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Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department

Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is a collaboration album between American indie rock musicians Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard released in 1999.[1] For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Pollard had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Pollard later added vocals.

Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
Studio album by
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard
ReleasedDecember 14, 1999 (1999-12-14)
StudioCro-Magnon Studios (Dayton, Ohio)
GenreIndie rock
Length38:04
LabelFading Captain Series/Luna
Producer
Robert Pollard chronology
Kid Marine
(1999) 		Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
(1999) 		Choreographed Man of War
(2001)
Doug Gillard chronology
Malamute Jute
(1999) 		Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
(1999) 		Creative Process 473
(2003)
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard chronology
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department Mist King Urth
(2003)

The fifth track of the album, 'Do Something Real', appeared as the final soundtrack to Steven Soderbergh's 2002 film Full Frontal.

The two would collaborate again in 2003 under the moniker Lifeguards with the album Mist King Urth; this time, however, Gillard composed all the instrumentals himself, with Pollard adding lyrics and vocals.

Track listing edit

  1. "Frequent Weaver Who Burns" – 2:50
  2. "Soul Train College Policeman" – 1:39
  3. "Pop Zeus" – 2:28 (Pollard, Gillard)
  4. "Slick as Snails" – 4:19
  5. "Do Something Real" – 2:55
  6. "Port Authority" – 4:05 (Pollard, Gillard)
  7. "Soft Smoke" – 0:49
  8. "Same Things" – 1:19
  9. "And I Don't" (So Now I Do) – 2:10
  10. "Tight Globes" – 3:07
  11. "I Get Rid of You" – 2:50
  12. "Life Is Beautiful" – 2:27
  13. "Messiahs" – 2:25 (Pollard, Gillard)
  14. "Larger Massachusetts" – 2:53 (Pollard, Gillard)
  15. "And My Unit Moves" – 1:41

All songs written by Robert Pollard except where noted.

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.4/10[2]
Allmusic     [3]

Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4/10.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Rabid, Jack. "Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Robert Pollard | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ "Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Doug Gillard, Robert Pollard | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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