Guided by Voices discography
Guided by Voices discography | |
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Guided by Voices performing in 2012 | |
Studio albums | 40[1][2] |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 12 |
Video albums | 7 |
EPs | 19 |
Singles | 39 |
Soundtrack albums | 7 |
Box sets | 6 |
Books | 2 |
The Guided by Voices discography includes dozens of releases, both official and unofficial.[3] Robert Pollard, the main creative force behind the band, is an extremely prolific songwriter, having written or co-written more than 1,600 songs, with over 500 of them released under the Guided by Voices moniker.[4]
In addition to official Guided by Voices albums, there have been numerous official singles, extended plays, split releases and compilations, as well as four box-sets of previously unreleased material known as "Suitcases" that each contain four CDs with twenty-five tracks each, for a total of 100 songs per release.
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [5][6] | US Heat. [5][6] | US Indie [5][6] | ||||
1987 | Devil Between My Toes
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1987 | Sandbox
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1989 | Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
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1990 | Same Place the Fly Got Smashed
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1992 | Propeller
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1993 | Vampire on Titus
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1994 | Bee Thousand
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1995 | Alien Lanes
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1996 | Under the Bushes Under the Stars
| — | 19 | — | ||
1996 | Tonics & Twisted Chasers
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1997 | Mag Earwhig!
| — | 19 | — | ||
1999 | Do the Collapse
| — | 14 | — | ||
2001 | Isolation Drills
| 168 | 8 | 6 | ||
2002 | Universal Truths and Cycles
| 160 | 3 | 10 | ||
2003 | Earthquake Glue
| 193 | 12 | 8 | ||
2004 | Half Smiles of the Decomposed
| — | 16 | 22 | ||
2012 | Let's Go Eat the Factory
| — | 8 | 35 | ||
2012 | Class Clown Spots a UFO
| — | 12 | — | ||
2012 | The Bears for Lunch
| — | 9 | — | ||
2013 | English Little League
| — | 21 | — | ||
2014 | Motivational Jumpsuit
| — | 18 | — | ||
2014 | Cool Planet
| — | 20 | — | ||
2016 | Please Be Honest
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2017 | August by Cake
| — | 22 | — | ||
2017 | How Do You Spell Heaven
| — | 20 | 37 | ||
2018 | Space Gun
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2019 | Zeppelin Over China[8]
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2019 | Warp and Woof[9]
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2019 | Sweating the Plague[8]
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2020 | Surrender Your Poppy Field
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2020 | Mirrored Aztec [11]
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2020 | Styles We Paid For [12]
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2021 | Earth Man Blues
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2021 | It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them!
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2022 | Crystal Nuns Cathedral
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2022 | Tremblers and Goggles by Rank
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2023 | La La Land
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Welshpool Frillies
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Nowhere to Go but Up
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2024 | Strut of Kings[1]
| — | — | — |
Extended plays
Year | Album details |
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1986 | Forever Since Breakfast
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1993 | The Grand Hour
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1993 | Static Airplane Jive
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1994 | Get Out of My Stations
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1994 | Fast Japanese Spin Cycle
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1994 | Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer
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1994 | I Am a Scientist
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1995 | Tigerbomb
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1996 | Sunfish Holy Breakfast
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1996 | Plantations of Pale Pink
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1997 | Wish in One Hand…
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1999 | Plugs for the Program
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2000 | Hold on Hope
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2000 | Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5
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2001 | Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do The Collapse B-sides
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2002 | The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet
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2013 | Down by the Racetrack
