Entertainment (Fischerspooner album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Entertainment
| type = studio
| artist = Fischerspooner
| cover = Fischerspooner-Entertainment.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 4, 2009
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| 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
| 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
| 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)
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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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