Guided By Voices Isolation Drills (20th Anniversary Edition) (Remastered and Repackaged) (2LPs)

4 stars out of 5 - "...Finds the balance between frazzled serendipity and melodic luster that has long eluded them....making the case more persuasively than ever that these indie-pop godfathers should matter to more than just loyalists..."
7 out of 10 - "...Shamelessly charming, even bashfully moving....Pollard reveals sentiments more earned and earthbound than anything before..."
Included in Magnet's "20 Best Albums of 2001".
"...One of the band's best....reconciling Pollard's idiosyncrasies with the track-to-track consistency great rock albums demand..."
"...Brilliant....it may be less esoteric and winkingly absurdist, but he's a markedly more openly honest songwriter....striking a fine balance between arena-rock and indie jangle..."
4 stars out of 5 - "[B]oasting some of Robert Pollard's most polished and sober pop."
Paste (magazine) - "ISOLATION DRILLS indulges Pollard's lifelong classic-rock ambitions with a clutch of arena-ready anthems, including all-time classic 'Glad Girls'..."