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2018 | Wine Cork Stonehenge
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2018 | 100 Dougs
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2019 | 1901 Acid Rock
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2019 | Umlaut Over the Ozone
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Split EPs
Year | Split Details | Songs |
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1996 | Superchunk/Guided by Voices [13]
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1997 | 8 Rounds: GVSB vs GBV [14]
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2001 | Selective Service [15]
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Singles
Year | Song/Single Details | Album |
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1995 | "Motor Away"
| Alien Lanes |
1996 | "The Official Ironmen Rally Song"
| Under the Bushes Under the Stars |
1996 | "Cut-Out Witch"
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1997 | "Bulldog Skin"
| Mag Earwhig! |
1997 | "I Am a Tree"
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1999 | "Surgical Focus"
| Do the Collapse |
1999 | "Teenage FBI"
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1999 | "Hold on Hope"
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2001 | "Chasing Heather Crazy"
| Isolation Drills |
2001 | "Glad Girls"
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2002 | "Back to the Lake"
| Universal Truths and Cycles |
2002 | "Cheyenne"
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2002 | "Everywhere with Helicopter"
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2002 | "Universal Truths and Cycles"
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2003 | "My Kind of Soldier"
| Earthquake Glue |
2003 | "The Best of Jill Hives"
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2011 | "We Won't Apologize for the Human Race" / "The Unsinkable Fats Domino"
| Let's Go Eat the Factory |
2011 | "Doughnut for a Snowman"
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2012 | "Chocolate Boy"
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2012 | "Keep It In Motion"
| Class Clown Spots a UFO |
2012 | "Jon The Croc"
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2012 | "Class Clown Spots a UFO"
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2012 | "White Flag"
| The Bears for Lunch |
2012 | "Everywhere is Miles From Everywhere"
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2012 | "Hangover Child"
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2013 | "Flunky Minnows"
| English Little League |
2013 | "Islands (She Talks In Rainbows)"
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2013 | "Trash Can Full Of Nails"
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2013 | "Xeno Pariah"
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2013 | "Noble Insect"
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2014 | "Save The Company"
| Motivational Jumpsuit |
2014 | "Vote For Me Dummy"
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2014 | "Alex And The Omegas"
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2014 | "The Littlest League Possible" / "Jupiter Spin"
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2014 | "Planet Score" / "Zero Elasticity"
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2014 | "Authoritarian Zoo"
| Cool Planet |
2014 | "Males Of Wormwood Mars"
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2014 | "Table At Fool’s Tooth"
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2014 | "All American Boy"
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Split singles
Year | Split Details | Songs |
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1993 | GBV / Jenny Mae Leffel[16]
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1994 | GBV / Grifters[17]
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1994 | GBV / Belreve[18]
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1995 | GBV / New Radiant Storm King[19]
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1997 | GBV / Cobra Verde[20]
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2002 | GBV / Sin Sin 77[21]
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Live albums
Year | Album details |
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2007 | Live from Austin, TX[22]
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2018 | Ogre's Trumpet
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Box sets
Year | Album details |
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1995 | Box |
2000 | Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft
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2003 | Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere
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2005 | Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
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2009 | Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
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2015 | Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War
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Compilation albums
Each of the four Briefcase releases is a single LP compilation of songs selected from the associated 4-disc Suitcase box-set.
