| Space Gun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 23, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Serious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and The Stillwater River Lodge in Dayton, Ohio | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 38:55 | |||
| Label | Rockathon Records Guided By Voices, Inc. | |||
| Guided by Voices chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[3] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[4] |
| The Skinny | [5] |
| Under the Radar | 7/10[6] |
Space Gun is the 26th studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices. It was released on March 23, 2018 under Guided by Voices, Inc.[7][8]
This album was recorded and mixed by Travis Harrison at Serious Business Music, NY, and Stillwater River Lodge[9]
Critical reception
Space Gun was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 12 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 73 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 11 reviews.[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Robert Pollard
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Space Gun" | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Colonel Paper" | 1:59 |
| 3. | "King Flute" | 1:22 |
| 4. | "Ark Technician" | 2:18 |
| 5. | "See My Field" | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Liars' Box" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Blink Blank" | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Daily Get-Ups" | 1:35 |
| 9. | "Hudson Rake" | 1:44 |
| 10. | "Sport Component National" | 2:48 |
| 11. | "I Love Kangaroos" | 3:07 |
| 12. | "Gray Spat Matters" | 1:28 |
| 13. | "That's Good" | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Flight Advantage" | 2:23 |
| 15. | "Evolution Circus" | 3:36 |
| Total length: | 38:55 | |
Personnel
- Robert Pollard – lead and backing vocals
- Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals on "Sport Component National"
- Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar
- Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Sport Component National"
- Kevin March – drums
References
- 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Space Gun - Guided by Voices - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- 1 2 "Space Gun by Guided by Voices". Metacritic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ Shiblaq, Ayla (March 19, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ Garratt, John (March 23, 2018). "Guided by Voices, the Band That (Almost) Never Sleeps Gives Us One 2018 Album". PopMatters. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ Drever, Ryan (March 20, 2018). "the Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ Rushbury, Ian (March 27, 2018). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ Scahtz, Lake (December 9, 2017). "Guided By Voices announce new album, Space Gun, share the title track". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ Thiessen, Brock (December 8, 2017). "Guided By Voices Announce New Album 'Space Gun'". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ↑ "GBVDB - Space Gun". GBVDB.
- ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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