- Audio CD (Aug 19 2003)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Limited Edition
- Label: Select Distributions
- ASIN: B00009V8WO
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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- #87 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Lo-Fi
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Track Listings
| 1. My Kind Of Soldier |
| 2. My Son, My Secretary And My Country |
| 3. I’ll Replace You With Machines |
| 4. She Goes Off At Night |
| 5. Beat Your Wings |
| 6. Useless Inventions |
| 7. Dirty Water |
| 8. The Best Of Jill Hives |
| 9. Dead Cloud |
| 10. Mix Up The Satellite |
| 11. The Main Street Wizards |
| 12. A Trophy Mule In Particular |
| 13. Apology In Advance |
| 14. Secret Star |
| 15. Of Mites And Men |
Product Description
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Earthquake Glue, encore un album intemporel pour les légendaires Guided By Voices, combo américain indie pop mené depuis vingt ans par le prolifique Robert Pollard. Enregistrés dans leur fief à Dayton, Ohio, quelques mois seulement après Universal Truths and Cycles, les titres irrésistibles de cet album rendent davantage hommage à Ray Davies, Syd Barrett et autres héros de la pop britannique qu’aux techniques lo-fi des années 90. Car depuis leur rencontre avec Ric Ocasek, l’ex-Cars reconverti en producteur, GBV, nourri de pop mélodique comme de rock expérimental, s’épanouit à la croisée des chemins de Sonic Youth et de Dennis Wilson. La combinaison d’éléments symphoniques et des guitares électriques de "A Trophy Mule in Particular" en témoigne avec allégresse. Des riffs bien lourds et un chant harmonieux, qui évoque parfois Peter Gabriel période Genesis ("My son, My Secretary & My Country"), devraient satisfaire leurs fans avoués les Strokes, Kim Deal (Pixies, Breeders) et Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth). --Sabrina Silamo
Album Description
Japanese version featuring a bonus track
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Random thoughts here...
May 5 2004
Format:Audio CD
This album seems to really take off in its second half. Specifically, Dead Cloud through Secret Star represent a solid sinewy block of R. Pollard at his most deeply fascinating, adventurous and, yes, hook-laden. The "singles" on this album are great, catchy, etc, but knowing how easy it is for Pollard to write that sort of thing I'm not really all that impressed by Soldier, Inventions, and particularly Best of Jill Hives which is by far my least favorite song on the album, though undeniably pretty.
The song I find most fascinating, for very strange reasons, is probably "Beat Your Wings" which is so lazily infectious in its tumbling flapping rhythm that it actually tends to get immediately tiring... yes, it's boring AND catchy. This is when I really feel like I'm exploring the "playground in [Pollard's] head". In fact, the entire album's "tired" vocal sound, as one reviewer put it, is dead on... there's something wild about the idea of having so many brilliant ideas and melodies rollicking through your head that it gets burdensome... effortless brilliance can be a curse, and it can also provide the instant soundtrack to the state of fatigue it itself creates, and I have never heard that manifest as beautifully as on this album.
The hole he digs is bottomless, indeed.
Listenable but uneven
April 2 2004
Format:Audio CD
I don't know if there's anyone, anywhere, ever, who can claim to be a songwriter quite as prolific as Bob Pollard in the history of pop music. This, however, is a mixed blessing. The knock on Bob has always been that self-censorship isn't always exactly his strong point, and I think it's a fair criticism, especially in the face of his myriad recent releases, both solo and as GBV, which have shown an alarming tendency toward being about 25% brilliant indie pop and about 75% self-indulgent filler. A friend of mine liked to compare post "Under the Bushes" GBV albums to post "The Shining" Stephen King books - the occasional decent effort, but by and large a whole lot of crap. (I guess that would make the horrible Ric Ocasek produced "Do the Collapse" the aural equivalent of "The Tommyknockers".... anyway, it's a comparison I found strangely apt). In the old days, it was almost like Tobin Sprout acted as a kind of filter for Bob's muse, so well did their partnership work (Tobin coming up with some gems of his own, of course). But Tobin's gone, and that fact has to be faced.
