Guided By Voices / Alien Lanes
Artist Guided By Voices
Album Title: Alien Lanes
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format CD
Released 04/04/1995
Label Matador Records
Catalog No OLE 123-2
Bar Code No none
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
1. A Salty Salute (1:29)
(Pollard, Robert/Sprout, Tobin)
2. Evil Speakers (0:58)
(Pollard, Robert)
3. Watch Me Jumpstart (2:24)
(Pollard, Robert)
4. They're Not Witches (0:51)
(Pollard, Robert/Pollard, Jim/Demos, Greg)
5. As We Go Up, We Go Down (1:37)
(Pollard, Robert)
6. (I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger (1:13)
(Pollard, Robert)
7. Game Of Pricks (1:33)
(Pollard, Robert)
8. The Ugly Vision (1:35)
(Pollard, Robert)
9. A Good Flying Bird (1:07)
(Sprout, Tobin)
10. Cigarette Tricks (0:18)
(Guided By Voices)
11. Pimple Zoo (0:42)
(Pollard, Robert)
12. Big Chief Chinese Restaurant (0:56)
(Pollard, Robert/Pollard, Jim/Demos, Greg)
13. Closer You Are (1:56)
(Pollard, Robert)
14. Auditorium (1:02)
(Pollard, Robert/Sprout, Tobin)
15. Motor Away (2:06)
(Pollard, Robert/Sprout, Tobin)
16. Hit (0:22)
(Pollard, Robert)
17. My Valuable Hunting Knife (2:00)
(Pollard, Robert)
18. Gold Hick (0:30)
(Pollard, Robert)
19. King And Caroline (1:36)
(Pollard, Robert/Sprout, Tobin)
20. Striped White Jets (2:15)
(Pollard, Robert)
21. Ex-Supermodel (1:06)
(Pollard, Robert/Sprout, Tobin)
22. Blimps Go 90 (1:40)
(Pollard, Robert)
23. Strawdogs (1:17)
(Sprout, Tobin)
24. Chicken Blows (2:21)
(Pollard, Robert)
25. Little Whirl (1:46)
(Sprout, Tobin)
26. My Son Cool (1:41)
(Pollard, Robert)
27. Always Crush Me (1:44)
(Pollard, Robert)
28. Alright (2:56)
(Pollard, Robert)
Date Acquired 02/09/1996
Personal Rating
Acquired from Let It Be
Purchase Price 15.00

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Analyzed: Guided by Voices / Alien Lanes
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR8       -1.57 dB   -11.93 dB      1:29 01-A Salty Salute
DR9       -0.21 dB   -10.70 dB      0:59 02-Evil Speakers
DR10      -0.20 dB   -10.63 dB      2:24 03-Watch Me Jumpstart
DR9       -0.89 dB   -10.48 dB      0:51 04-They're Not Witches
DR9       -0.20 dB   -10.37 dB      1:37 05-As We Go Up, We Go Down
DR9       -0.28 dB   -10.68 dB      1:14 06-(I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger
DR9       -0.20 dB    -9.93 dB      1:33 07-Game of Pricks
DR9       -0.60 dB   -12.39 dB      1:35 08-The Ugly Vision
DR7       -3.13 dB   -11.57 dB      1:08 09-A Good Flying Bird
DR10      -0.29 dB   -12.17 dB      0:18 10-Cigarette Tricks
DR9       -0.20 dB   -11.88 dB      0:43 11-Pimple Zoo
DR8       -2.30 dB   -11.84 dB      0:57 12-Big Chief Chinese Restaurant
DR10      -0.20 dB   -11.14 dB      1:57 13-Closer You Are
DR8       -2.03 dB   -11.93 dB      1:02 14-Auditorium
DR10      -0.21 dB   -10.72 dB      2:07 15-Motor Away
DR8       -0.21 dB    -9.71 dB      0:23 16-Hit
DR10      -0.21 dB   -11.31 dB      2:00 17-My Valuable Hunting Knife
DR10      -0.21 dB   -11.05 dB      0:30 18-Gold Hick
DR9       -0.45 dB   -11.01 dB      1:36 19-King And Caroline
DR9       -0.20 dB   -10.01 dB      2:15 20-Striped White Jets
DR9       -0.22 dB   -10.81 dB      1:07 21-Ex-Supermodel
DR10      -0.20 dB   -10.85 dB      1:40 22-Blimps Go 90
DR8       -0.20 dB   -10.25 dB      1:18 23-Strawdogs
DR10      -0.21 dB   -11.36 dB      2:22 24-Chicken Blows
DR9       -0.36 dB   -10.19 dB      1:47 25-Little Whirl
DR10      -0.20 dB   -11.12 dB      1:41 26-My Son Cool
DR10      -0.21 dB   -12.21 dB      1:45 27-Always Crush Me
DR9       -0.20 dB    -9.80 dB      2:56 28-Alright
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Number of tracks:  28
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           934 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Mark Deming
It's surprising what a difference it makes when a musician knows someone will actually be hearing his work. After 1994's charmingly sloppy Bee Thousand gained Guided By Voices a nationwide cult following (instead of the local cult following they were accustomed to), 1995's Alien Lanes found Robert Pollard and his partners in hard pop cleaning up their act a bit. For the most part, Alien Lanes isn't radically different from Bee Thousand -- it was primarily recorded on a four-track cassette machine (and sounds like it), and Guided By Voices was still a garage band with more in the way of inspiration than chops. But the musicians have put a bit more care and focus into their performance on this set; the playing is tighter and sharper, and the band plays toward their strengths, pushing their occasional sloppiness into a harder, more rock-oriented direction. And if Pollard and Tobin Sprout were still obsessed with tiny fragments of pop song wonderment, they also rounded up a more consistent collection of them; there aren't quite as many obvious masterpieces as on Bee Thousand, but also fewer obvious mistakes, and the sequencing gives the album a more consistent flow than before. Pollard also made genuine inroads into more lyrically cognizant material (though don't fret, "Auditorium" and "Blimps Go 90" are as cryptic as ever), and "Watch Me Jumpstart," "Striped White Jets," and "Motor Away" are simply superb pop/rock songs. (Sprout also gets a few shining moments on "A Good Flying Bird" and "Straw Dogs.") Both Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes sound like they were made by a band of inspired amateurs with great ideas; the difference is that Alien Lanes suggests that Guided By Voices wanted to prove that they could turn pro some day.
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