Alien Lanes
by Guided by Voices
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 April 1995
- Label: Matador
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:15
- Community rating: 3.97/5 from 9 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Alien Lanes' is a sprawling, 28-track zenith of lo-fi indie rock and brilliant melodic pop brevity. Robert Pollard's prolific, deeply surreal songwriting shines through cheap cassette-recorder hiss, creating an incredibly eclectic, warm, and playful mosaic of power pop hooks.
Genres
Descriptors: lo-fi, melodic, short-form, idiosyncratic, slacker
Tracklist
- A Salty Salute (1:29)
- Evil Speakers (0:58)
- Watch Me Jumpstart (2:24)
- They're Not Witches (0:51)
- As We Go Up, We Go Down (1:37)
- (I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger (1:13)
- Game Of Pricks (1:33)
- The Ugly Vision (1:35)
- A Good Flying Bird (1:07)
- Cigarette Tricks (0:18)
- Pimple Zoo (0:42)
- Big Chief Chinese Restaurant (0:56)
- Closer You Are (1:56)
- Auditorium (1:02)
- Motor Away (2:06)
- Hit (0:22)
- My Valuable Hunting Knife (2:00)
- Gold Hick (0:30)
- King And Caroline (1:36)
- Striped White Jets (2:15)
- Ex-Supermodel (1:06)
- Blimps Go 90 (1:40)
- Strawdogs (1:17)
- Chicken Blows (2:21)
- Little Whirl (1:46)
- My Son Cool (1:41)
- Always Crush Me (1:44)
- Alright (2:58)
Credits
- Guided by Voices - primary artist, written-by
- Bob Ohe - cover
- Mark Ohe - cover
- Red-Nosed Driver - engineer
- Gold Mountain Entertainment - management
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Greg Demos - performer [sad freaks], written-by
- Jim Greer - performer [sad freaks]
- Jim Pollard - performer [sad freaks], written-by
- Kevin Fennell - performer [sad freaks]
- Mitch Mitchell - performer [sad freaks]
- Pete Jamison - performer [sad freaks]
- Robert Pollard - performer [sad freaks], written-by
- Tobin Sprout - performer [sad freaks], written-by
- Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock - photography by [back cover]
- Mr. Japan - producer