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Alien Lanes by Guided by Voices (Record, 2011)

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It'll take a few listens before it all sinks in. "Motor Away" edits the simultaneous leaving and longing of Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" down to two glorious minutes. It's one of several songs here that pare anthemic rock hooks and roaring guitars down to their pop essence.

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelMatador

EAN0744861012306

eBay Product ID (ePID)8052257271

Product Key Features

Era1990s

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

Release Year2011

FormatRecord

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock

TypeAlbum

StyleLo-Fi

ArtistGuided by Voices

Release TitleAlien Lanes

Additional Product Features

DistributionIntegral/Cinram Novum

Number of Tracks28

Reviews"...After nine albums accompanied by foaming-at-the-mouth critical adulation, you'd think Guided By Voices would be ripe for commercial breakout. But Robert Pollard's fragmented, hallucinatory compositions and rudimentary production serve as a kind of insurance against overexposure..." - Rating: B+, Ranked #33 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll., 7 - Recommended - "...There are some classic GBV stylings here; the band's Brit fetish results in...gloriously hummable we-could-have-been-bigger-than-the-Beatles....The bands GBV sounds like start to sound like it...", 3 Stars - Good - "...crackly, resolutely low-fi stuff, that delights in coursing through 28 tracks, plenty of which give new meaning to musical brevity....A touch reminiscent of a less eclectic Camper Van Beethoven, Guided By Voices are proof that resolute underdog status can pay off in the long run.", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...GBV display a chemistry born of a near decade spent rocking the basement....On ALIEN they also reveal influences ranging from early Cheap Trick and T.Rex's psychedelic glam to Wire's deranged art punk and everything by the Beatles..."

Number of Discs1