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ok so i got alien lanes & bee thousand, where should i go next?

& is robert pollard's solo stuff worth looking into?

propellor
vampire on titus
under the bushes under the stars
tonic & twisted chasers
suitcase
all the EPs from 92-96

then get everything else

I'd go with Under the Bushes Under the Stars, I love that album. Propeller is pretty good so is King Shit and The Golden Boys. Then you could go ahead and listen to their later, non lo-fi stuff if you're so inclined. Mag Earwhig, Isolation Drills, Earthquake Glue, etc... They aren't perfect, but there's good (and catchy) songs on all.

Robert Pollard's solo stuff is kinda hit and miss. The guy puts out soooo much stuff that sometimes you've gotta wade through the crap to find the real gems. I really liked From a Compound Eye, that's not a bad place to start with his solo material. Robert Pollard is Off To Business was decent too. It's really straight forward, but not bad.

Pollard's new band (Boston Spaceships) just put out their first album, which I haven't yet heard.

the Brown Subs record is pretty decent.

you started w/ the best, imo. toilet and bowels' picks are very solid.

some of the best stuff they ever did was on those 7" records from '92-'96...awesome stuff.

This, except prioritise Vampire on Titus over Propeller

Get everything

Robert Pollard rocks

i've only got their best of. damn good it is too

No! GBV works when you listen to their albums in one go. NO OTHER WAY

ok.

in my defence it was something like £3 and i wanted to check them out. There's lots and lots of music i need and to be honest, they were quite low on the list. I dont own any Joy Division for instance. Or Neil Young. I've only got Talking Heads Best Of too. I've got lots and lots to get (which is a good thing, in a way)

Under the bushes

... definitely next after those 2. Yr getting into a truly gigantic, awesome and frustrating catalog of music. The world is yr oyster.

Bee Thousand is awesome, I dunno why I've not listened to any of their other albums yet. I have loads on my HD too.

I think I'll listen to Alien Lanes when I get home

...the club is op-en!

haha I'm kind of scared but they are just too fucking good.

This thread inspired me to listen to GBV all day today. God damn, sometimes I forget just how much I love this band! I'm gonna go pick up that Boston Spaceships album soon.

Under the Bushes Under the Stars took me so long to get into. If the production was more like Alien Lanes, then it'd probably be their best.
Other than that, Bee Thousand is. It's my favourite album ever.

King Shit and the Golden Boys is really fucking good.

It's on some kind of lost treasures tape or some shit, I can't remember to be honest with you even though I could look it up.

EDIT: fuck it I looked it up anyways. It's the Suitcase 2 tapes.

The tracks "Your Charming Proposal" , "Home By Ten" , and "Paper Girl" are all sick songs. My three fav guided by voices songs actually.

My band got to play a GBV tribute show in cinci one time, and Pollard was there right next to the stage getting wasted in the booth. it was sweet. played 2 of those songs. I'd really recommend those songs above though, kind of rare songs.

Propeller is fucking great too!

Think we did weedking too, but kind of in a sonic youth fashion.

Greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls!

Haha, repped. I'm going to quote this IRL.

That's awesome, dude. Did you talk to Bob? He's really cool with his fans. Always drunk, too. Most of their live shows is just him stumbling around singing.

and i'm 7, so shut the fuck up

Every GBV fan has to own their "Electrifying Conclusion" DVD. Their last show, 4 hours, I just wish it was longer...

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Every few Bob solo/sideproject albums that come out nowadays, I buy one in the hopes that "this is the one. This is the return to form."

SUPERMAN WAS A ROCKER came really close for me. Probably because the instrumentals were old GBV leftovers, but...

have you heard boston spaceships?

nope. I heard good things. But the album was never available on eMusic. And I'm really not excited enough by new Pollard albums to go out and look for them.

http://www.myspace.com/bostonspaceships, from his post-gbv stuff that i've heard it's the best, i think he needs a proper band to play with rather than just collaborating with his producer or random musicians.

I think he needs Tobin Sprout.

Brown Submarine is my favorite record from 2008 ! I love it.

generally yeah, but some of the gbv stuff without tobin sprout was still very good

yes. My favorites are pretty cliche'd:

Bee Thousand
Alien Lanes
Under The Bushes, Under The Stars

but I definitely went thru a several-year obsession with them back in the day. I had pretty much all the Fading Captain Series until I don't know #20 or so? There's tons and tons of great material in his discograpy if yr not afraid to get down and dirty and dig for the gems.

which reminds me, why don't we start using this thread to post OOP Guided by Voices sideprojects etc?

New Suitcase box set announced !

Like the two previous ones, it's going to be 4 CD's of 25 songs each ! According to the tracklist, there's going to be a version of "Huffman Prairie Flying Field", a 4-track version of "Smothered in Hugs" and maybe another version of "Alright" !

Update: I now own both the Boston Spaceships albums, and they are both awesome. You'll dig em if you're into Pollard in any way. Catchy, and fun as all hell! Pollard just put out yet another solo record too. I think it's called Elelphant Jokes, or something like that. This guy is fucking impossible to keep up with, but I love him.

Shit! How many fucking songs did they have!?!?!? Awesome news though.

fucking awesome. I only had Suitcase 1. But glad to know he'll never run out of old tapes. haha.

Yes ! What I like about the Suitcases is that some of the songs on those compilations later become Boston Spaceships songs, you can find lo-fi versions of "Dorothy's a Planet", "Headache Revolution", "Soggy Beavers", etc. on those ! :D

where's those OOP links already??

I was actually going to start a GBV album thread since our good friend Mark Prindle is reviewing their massive catalog, but most people here are already stating their favorites.

Mine is Under The Bushes, Under The Stars as well. The record is perfect. I LOVE the way it sounds, some of my favorite production ever. Definitely top ten, maybe even top five.

My favorite EP from them (Of which there are several) is Sunfish Holy Breakfast. I bought it new in a record store a while back for a couple bucks and its long out of print. It was a great early birthday present.

~Jeremy~