The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates

by Guided by Voices

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Attempting the nearly impossible task of distilling Robert Pollard's famously colossal, thousand-song discography into a single disc, this compilation is a masterclass in lo-fi curation. The sequence effortlessly bridges the chaotic, 4-track cassette grit of 'Bee Thousand' with the polished, arena-ready power-pop hooks of their later major-label flirtations. It stands as the absolute perfect introductory document to the undisputed kings of 1990s American indie-rock overproduction.

Genres

  • Indie Rock

Tracklist

  1. A Salty Salute
  2. Things I Will Keep
  3. Everywhere With Helicopter
  4. I Am A Tree
  5. My Kind Of Soldier
  6. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront
  7. Twilight Campfighter
  8. Echos Myron
  9. Learning To Hunt
  10. Bulldog Skin
  11. Captain's Dead
  12. Tractor Rape Chain
  13. Game Of Pricks
  14. To Remake The Young Flyer
  15. Hit
  16. Glad Girls
  17. Drinker's Peace
  18. Surgical Focus
  19. Cut-Out Witch
  20. The Best Of Jill Hives
  21. Hot Freaks
  22. Shocker In Gloomtown
  23. Chasing Heather Crazy
  24. My Valuable Hunting Knife
  25. The Official Ironmen Rally Song
  26. Non-Absorbing
  27. Motor Away
  28. Teenage FBI
  29. Watch Me Jumpstart
  30. Exit Flagger
  31. Back To The Lake
  32. I Am A Scientist