English little league

English little league
	Studioalbum van Guided by Voices
	(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	30 april 2013
Opgenomen	John Shough; Cro-Magnon Studio; Dayton, Verenigde Staten; Joe Patterson
Gemasterd	Carl Saff; Saff Mastering; Chicago, Verenigde Staten
Genre	Indierock
Duur	45:54
Label(s)	Guided by Voices Inc., Fire
Hoesontwerp	Joe Patterson, Robert Pollard
Professionele recensie
	The A.V. Club B Link; Consequence of Sound Link
Chronologie
	(en) Discogs-pagina; (en) MusicBrainz-pagina;
Portaal	Muziek

English little league is het 20^e studioalbum van de Amerikaanse indie rockband Guided by Voices. Het album verscheen op 30 april 2013 en belandde op 18 mei op #21 in de Top Heatseekers.^[1]

Zanger en frontman Robert Pollard gaf in een interview met Magnet aan dat English little league misschien het laatste album zou zijn van de band sinds de reünie in 2010: "(...) I’m not sure there’s going to be a next Guided By Voices album. I’m not gonna say for sure, but it’s already got a little bit stagnant. To me it’s kind of run its course."^[2] Echter, er zouden nog twee albums volgen voor Pollard de band daadwerkelijk ophief in 2014.

Tracklist

Alle muziek en teksten zijn geschreven door Robert Pollard, tenzij anders aangegeven.

Nr.	Titel	Duur
1.	Xeno Pariah	2:04
2.	Know Me as Heavy	2:50
3.	Islands (She Talks in Rainbows) (Tobin Sprout)	2:16
4.	Trashcan Full of Nails	3:31
5.	Send to Celeste (and the Cosmic Athletes)	3:19
6.	Quiet Game (Sprout)	3:19
7.	Noble Insect (Pollard, Sprout)	3:24
8.	Sir Garlic Breath (Pollard, Greg Demos)	2:26
9.	Crybaby 4-star Hotel	1:53
10.	Biographer Seahorse	3:36
11.	Flunky Minnows	2:12
12.	Birds (Pollard, Sprout)	2:45
13.	The Sudden Death of Epstein's Ways (Sprout)	2:16
14.	Reflections in a Metal Whistle	1:47
15.	Taciturn Caves	3:55
16.	A Burning Glass	2:01
17.	W/ Glass in Foot	2:20

Personeel

Bezetting

Robert Pollard, zang
Mitch Mitchell, gitaar
Tobin Sprout, gitaar
Greg Demos, bas
Kevin Fennell, drums

Productie

John Shough, geluidstechnicus
Carl Saff, geluidstechnicus
Joe Patterson, geluidstechnicus, hoesontwerp

Externe links

(en) English little league in de Guided by Voices Database
(en) English little league op Discogs

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

↑ (en) Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. Geraadpleegd op 28 maart 2024.
↑ (en) Valania, Jonathan, EXCERPT: In Bob We Trust. Phawker (3 juli 2013).

[1] (en) Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. Geraadpleegd op 28 maart 2024.

[2] (en) Valania, Jonathan, EXCERPT: In Bob We Trust. Phawker (3 juli 2013).

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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) · Alien Lanes (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) · (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)