Same Place the Fly Got Smashed

by Guided by Voices

Same Place the Fly Got Smashed cover art

Considered one of Robert Pollard's darkest lyrical statements, this lo-fi concept album loosely follows the narrative of an alcoholic's tragic decline. The primitive, four-track recording techniques provide a raw, uncompromising backdrop to his deeply melancholic and cryptic songwriting.

Genres

  • Slacker Rock

Tracklist

  1. Airshow '88
  2. Order For The New Slave Trade
  3. The Hard Way
  4. Drinker's Peace
  5. Mammoth Cave
  6. When She Turns 50
  7. Club Molluska
  8. Pendulum
  9. Ambergris
  10. Local Mix-Up / Murder Charge
  11. Starboy
  12. Blatant Doom Trip
  13. How Loft I Am?