Propeller by Guided By Voices (CD, Feb-1997, Scat)

Album Features
UPC:	753417004924
Artist:	Guided By Voices
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1997
Record Label:	Scat
Genre:	Lo Fi, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Over The Neptune / Mesh Gear Fox
2. Weed King
3. Particular Damaged
4. Quality of Armor
5. Metal Mothers
6. Lethargy
7. Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy
8. Red Gas Circle
9. Exit Flagger
10. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
11. Back to Saturn X Radio Report
12. Ergo Space Pig
13. Circus World
14. Some Drilling Implied
15. On the Tundra

Details
Playing Time:	36 min.
Distributor:	Revolver USA
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Guided By Voices: Robert Pollard, Jim Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Don Trasher.Addtional personnel: Mitch Mitchell, Dan Toohey.Without a doubt, Guided By Voices are the best low-fi absurdist hard-rock experimental collage band ever to emerge from Dayton, Ohio. While singer/guitarist/songwriter Rob Pollard's fragmentary structures and religious observance of the low-fi aesthetic may frustrate some, it is difficult to resist his infallible instinct for melodic hooks and his tongue-in-cheek appropriation of anthemic '70s hard rock. PROPELLER dates from GBV's mid-period, located between their often incoherent early efforts and somewhat more streamlined albums such as ALIEN LANES. Along with BEE THOUSAND, PROPELLER is a perfect example of what this idiosyncratic outfit is all about.Mixing an art-project cut-and-paste sensibility with a clear love of classic rock, GBV wire together scraps of punk ("Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy"), naive '60s pop ("On The Tundra"), acoustic folk ("14 Cheerleader Coldfront"), mock metal ("Lethargy"), and shamelessly hooky songs ("Quality of Armor") complete with infectious choruses and Beatles-esque harmonies. Pollard's surreal, often nonsensical lyrics serve as gentle reminder not to take this band's wonderfully creative rock amalgam too seriously.