Inches (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Inches

| type = Compilation album

| artist = Les Savy Fav

| cover = LesSavyFavInches.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 20, 2004

| recorded = 1995–2004

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 1:10:28

| label = Frenchkiss Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.frenchkissrecords.com/albums-|title=ALBUMS|website=Frenchkiss Records}}

| producer =

| prev_title = Go Forth

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Let's Stay Friends

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 84/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/inches/les-savy-fav|title=Reviews for Inches by Les Savy Fav|website=Metacritic|access-date=April 27, 2025}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r688789}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}An accurate representation of the prolific group's career. [Aug 2004, p.106]

| rev3 = Cokemachineglow

| rev3score = 81%{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514191055/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/1111/les-savy-fav|title=Les Savy Fav - Inches|website=Cokemachineglow|last=Betz|first=Chet|date=18 May 2004|access-date=27 April 2025}}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4score = 9/10{{cite web|url=http://dis11.herokuapp.com/releases/3733/reviews/9804-|title=Les Savy Fav - Inches|website=Drowned in Sound|last=Anonymous|first=Adam|date=17 May 2004|access-date=27 April 2025}}

| rev5 = The Fly

| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813220415/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/reviews/album/1208/Album-Review-Les-Savy-Fav/|title=Les Savy Fav - ‘Inches’|website=The Fly|last=Hopkin|first=Owen|date=3 April 2008|access-date=27 April 2025}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = 9.1/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4752-inches/|title=Les Savy Fav: Inches|website=Pitchfork}}

| rev7 = Spin

| rev7score = BInches compiles them all, from the high-voltage shriekathon "Blackouts on Thursday" to "Hold on to Your Genre," where a churning bass line meets shimmery guitar worthy of a new-wave Edge. [Jun 2004, p.108]

| rev8 = Stylus

| rev8score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010165549/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2295|title=Les Savy Fav - Inches|website=Stylus Magazine|last=McGonigle|first=Dave|date=September 1, 2004|access-date=April 27, 2025}}

| rev9 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev9score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/les-savy-fav-inches|title=Music Review: Les Savy Fav - Inches|website=Tiny Mix Tapes}}

| rev10 = Under the Radar

| rev10score = 6/10Can't escape the looming juggernaut of Fugazi. [#7]

}}

Inches is an compilation album by Les Savy Fav.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PH7IIL5w2m4C&q=Inches+%28album%29+les+savy+fav+2004&pg=PA15|title=Under the Radar|work=CMJ New Music Report|first=CMJ|last=Network|date=May 10, 2004|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/les-savy-fav.html|title=Les Savy Fav - Interview - Stylus Magazine|website=stylusmagazine.com}} Initial pressings of the CD came with a DVD featuring live performances, music videos and photos.

The album is a collection of singles from 1995–2004, containing many songs that were previously available on vinyl only. Among the tracks is "The Sweat Descends," which later became a single and was placed on several Best of 2004 rankings{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}. "Meet Me in the Dollar Bin" is a song about one-hit wonders and bands that fall out of style. The song "Reformat" is recorded in two versions: a live version from a concert with fans providing extra vocals and a six-minute 'radio play' about a submarine captain who is executed by guillotine in a football stadium.