Thought for Food

Thought for Food is the debut studio album by American musical duo The Books. It contains all the characteristic elements of their sound: rich and varied sampling from a variety of mundane and instrumental sources combined into songs.

Thought for Food
Studio album by
The Books
ReleasedJune 3, 2002
GenreFolktronica[1]
Length38:31
LabelTomlab
The Books chronology
Thought for Food
(2002)		 The Lemon of Pink
(2003)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork9.0/10[3]
Stylus MagazineA[4]
Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/5[5]

Pitchfork placed Thought for Food at number 4 of their top 50 albums of 2002, and number 125 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[6]

Track listing
  1. "Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again" – 4:05
  2. "Read, Eat, Sleep" – 3:46
  3. "All Bad Ends All" – 2:42
  4. "Contempt" – 3:20
  5. "All Our Base Are Belong to Them" – 4:18
  6. "Thankyoubranch" – 5:05
  7. "Motherless Bastard" – 4:11
  8. "Mikey Bass" – 2:52
  9. "Excess Straussess" – 2:06
  10. "Getting the Done Job" – 3:49
  11. "A Dead Fish Gains the Power of Observation" – 1:07
  12. "Deafkids" – 1:10

Notes
  1. Macdonald, Cameron. "Lost and Safe with The Books". Tape Op. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  2. Richardson, Mark. "Thought for Food – The Books". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. Richardson, Mark (July 23, 2002). "The Books: Thought for Food". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. Estefan, Kareem (September 1, 2003). "The Books – Thought for Food – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  5. "The Books – Thought for Food". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200–151". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
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