So - this album. I don't quite know what to make of it overall. There are parts of it I really enjoy, like "Best of Jill Hives", probably because it sounds the most like the old and now defunct GBV. There are large parts of the album I am relatively indifferent toward, a good example being "Of Mites and Men" which just sounds like pointless noodling to me, and there are parts I really dislike. I mean, really, "I'll Replace You With Machines"? It plays like a bad cover of a Who b-side. And this is the maddening thing about being a Bob Pollard fan. He always seems to leave you expecting more. This is not a horrible album, and nine-tenths of it is still better than the best commercial pap being played on the radio. But for those of us who know Bob, we'll just have to continue waiting for the next masterpiece to come along.
So - this album. I don't quite know what to make of it overall. There are parts of it I really enjoy, like "Best of Jill Hives", probably because it sounds the most like the old and now defunct GBV. There are large parts of the album I am relatively indifferent toward, a good example being "Of Mites and Men" which just sounds like pointless noodling to me, and there are parts I really dislike. I mean, really, "I'll Replace You With Machines"? It plays like a bad cover of a Who b-side. And this is the maddening thing about being a Bob Pollard fan. He always seems to leave you expecting more. This is not a horrible album, and nine-tenths of it is still better than the best commercial pap being played on the radio. But for those of us who know Bob, we'll just have to continue waiting for the next masterpiece to come along.
shockingly bad
Feb 25 2004
Format:Audio CD
I stopped buying anything from Pollard years ago after foolishly hoping for more bee thousand / alien lanes brilliance with each release and out of the 100 + albums he's released since that period, you'd be hard-pressed to fill a 75 minute cd with good tunes.
Heres another pathetic release from a once 'prolific' songwriter. The thing that irks me about Pollard is that he still thinks he has it. I read a recent interview (Magnet mag I think) where he says he can write more songs while taking a sh*t than most people can in a longer period of time. Well, that may explain why his songs ARE sh*t these days. Almost everything on this album save maybe 1 track lacks any melody or hook what-so-ever. All you hear is his horrible new band that knows nothing about melody and everything classic rock power chords (boring!). Pollard is lost under a wash of sound.It is probably a good thing though as his lyrics are crap, he rhymes like every other word and cannot come up with a hook to save his life.
Heres another pathetic release from a once 'prolific' songwriter. The thing that irks me about Pollard is that he still thinks he has it. I read a recent interview (Magnet mag I think) where he says he can write more songs while taking a sh*t than most people can in a longer period of time. Well, that may explain why his songs ARE sh*t these days. Almost everything on this album save maybe 1 track lacks any melody or hook what-so-ever. All you hear is his horrible new band that knows nothing about melody and everything classic rock power chords (boring!). Pollard is lost under a wash of sound.It is probably a good thing though as his lyrics are crap, he rhymes like every other word and cannot come up with a hook to save his life.
I still long for those moments where you hear a tune like "my valuable hungting knife".. or lets face it, ANYTHING off of Bee Thousand / Alien Lanes and you just smile wondering how someone could think up such a wonderful hook. Im afraid that 'prolific' Pollard doesnt exist any longer.
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Published on Oct 8 2003 by Kenneth Anselmi
a new direction with an old map
This record is really great the best I think since Aliens Lines and Drills it like a blend of both. There are only about 2 throw aways, well for GBV that is. You decided the two. Read more
Published on Oct 7 2003 by bruce
Mediocre all the way
I've been a GbV fan since "Bee Thousand," but "earthquake glue" is my last GbV cd for now probably. Is it terrible? No, but there's so little inspiration to it. Read more
Published on Sep 28 2003
A fluffy new pack
I'm on my 10th spin of this approx, and I like what I hear! This has a very graceful, relaxed charm to it; none of the tunes really hit you over the head with their brilliance,... Read more
Published on Sep 24 2003 by G. Preston
Motor away to buy this!!!!!!!!!
Bob rocks!!!!!!!!Get your nose out of the air low fi snobs. Useless Inventions and all others on this are great. One of their strongest efforts. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2003 by Daniel E. Cowgill
Best record of 2003
Best record of the year, hands down. Bob is king. Long live Bob. Also, see them when they hit your town.
Published on Sep 10 2003
lets look at it on its own merits!!!!!
all these comparisons with other albums..gbv fans all have their favorites but how would one describe this record to someone that does not know gbv? that is the question no? Read more
Published on Sep 9 2003
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