"Spoon have released nine albums since the early 1990s, the last three reaching the US Top 10. So they have nothing to prove, but you wouldn't know that from the 10 songs here: Hot Thoughts is loaded with tunes, invention and adventure ... Britt Daniel's searing voice has an elemental rock'n'roll feel, like John Lennon's or Kurt Cobain's, and the whole album is expertly conceived and put together".