The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
by Guided by Voices
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 4 November 2003
- Label: Matador
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:17:13
- Community rating: 4.46/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
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
Descriptors: melodic, lo-fi, infectious, compilation, soaring
Tracklist
- A Salty Salute (1:29)
- Things I Will Keep (2:26)
- Everywhere With Helicopter (2:38)
- I Am A Tree (4:40)
- My Kind Of Soldier (2:36)
- 14 Cheerleader Coldfront (1:31)
- Twilight Campfighter (3:08)
- Echos Myron (2:38)
- Learning To Hunt (2:25)
- Bulldog Skin (3:00)
- Captain's Dead (2:01)
- Tractor Rape Chain (3:04)
- Game Of Pricks (2:15)
- To Remake The Young Flyer (1:44)
- Hit (0:23)
- Glad Girls (3:49)
- Drinker's Peace (1:51)
- Surgical Focus (3:47)
- Cut-Out Witch (3:06)
- The Best Of Jill Hives (2:39)
- Hot Freaks (1:43)
- Shocker In Gloomtown (1:26)
- Chasing Heather Crazy (2:53)
- My Valuable Hunting Knife (2:01)
- The Official Ironmen Rally Song (2:49)
- Non-Absorbing (1:35)
- Motor Away (2:16)
- Teenage FBI (1:25)
- Watch Me Jumpstart (2:38)
- Exit Flagger (2:19)
- Back To The Lake (2:34)
- I Am A Scientist (2:24)
Credits
- Guided by Voices - primary artist
- Robert Pollard - compiled by, written-by
- Doug Gillard - written-by
- Tobin Sprout - written-by