Album
Mag Earwhig!
1997 · Rock
10 collectors on Gatefold own this
Mag Earwhig! is an Alt/Indie album by Guided By Voices, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
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Mag Earwhig! is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) album release by indie rock band Guided by Voice. Following the dissolution of the "classic lineup," band-leader Robert Pollard hired Cleveland rockers Cobra Verde and formed a new GBV unit. This move was somewhat controversial among GBV fan, especially those who were loyal to the lo-fi lineups stretching back to the mid-1980. Mag Earwhig! is a step-up in production from the band's trademark lo-fi sound; the Matador Records description of the record mentions that a first set of tracks were recorded with "a real producer," former Reivers leader John Croslin (who also produced Spoon's early record, and who is credited on this record as engineer rather than producer). A second session included "spontaneou, basement-sounding stuff." While the album includes a few tracks with the classic lineup ("Jane of the Waking Universe" being the last), the so-called "Guided by Verde" grouping is the album's dominant force. Mag Earwhig as a rock opera Mag Earwhig! is a rock opera according to GBV frontman Robert Pollard. In the words of the band's press release for the album: "Pollard is the main character in this sprawling narrative, an insectile cartoon figure named the Magnificent Earwhig, who interacts with a wild cast of characters in songs evoking nostalgiac memories of an Ohio boyhood, starting one's first band, and inhaling American roadside pop culture." .
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Tracklist
- 1Can't Hear The Revolution1:36
- 2Sad If I Lost It3:10
- 3I Am A Tree4:40
- 4The Old Grunt1:28
- 5Bulldog Skin3:00
- 6Are You Faster?1:13
- 7I am Produced1:06
- 8Knock 'Em Flying1:52
- 9Not Behind The Fighter Jet2:13
- 10Choking Tara1:24
- 11Hollow Cheek0:32
- 12Learning To Hunt2:25
- 13Little Lines2:02
- 14Portable Men's Society4:16
- 15The Finest Joke Upon Us3:08
- 16Mag Earwhig!0:39
- 17Now To War2:44
- 18Jane Of The Waking Universe2:25
- 19The Colossus Crawls West2:13
- 20Mute Superstar1:24
- 21Bomb The Bee-Hive2:03
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- lo-fi
- restless
- DIY
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chedomir StanisicORGAN
- Dave SwansonDRUMS, MARACAS, BACKING VOCALS
- Don DepewELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS, SYNTHESIZER, ORGAN, BACKING VOCALS
- Doug GillardELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS, BASS ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS, BASS ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS, BASS
- Jim PollardBASS, GUITAR KEYBOARDS
- Joe BubenDRUMS
- John PetkovicELECTRIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, BACKING VOCALS LEAD GUITAR
- John ShoughPROGRAMMED BY
- Johnny StrangeBASS
- Kevin FennellDRUMS
- Mitch MitchellBASS GUITAR
- Robert PollardVOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO DRUMS DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
- Tobin SproutBASS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYBOARDS BACKING VOCALS
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