Guided By Voices Bee Thousand

Spin: "...Guided By Voices hides absolutely shattering melodies that call to mind a thousand reference points..."
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CD Details

  • Released: June 28, 1994
  • Originally Released: 1995
  • Label: Scat Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 8/11/94, p.66
4 Stars (out of 5) - "...BEE THOUSAND is a tour de force by a good old-fashioned American basement genius....the real miracle of BEE THOUSAND is that it not only celebrates the power of rock music, it also embodies it..."
Spin
"Beneath all the fuzz, krunk, and recorder grot, GBV hides absolutely shattering melodies that call to mind a thousand reference points of light..."
Spin - 12/94, p.78
Ranked #10 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...a thousand hooks, offering perfect distillation of...basement tape aesthetic....sloppily records immaculate melodies capable of breaking your heart...they're so insistently catchy and so fleetingly brief..."
Spin - 7/94, p.69
"...Guided By Voices hides absolutely shattering melodies that call to mind a thousand reference points..."
Entertainment Weekly - 6/3/94, p.56
"...Whether he wants to or not, Pollard and his loose-knit gang may be the logical successors to Beck in the up-from-the-underground poster-boy category..." - Rating: B+
Alternative Press - 9/94, p.72
"...Wish I knew the names of the voices guiding...Robert Pollard and his friends to make some of the most hazily gorgeous records being made today..."
Magnet - p.96
"[I]t does show the amount of thought Pollard puts into making and sequencing a record."
Option - Sept-Oct/94, p.89
"...the band's basic folk-pop melodies come straight from art-rock England circa 1967-1969. Through no fault of GBV itself, the critical hype has obscured the subtleties in the group's music..."
Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #8 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Mojo (Publisher) - p.57
Ranked #80 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[T]hey peak with a batch of tunes that sound like long-lost Beatles and Who demos."
Mojo (Publisher) - p.118
4 stars out of 5 - "Rarities galore make this a must for any self-respecting fan."
New York Times (Publisher) - 1/5/95, p.C15
Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...The most consistent album of quickie tunes yet from this 12-year-old Dayton, Ohio band."
NME (Magazine) - 8/13/94, p.46
7 (out of 10) - "...Exactly why the indie-rock world hasn't yet gone as misty-eyed over Guided By Voices as it did over Pavement and Sebadoh is one of the great mysteries of our age..."

Tracks:

  • 1.Hardcore UFOs
  • 2.Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
  • 3.Tractor Rape Chain
  • 4.The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
  • 5.Hot Freaks
  • 6.Smothered in Hugs
  • 7.Yours to Keep
  • 8.Echos Myron
  • 9.Gold Star for Robot Boy
  • 10.Awful Bliss
  • 11.Mincer Ray
  • 12.A Big Fan of the Pigpen
  • 13.Queen of Cans and Jars
  • 14.Her Psychology Today
  • 15.Kicker of Elves
  • 16.Ester's Day
  • 17.Demons Are Real
  • 18.I Am a Scientist
  • 19.Peep-Hole
  • 20.You're Not an Airplane

Product Info

  • UPC: 753417003521
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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