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Earthquake Glue

Earthquake Glue is the 14th record by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. Working titles for the album included "Model Prisoners of the 5 Sense Realm", "Live Like Kings Forever", and "All Sinners Welcome".[1] The first 25,000 copies were packaged in a numbered limited-edition digipak. Some copies of Earthquake Glue contained a golden ticket; people with a golden ticket were entitled to a free copy of the anthology box set Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere.[1]

Earthquake Glue
Studio album by
Guided by Voices
ReleasedAugust 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)
Recorded2003
GenreRock
Length45:17
LabelMatador
ProducerTodd Tobias
Guided by Voices chronology
Universal Truths and Cycles
(2002) 		Earthquake Glue
(2003) 		Half Smiles of the Decomposed
(2004)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Magnet     [5]
Pitchfork Media(8.5/10)[4]
PopMatters     [7]
Uncut     [6]

Earthquake Glue met with some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 78, based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2] Mark Deming of AllMusic said that it "may well be the most consistent and satisfying Guided By Voices album to date."[3]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

  1. "My Kind of Soldier" – 2:36
  2. "My Son, My Secretary, My Country" – 1:57
  3. "I'll Replace You with Machines" – 2:49
  4. "She Goes Off at Night" – 2:03
  5. "Beat Your Wings" – 4:47
  6. "Useless Inventions" – 2:53
  7. "Dirty Water" – 3:27
  8. "The Best of Jill Hives" – 2:42
  9. "Dead Cloud" – 3:12
  10. "Mix Up the Satellite" – 3:23
  11. "The Main Street Wizards" – 3:22
  12. "A Trophy Mule in Particular" – 2:19
  13. "Apology in Advance" – 2:32
  14. "Secret Star" – 4:42
  15. "Of Mites and Men" – 2:33

Personnel edit

The credits do not give specific instruments played by each individual, but rather list every performer who appeared on the release in any capacity.[8]

GBV edit

Other/production edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Guided by Voices Database: Earthquake Glue. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Earthquake Glue". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Earthquake Glue - Guided by Voices". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ^ Carr, Eric (24 August 2003). "Guided By Voices: Earthquake Glue". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Magnet review". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  6. ^ "Uncut review". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  7. ^ Popmatters review
  8. ^ "Guided By Voices – Earthquake Glue (credits section)". Discogs. 19 August 2003.



 

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