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July 03, 2009

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6. Guided By Voices Alien Lanes; Guided By Voices started their life with Matador Records with the unenviable task of trying to follow-up Bee Thousand, a record that still stands as probably the finest moment of their prolific existence. That said they did an admirable job with Alien Lanes, an album that continues with the lo-fi sound that had honed for years and Robert Pollard’s biting lyrics. Obviously it must have been a little tough for Pollard and company to follow up Bee Thousand, especially when you consider they took almost a full year to put out their next album which is virtually unheard of for Guided By Voices. Still there’s more then a handful of great tunes on Alien Lanes and I’m sure there’s more then a few people that prefer it to Bee Thousand. I’m not one of those people, but I love this album anyway.


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#1 ThePlaylist says:

god, every pavement album? what a terrible list.

#2 pretty/ugly says:

never mind that this was written by some malkmus fanboy, how the hell is onOFFon better than the obliterati? no way. Any album with the line "And I'm haunted by the freakish size of Nancy Reagan's head" is a masterpiece.


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