Bee Thousand

by Guided By Voices

Bee Thousand cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 21, 1994
  • Label: Scat
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:30
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 17 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Bee Thousand' stands as a landmark of 1990s lo-fi, assembled from song fragments and rerecorded demos captured on primitive home four-track machines. The album merges Robert Pollard's surrealist lyrical collages with concise pop hooks that draw from British Invasion, punk, and psychedelic rock influences. Its varied and spontaneous production, complete with audible tape flaws, defined a key aesthetic for the genre while showcasing the band's eclectic and highly melodic songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, short-form, jangly, melodic, DIY

Tracklist

  1. Hardcore UFO's (01:54)
  2. Buzzards And Dreadful Crows (01:43)
  3. Tractor Rape Chain (03:04)
  4. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory (01:45)
  5. Hot Freaks (01:42)
  6. Smothered In Hugs (03:00)
  7. Yours To Keep (01:15)
  8. Echos Myron (02:42)
  9. Gold Star For Robot Boy (01:39)
  10. Awful Bliss (01:12)
  11. Mincer Ray (02:21)
  12. A Big Fan Of The Pigpen (02:09)
  13. Queen Of Cans And Jars (01:55)
  14. Her Psychology Today (02:04)
  15. Kicker Of Elves (01:04)
  16. Ester's Day (01:51)
  17. Demons Are Real (00:48)
  18. I Am A Scientist (02:24)
  19. Peep-Hole (01:25)
  20. You're Not An Airplane (00:33)

Credits

  • Don Thrasher - performer
  • Greg Demos - performer
  • Dan Toohey - performer [gbv]
  • Jim Pollard - performer [gbv]
  • Kevin Fennell - performer [gbv]
  • Mitch Mitchell - performer [gbv]
  • Robert Pollard - performer [gbv], vocals
  • Tobin Sprout - performer [gbv], guitar

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