Alien Lanes

Alien Lanes
	Studioalbum van Guided by Voices
	(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	4 april 1995
Opgenomen	1995
Gemasterd	Bob Ludwig
Genre	indierock, lo-fi, powerpop
Duur	41:01
Label(s)	Matador
Producent(en)	Robert Pollard
Professionele recensie
	AllMusic ; Robert Christgau dud; Entertainment Weekly B+; Pitchfork 9,2; Rolling Stone ; The Rolling Stone Album Guide ; Spin (1995) 7; Spin (2006)
Chronologie
	(en) Allmusic-pagina; (en) Last.fm-pagina; (en) Discogs-pagina; (en) MusicBrainz-pagina;
Portaal	Muziek

Alien Lanes (werktitel: Scalping the Guru) is het 8^e studioalbum van de Amerikaanse indie rockband Guided by Voices. Het album werd uitgebracht op 4 april 1995.

Opnames en productie

Guided by Voices kreeg van platenlabel Matador een voorschot van bijna $100.000 voor het opnemen van het album. De opnames vonden plaats in de thuisstudio van gitarist Tobin Sprout. Gitarist James Greer merkte in zijn boek Guided by Voices: A Brief History op dat als de aanschaf van bier buiten beschouwing werd gelaten, de totale gemaakte kosten $10 bedroegen.^[9]

Tracklist

Nr.	Titel	Duur
1.	A Salty Salute	1:29
2.	Evil Speakers	0:58
3.	Watch Me Jumpstart	2:24
4.	They're Not Witches	0:51
5.	As We Go Up We Go Down	1:37
6.	(I Wanna Be a) Dumbcharger	1:13
7.	Game of Pricks	1:33
8.	The Ugly Vision	1:35
9.	A Good Flying Bird	1:07
10.	Cigarette Tricks	0:18
11.	Pimple Zoo	0:42
12.	Big Chief Chinese Restaurant	0:56
13.	Closer You Are	1:56
14.	Auditorium	1:02
15.	Motor Away	2:06
16.	Hit	0:22
17.	My Valuable Hunting Knife	2:00
18.	Gold Hick	0:30
19.	King and Caroline	1:36
20.	Striped White Jets	2:15
21.	Ex-Supermodel	1:06
22.	Blimps Go 90	1:40
23.	Strawdogs	1:17
24.	Chicken Blows	2:21
25.	Little Whirl	1:46
26.	My Son Cool	1:41
27.	Always Crush Me	1:44
28.	Alright	2:56

Bezetting

Greg Demos
Kevin Fennell
James Greer
Pete Jamison
Mitch Mitchell
Jim Pollard
Robert Pollard
Tobin Sprout

Literatuur

Greer, James (2005). Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-one Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll. Black Cat, New York. ISBN 0-8021-7013-7.

Externe link

(en) Alien Lanes in de Guided by Voices Database

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

↑ (en) Deming, Mark, Alien Lanes - Guided by Voices. AllMusic.
↑ (en) Christgau, Robert, Consumer Guide. Village Voice – via RobertChristgau.com.
↑ (en) Flaherty, Mike, Alien Lanes. Entertainment Weekly (17 maart 1995). Gearchiveerd op 15 april 2021.
↑ (en) Hyden, Steven, Guided by Voices: Alien Lanes (2 oktober 2016).
↑ (en) Diehl, Matt, Alien Lanes. Rolling Stone (23 maart 1995).
↑ (en) Randall, Mac (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster, New York, p. 349. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ (en) Ross, Alex (1995). Alien Lanes. Spin 11 (1): pp. 198-199
↑ (en) Milner, Greg (2006). Discography: Robert Pollard. Spin 22 (11): p. 78
↑ Greer 2005, p. 96.

[allmusic-1] (en) Deming, Mark, Alien Lanes - Guided by Voices. AllMusic.

[christgau-2] (en) Christgau, Robert, Consumer Guide. Village Voice – via RobertChristgau.com.

[entertainmentweekly-3] (en) Flaherty, Mike, Alien Lanes. Entertainment Weekly (17 maart 1995). Gearchiveerd op 15 april 2021.

[4] (en) Hyden, Steven, Guided by Voices: Alien Lanes (2 oktober 2016).

[rollingstone-5] (en) Diehl, Matt, Alien Lanes. Rolling Stone (23 maart 1995).

[rollingstonealbumguide-6] (en) Randall, Mac (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster, New York, p. 349. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[spin1995-7] (en) Ross, Alex (1995). Alien Lanes. Spin 11 (1): pp. 198-199

[spin2006-8] (en) Milner, Greg (2006). Discography: Robert Pollard. Spin 22 (11): p. 78

[FOOTNOTEGreer200596-9] Greer 2005, p. 96.

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Leden:	Robert Pollard · Bobby Bare jr. · Doug Gillard · Mark Shue · Kevin March
Ex-leden:	Greg Demos · James Greer · Chris Slusarenko · Tobin Sprout
Albums:	Devil Between My Toes (1987) · Sandbox (1987) · Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) · Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) · Propeller (1992) · Vampire on Titus (1993) · Bee Thousand (1994) · (1995) · Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) · Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996) · Mag Earwhig! (1997) · Do the Collapse (1999) · Isolation Drills (2001) · Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) · Earthquake Glue (2003) · Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) · Let's Go Eat the Factory (2011) · Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) · The Bears for Lunch (2012) · English Little League (2013) · Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) · Cool Planet (2014) · Please Be Honest (2016) · August by Cake (2017) · How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) · Space Gun (2018) · Zeppelin over China (2019) · Warp and Woof (2019) · Sweating the Plague (2019) · Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) · Mirrored Aztec (2020) · Styles We Paid For (2020) · Earth Man Blues (2021) · It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021) · Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022) · Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022) · La La Land (2023) · Welshpool Frillies (2023) · Nowhere to Go but Up (2023) · Strut of Kings (2024) · Universe Room (2025)
Ep's:	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) · The Grand Hour (1993) · Static Airplane Jive (1993) · Get Out of My Stations (1994) · Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) · Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) · I Am a Scientist (1994) · Tigerbomb (1995) · Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) · Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) · Wish in One Hand... (1997) · Plugs for the Program (1999) · Hold on Hope (2000) · Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5 (2000) · Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do the Collapse B-sides (2001) · The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) · Down by the Racetrack (2013) · Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018) · 100 Dougs (2018) · 1901 Acid Rock (2019) · Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
Verzamelalbums:	Selective Service (2001) · The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) · Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007) · Scalping the Guru (2022)
Boxsets:	Box (1995) · Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) · Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) · Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) · Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009) · Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)