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Under the Bushes Under the Stars

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Released
  
March 26, 1996

Artist
  
Guided by Voices

Label
  
Matador Records

Genre
  
Indie rock

Recorded
  
1995

Release date
  
26 March 1996

Producers
  
Kim Deal, Steve Albini

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Length
  
55:45 (38:01 / 17:44) 61:20 (with bonus tracks)

Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (1996)
  
Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)

Similar
  
Guided by Voices albums, Indie rock albums

Under the Bushes Under the Stars is the ninth Guided by Voices album overall, and the last until 2012's Let's Go Eat the Factory to feature the "classic" lineup including Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell in addition to leader Robert Pollard. The album is noted as Guided by Voices' first stab at professionalism, being recorded in 24 track studios rather than their customary 4 track. Sessions for the album were reportedly arduous, spread as they were across at least four studios and as many sets of producers, and many titles and configurations were vetted before a final sequence was reached.

Contents

The final six tracks on the CD do not appear on the album's back cover. These tracks, which were included as a separate 12" EP in the vinyl edition, were not originally included in the completed album sequence, having been dropped from earlier proposed versions of the album, but were included at the request of Matador label executives who regretted their exclusion.

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Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard unless otherwise noted.

Side A

  1. "Man Called Aerodynamics" – 2:01
  2. "Rhine Jive Click" – 1:34
  3. "Cut-Out Witch" – 3:04
  4. "Burning Flag Birthday Suit" – 2:22
  5. "The Official Ironmen Rally Song" – 2:48
  6. "To Remake the Young Flyer" (Tobin Sprout) – 1:43
  7. "No Sky" – 2:03
  8. "Bright Paper Werewolves" – 1:14
  9. "Lord of Overstock" – 2:34

Side B

  1. "Your Name Is Wild" – 2:01
  2. "Ghosts of a Different Dream" – 2:30
  3. "Acorns & Orioles" – 2:12
  4. "Look at Them" – 2:27
  5. "The Perfect Life" (Sprout) – 0:59
  6. "Underwater Explosions" – 2:02
  7. "Atom Eyes" (Sprout) – 1:42
  8. "Don't Stop Now" – 2:39
  9. "Office of Hearts" – 2:06

Side C

  1. "Big Boring Wedding" – 3:43
  2. "It's Like Soul Man" (Sprout) – 2:09
  3. "Drag Days" – 2:50

Side D

  1. "Sheetkickers" (Jim Pollard, Robert Pollard) – 3:17
  2. "Redmen and Their Wives" – 3:55
  3. "Take to the Sky" – 1:50

1998 bonus tracks

  1. "Finks" – 2:28
  2. "The Finest Joke Is Upon Us" – 3:09

Songs

1Man Called Aerodynamics2:01
2Rhine Jive Click1:34
3Cut-Out Witch3:05

References

Under the Bushes Under the Stars Wikipedia