded independently in a carriage house in Brooklyn with an intimate circle of artists working on the band's live show as Ian Pai, Ben Bromley and Sam Kearney. Other special guests include actress/performance artist Ann Magnuson, UK musician Gabriel Olegavich and electronic collagist Steven Stein.

The first single, "Supply & Demand" was made available as a free mp3 download from the band's website. The album's iTunes bonus track, "Fascinating" is a cover of an unreleased R.E.M. song originally composed for their 2001 album Reveal. Background vocals on "Supply & Demand" were sung by Heather Porcaro.

Entertainment received generally mixed reviews. The album holds a score of 60 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/fischerspooner/entertainment|title=Entertainment by Fischerspooner|website=Metacritic |publisher=|accessdate=3 October 2016}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = The Best Revenge

| length1 = 4:06

| title2 = We Are Electric

| length2 = 4:34

| title3 = Money Can't Dance

| length3 = 6:36

| title4 = In a Modern World

| length4 = 4:29

| title5 = Supply & Demand

| length5 = 4:31

| title6 = Amuse Bouche

| length6 = 4:13

| title7 = Infidels of the World Unite

| length7 = 5:22

| title8 = Door Train Home

| length8 = 4:09

| title9 = Danse en France

| length9 = 5:03

| title10 = To the Moon

| length10 = 3:54

| title11 = Fascinating

| length11 = 4:16

| note11 = iTunes Bonus Track - R.E.M. cover

}}

Charts

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Chart (2009)

!Peak
position

U.S. Top Electronic Albums[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1503589/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Album Charts] Retrieved 2010-05-24.

| style="text-align:center;"|7

U.S. Top Heatseekers

| style="text-align:center;"|9

References

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