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Guided By Voices - Half Smiles Of The Decomposed flac album
  • Performer Guided By Voices
  • Title Half Smiles Of The Decomposed
  • Date of release 2004
  • Other formats VOC AU ASF RA AHX MOD WMA
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1332 mb
  • Size FLAC 1631 mb
  • Rating: 4.6
  • Votes: 392

Guided by Voices' recording career began with a stream of self-financed, independent releases beginning with the . Forever Since Breakfast and followed by the albums Devil Between My Toes, Sandbox, Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia, and Same Place The Fly Got Smashed. With only a few hundred copies of each album being pressed, these tended to circulate only among the band members' family and friends. In 2018, Guided by Voices announced the future release of the double album Zeppelin Over China, Warp and Woof and Rise of the Ants for 2019 Band members. Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004). Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012). Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012).

Album Half Smiles of the Decomposed. Sons of Apollo Lyrics. And just when it appears there's going to be a successful campaign against smut, just when the Supreme Court seems to be ruling against pornography, when it appears the nation is returning to old-fashioned moral standards, suddenly the floodgates are going to swing open and Satan is going to vomit filth out of Hell, and it'll be just as. it was in the days of Lot, and will vex the souls of God's most devoted, devout saints. The archers have grown Bending on back To the new accuracy Shoot for. Half Smiles of the Decomposed Guided by Voices. 1. Everybody Thinks I’m a Raincloud (When I’m Not Looking).

All of this makes Half Smiles a really curious album, and a truly fulfilling one. Musically Guided by Voices has always hovered around the line between Pollard's desire to front a wild rock 'n' roll powerhouse, his love for rock music that retains a sense for the unconventional and mysterious (from Devo to Wire to Krautrock and onwards in millions of directions), and the ease with which he can craft perfect pop melodies. Those of us who fell in love with Guided by Voices around 1994 or earlier remember a time when they were a real curiosity, a puzzle to figure out. That quality had something to do with the mythology surrounding the band, with the way their extensive discography and pseudonyms made fans feel like detectives. points in recent years). But somehow Half Smiles of the Decomposed gets closer to building that level of curiosity around it, almost by happenstance.

Studio album by Guided by Voices. Guided by Voices chronology. Earthquake Glue (2003)Earthquake Glue2003. Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012)Let's Go Eat the Factory2012.

Half Smiles of the Decomposed is Guided by Voices' 28th and final album. Pollard, an Ohio schoolteacher, was already well past indie-rock icon age when he finally downed his red pen and committed himself to a lifelong quest for the perfect fusion of DIY psychedelia, modish 1960s beat pop, progressive-rock time changes, satisfyingly random song titles, hardcore punk aesthetics and mouth-watering melodies.

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Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard. Guided by Voices initially disbanded . ore . Year: 2004. Missing lyrics by Guided by Voices? Know any other songs by Guided by Voices?

Free download and listen Half Smiles of the Decomposed. Guided By Voices - Girls Of Wild Strawberries 02:30. Guided By Voices - Huffman Prairie Flying Field 03:14. Guided By Voices - Tour Guide At The Winston Churchill Memorial 03:02. Guided By Voices - Asia Minor 02:23. Guided By Voices - Sing For Your Meat 04:03. Guided By Voices - Asphyxiated Circle 02:50. Guided By Voices - Sons Of Apollo 04:04. Guided By Voices - Window Of My World 02:58. Guided By Voices - Closets Of Henry 02:31. Guided By Voices - Gonna Never Have To Die 02:17. Guided By Voices - Everyone Thinks I’m A Raincloud (when I’m Not Looking) 03:20

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking) 3:20
2 Sleep Over Jack 3:05
3 Girls Of Wild Strawberries 2:30
4 Gonna Never Have To Die 2:18
5 Window Of My World 2:58
6 The Closets Of Henry 2:31
7 Tour Guide At The Winston Churchill Memorial 3:02
8 Asia Minor 2:24
9 Sons Of Apollo
Performer [Amp Drop] – Jim PollardPerformer [Outro] – The Ragged Enzymes*
4:04
10 Sing For Your Meat 4:04
11 Asphyxiated Circle 2:50
12 A Second Spurt Of Growth 2:46
13 (S)Mothering And Coaching 3:22
14 Huffman Prairie Flying Field 3:14

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Matador Records
  • Copyright (c) – Matador Records
  • Published By – Needmore Songs
  • Recorded At – Waterloo Sound
  • Mastered At – Sterling Sound
  • Manufactured By – Inertia Distribution Pty. Ltd.
  • Distributed By – Inertia Distribution Pty. Ltd.
  • Marketed By – Remote Control
  • Made By – AAV Regency – 68286

Credits

  • Design, Layout – Bob Ohe, Mark Ohe
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Scott Bennett
  • Guitar – Tobin Sprout (tracks: 3, 14)
  • Mastered By – Greg Calbi
  • Performer – Chris Slusarenko, Doug Gillard, Kevin March, Nate Farley
  • Performer [Outro] – Rob Phillips (tracks: 9), Robert Pollard (tracks: 9), Tony Conley (tracks: 9)
  • Photography By [Back Cover] – Sarah Zade*
  • Producer – Guided By Voices
  • Producer, Engineer, Mixed By, Noises, Effects [Atmospheres] – Todd Tobias
  • Written-By, Performer, Artwork [Collages] – Robert Pollard

Notes

Recorded at Waterloo Sound, Kent, OH, December 2003.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY, NY.

©℗ 2004 Matador Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 7 44861 06122 9
  • Matrix / Runout: 68286 OLE612-2

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
OLE 612-1 Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(LP, Album) Matador OLE 612-1 US 2004
OLE 612-2 Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD) Matador OLE 612-2 US 2004
none Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CDr, Album, Promo) Matador none France 2004
OLE-612-2V Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Matador OLE-612-2V US 2004
OLE-612 LP CD Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Matador OLE-612 LP CD UK 2004

Tracklist

1 Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud
2 Sleep Over Jack
3 Girls Of Wild Strawberries
4 Never Have To Die
5 Window Of My World
6 Closets Of Henry
7 Tour Guide At The Winston Churchill
8 Asia Minor
9 Sons Of Apollo
10 Sing For Your Meat Leon
11 Asphyxiated Circle
12 Second Spurt Of Growth
13 Smothering And Coaching
14 Huffman Prairie Flying Field

Credits

  • Written-By – Guided By Voices

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
OLE 612-1 Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(LP, Album) Matador OLE 612-1 US 2004
OLE 612-2 Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD) Matador OLE 612-2 US 2004
OLE-612-2V Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Matador OLE-612-2V US 2004
OLE 612-2 Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD, Album) Matador OLE 612-2 Australia 2004
OLE-612 LP CD Guided By Voices Half Smiles Of The Decomposed ‎(CD, Album, Promo) Matador OLE-612 LP CD UK 2004