Let's Go Eat the Factory

by Guided by Voices

Let's Go Eat the Factory cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 December 2011
  • Label: Guided By Voices
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:52
  • Community rating: 2.99/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: The Soft Spoken Trout, Chief Runningmouth

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking the highly anticipated reunion of their classic 1990s 'Alien Lanes' lineup, Robert Pollard's prolific band returned to the studio after a massive comeback tour. The record joyfully recaptures their signature, fragmented lo-fi aesthetic and hook-laden power-pop eccentricities.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, noisy, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Laundry and Lasers (2:38)
  2. The Head (1:10)
  3. Doughnut for a Snowman (1:44)
  4. Spiderfighter (3:35)
  5. Hang Mr. Kite (1:40)
  6. God Loves Us (1:28)
  7. The Unsinkable Fats Domino (1:53)
  8. Who Invented the Sun (1:21)
  9. The Big Hat and Toy Show (2:12)
  10. Imperial Racehorsing (2:54)
  11. How I Met My Mother (1:02)
  12. Waves (3:22)
  13. My Europa (1:48)
  14. Chocolate Boy (1:31)
  15. The Things That Never Need (1:11)
  16. Either Nelson (2:04)
  17. Cyclone Utilities (Remember Your Birthday) (2:50)
  18. Old Bones (2:03)
  19. Go Rolling Home (0:34)
  20. The Room Taking Shape (0:43)
  21. We Won't Apologize for the Human Race (4:01)

Credits

  • Guided by Voices - primary artist
  • Robert Pollard - artwork, performer, written-by
  • Tobin Sprout - illustration [smoking rabbit], performer, written-by
  • Greg Demos - performer, written-by
  • Kevin Fennell - performer
  • Mitch Mitchell - performer, written-by
  • Jim Pollard - performer [w/], written-by

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