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US Heat. [5][6] | US Indie [5][6] | ||
1992 | An Earful O' Wax[23]
| — | — |
1993 | Vampire On Titus/Propeller[24]
| — | — |
1995 | King Shit & The Golden Boys
| — | — |
2000 | Briefcase (Suitcase Abridged: Drinks and Deliveries)
| — | — |
2003 | The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
| 39 | 26 |
2005 | Briefcase 2 (Suitcase 2 Abridged – The Return of Milko Waif)
| — | — |
2007 | Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007
| — | — |
2009 | Briefcase 3: Cuddling Bozo's Octopus
| — | — |
2010 | Metro: The Official Bootleg Series, Volume 1
| — | — |
2013 | Glue On Bicycle[25]
| — | — |
2015 | Briefcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War
| — | — |
2022 | Scalping the Guru
| — | — |
Soundtracks
Year | Album details | Track details |
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1996 | Brain Candy Soundtrack
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1999 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album
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2000 | Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Soundtrack
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2001 | Dean Quixote: The Soundtrack to the Film
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2002 | ESPN's Ultimate X: The Movie Soundtrack
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2002 | Scrubs Soundtrack
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2006 | Beer League Soundtrack
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Video albums
Year | Video details |
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1996 | Live at the Whisky a Go Go
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2003 | Watch Me Jumpstart
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2000 | The Who Went Home and Cried
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2002 | Some Drinking Implied
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2003 | Watch Me Jumpstart: Expanded Version
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2005 | The Electrifying Conclusion
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2007 | Live from Austin, TX
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Unofficial albums
Year | Album details |
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1994 | Crying Your Knife Away
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1995 | For All Good Kids
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N/A | Live at The Embassy, London, ONT - October 26, 1995
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1996 | Benefit For The Winos
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N/A | @ The Garage, London, June 21, 1996
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1996 | Jellyfish Reflector
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N/A | The Garage, London, October 8, 1997
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N/A | Live at Bernie's, Columbus, OH - March 28, 1998
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1999 | I'm Much Greater Than You Think
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Books
- Guided by Voices: A Brief History — Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in The Forests of Rock and Roll
- Written by James Greer and published by Grove/Atlantic in 2005, this is the first biography of GBV authorized by the band.[27] Steven Soderbergh wrote the foreword.[27] Author Jim Greer, a former editor of Spin magazine, was also a member of the band from 1994 to 1996 (he wrote the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on Sunfish Holy Breakfast).[27][28]
- Bee Thousand
- Written by Marc Woodworth and published by Continuum Books in 2006 as part of their 33⅓ series, this book is about the 1994 album Bee Thousand.[29] The book explores the unusual production of the album, the lyrics of Robert Pollard, and the influence the album has had.[29]
- Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices
- Written by Matthew Cutter.[30]
References
- ^ a b Lapierre, Megan (April 16, 2024). "Guided by Voices Announce 'Strut of Kings,' Their Only Album of 2024". Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Since the album Tonics & Twisted Chasers was originally released only to the GBV fan club, it is often not counted among the GBV studio albums.
- ^ "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Robert Pollard". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- 1,101 songs credited as "Songwriter" + 547 as "Co-Songwriter" = 1,648 songs in total; 539 credited to Guided by Voices
- ^ a b c d e "Artist Chart History – Guided by Voices". Billboard.com. Nielsen Company. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Guided by Voices | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ Released the following year with bonus tracks.
- ^ a b "Music". Factory of Raw Essentials. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- ^ "The Quietus | Reviews | Guided By Voices". The Quietus. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ Rowin, Michael Joshua (February 14, 2020). "Review: Guided by Voices's Surrender Your Poppy Field Serves Power Pop with a Twist". Slant. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Rowin, Michael Joshua (August 14, 2020). "Review: With Mirrored Aztec, Guided by Voices Gets Back to Basics". Slant Magazine. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Schatz, Lake (October 19, 2020). "Guided by Voices Announce Third Album of 2020, Share "Mr. Child": Stream". Consequence. