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Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

1995 · Rock

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Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices

Alien Lanes is an Alt/Indie album by Guided By Voices, originally released in 1995. On Gatefold: 33 pressings tracked, owned by 29 collectors.

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Alien Lanes is the eighth full length album by American lo-fi indie rock band Guided by Voice, released in 1995. It i, along with Bee Thousand, widely considered among the band's best album. Pitchfork Media have included Alien Lanes in both of their 'Top 100 Albums of the 90s' poll, at No. 33 and 27 respectively. Magnet named it the best album of 1995. The album was GBV's first release with Matador Record. According to James Greer's book Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll the advance for the record was close to a hundred thousand dollar, one of the more expensive deals in Matador's history. In contrast to the lucrative deal, Greer mentions that "The cost for recording Alien Lane, if you leave out the beer, was about ten dollar." "Game of Pricks" was covered by American pop punk band Jimmy Eat World and released on the deluxe edition of Bleed American. .

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1A Salty Salute
  2. A2Evil Speakers
  3. A3Watch Me Jumpstart
  4. A4They're Not Witches
  5. A5As We Go Up, We Go Down
  6. A6(I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger
  7. A7Game Of Pricks
  8. A8The Ugly Vision
  9. A9A Good Flying Bird
  10. A10Cigarette Tricks
  11. A11Pimple Zoo
  12. A12Big Chief Chinese Restaurant
  13. A13Closer You Are
  14. A14Auditorium
  15. A15Motor Away

Side B

  1. B1Hit
  2. B2My Valuable Hunting Knife
  3. B3Gold Hick
  4. B4King And Caroline
  5. B5Striped White Jets
  6. B6Ex-Supermodel
  7. B7Blimps Go 90
  8. B8Straw Dogs
  9. B9Chicken Blows
  10. B10Little Whirl
  11. B11My Cool Son
  12. B12Always Crush Me
  13. B13Alright

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • lo-fi
  • playful
  • DIY

Credits

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29 collectors on Gatefold own this · 33 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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