After the release of Soft Effects, Spoon signed to Elektra Records in 1998. Through this major label the band released A Series of Sneaks in May 1998. The album did not sell as well as the label had hoped; merely four months after the release of Sneaks, Spoon's Elektra A&R man Ron Laffitte quit his job and that week the band was dropped from the label. Angry with Laffitte, who had promised to stick with the band, Spoon recorded a vindictive yet humorously-titled two-song concept single entitled "The Agony of Laffitte." They lamented their experience with the music business executive and questioned his motivations with the songs "The Agony of Laffitte" and "Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now."
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
Spoon: Gimme Fiction Poll
the Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Poll
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| 14. "Advance Cassette" – 2:54 | 4 |
| 3. "The Guestlist/The Execution" – 2:03 | 3 |
| 5. "30 Gallon Tank" – 4:00 | 3 |
| 7. "Metal Detektor" – 3:39 | 2 |
| 6. "Car Radio" – 1:30 | 2 |
| 8. "June's Foreign Spell" – 3:00 | 1 |
| 4. "Reservations" – 2:36 | 1 |
| 2. "The Minor Tough" – 2:43 | 1 |
| 1. "Utilitarian" – 1:51 | 1 |
| 9. "Chloroform" – 1:10 | 0 |
| 10. "Metal School" – 2:54 | 0 |
| 11. "Staring at the Board" – 0:54 | 0 |
| 12. "No You're Not" – 1:43 | 0 |
| 13. "Quincy Punk Episode" – 2:17 | 0 |
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 23:38 (sixteen years ago)