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Superchunk/Guided By Voices [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "8 Rounds: GVSB vs GBV [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices & Airport 5 - Selective Service [Split, Bonus Tracks]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Jenny Mae Leffel [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Grifters [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Belreve [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/New Radiant Storm King [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Cobra Verde [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Sin Sin 77 [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Live From Austin, TX [Live]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Guided By Voices - An Earful O'Wax". Discogs. October 2, 1994. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ "Guided By Voices - Vampire On Titus / Propeller". Discogs. October 2, 1993. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ "Guided By Voices - Glue On Bicycle". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Guided By Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years Of Hunting Accidents In The Forests Of Rock And Roll (By James Greer)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Jim Greer". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ a b "Bee Thousand (By Marc Woodworth)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices (By Matthew Cutter)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
External links
- Official Guided by Voices website
- GBVDB – Guided by Voices Database
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- Discography
- Devil Between My Toes (1987)
- Sandbox (1987)
- Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989)
- Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)
- Propeller (1992)
- Vampire on Titus (1993)
- Bee Thousand (1994)
- Alien Lanes (1995)
- Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996)
- Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)
- Mag Earwhig! (1997)
- Do the Collapse (1999)
- Isolation Drills (2001)
- Universal Truths and Cycles (2002)
- Earthquake Glue (2003)
- Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004)
- Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012)
- Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012)
- The Bears for Lunch (2012)
- English Little League (2013)
- Motivational Jumpsuit (2014)
- Cool Planet (2014)
- Please Be Honest (2016)
- August by Cake (2017)
- How Do You Spell Heaven (2017)
- Space Gun (2018)
- Zeppelin Over China (2019)
- Warp and Woof (2019)
- Sweating the Plague (2019)
- Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020)
- Mirrored Aztec (2020)
- Styles We Paid For (2020)
- Earth Man Blues (2021)
- It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021)
- Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022)
- Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022)
- La La Land (2023)
- Welshpool Frillies (2023)
- Nowhere to Go but Up (2023)
- Strut of Kings (2024)
- Forever Since Breakfast (1986)
- The Grand Hour (1993)
- Static Airplane Jive (1993)
- Get Out of My Stations (1994)
- Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994)
- Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994)
- I Am a Scientist (1994)
- Tigerbomb (1995)
- Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996)
- Plantations of Pale Pink (1996)
- Wish in One Hand… (1997)
- Plugs for the Program (1999)
- Hold on Hope (2000)
- Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5 (2000)
- Daredevil Stamp Collector (2001)
- The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002)
- Down by the Racetrack (2013)
- Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018)
- 100 Dougs (2018)
- 1901 Acid Rock (2019)
- Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
- Live from Austin, TX (2007)
- The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003)
- Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007)
- Scalping the Guru (2022)
- Box (1995)
- Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000)
- Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003)
- Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005)
- Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009)
- Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
solo albums
- Not in My Airforce (1996)
- Waved Out (1998)
- Kid Marine (1999)
- Motel of Fools (2003)
- Fiction Man (2004)
- Relaxation of the Asshole (2005)
- From a Compound Eye (2006)
- Normal Happiness (2006)
- Silverfish Trivia (2007)
- Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007)
- Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007)
- Superman Was a Rocker (2008)
- Weatherman and Skin Goddess (2008)
- Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008)
- The Crawling Distance (2009)
- Elephant Jokes (2009)
- We All Got Out of the Army (2010)
- Moses on a Snail (2010)
- Space City Kicks (2011)
- Lord of the Birdcage (2011)
- Mouseman Cloud (2012)
- Jack Sells the Cow (2012)
- Honey Locust Honky Tonk (2013)
- Blazing Gentlemen (2013)
- Faulty Superheroes (2015)
- Of Course You Are (2016)
- Carnival Boy (1996)
- Moonflower Plastic (1997)
- Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999)
- Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003)
- The Bluebirds of Happiness Tried to Land on My Shoulder (2010)
- The Universe & Me (2017)
- Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001)
- Life Starts Here (2002)
- Brown Submarine (2008)
- The Planets are Blasted (2009)
- Zero to 99 (2009)
- Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010)
- Let It Beard (2011)
Doug Gillard albums
- Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999)
- Mist King Urth (2003)
- Waving at the Astronauts (2011)
- In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999)
- Big Trouble (2000)
- Choreographed Man of War (2001)
- Calling Zero (2002)
- Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)
- Ringworm Interiors (2001)
- The Harold Pig Memorial (2002)
- Pinball Mars (2004)
- Five (2005)
- Sgt. Disco (2007)
- Ataxia (2008)
- Gringo (2009)
- Mother Skinny (2010)
- Capsized! (2011)
- When Machines Attack (2013)
- My Mind Has Seen the White Trick (2013)
- Escape (2014)
- Stomping Grounds (2015)
- Laughs Last (2017)