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词条 Alien Lanes
释义

  1. Reception

  2. Legacy

  3. Track listing

  4. Personnel

  5. Cover versions

  6. References

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2011}}{{Infobox album
| name = Alien Lanes
| type = Album
| artist = Guided by Voices
| cover = Alien Lanes.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 4, 1995
| recorded = 1995
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, lo-fi
| length = 41:00
| label = Matador
| producer = Mr. Japan at Collider X-L
| prev_title = Bee Thousand
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Under the Bushes, Under the Stars
| next_year = 1996
}}Alien Lanes is the eighth full-length album by American lo-fi band Guided by Voices, released on April 4, 1995.[1]

The album was GBV's first release with Matador Records. According to James Greer's book Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll the advance for the record was close to a hundred thousand dollars, one of the more expensive deals in Matador's history. In contrast to the lucrative deal, Greer mentions that "The cost for recording Alien Lanes, if you leave out the beer, was about ten dollars."

Reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[2]
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score = B+[3]
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|4}}[4]
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev4Score = 9.2/10[5]
| rev5 = Rolling Stone
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[6]
| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[7]
| rev7 = Spin {{small|(1995)}}
| rev7Score = 7/10[8]
| rev8 = Spin {{small|(2006)}}
| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[9]
}}

In contemporary reviews, Matt Diehl of Rolling Stone described the album's music as "hooky rock that infuses songwriting smarts and a love of melody with a sometimes spiky, sometimes whimsical sense of experimentation".[6] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian gave the album a positive review, stating that "Pollard's songs are gems that stay just this side of self-conscious eccentricity".[4] Sullivan noted the song's lengths, stating that they were "just enough time for Pollard to wheeze a few oblique lines and guitarist Tobin Sprout to trace out a raucous melody."[4] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a "dud" rating.[10]

Legacy

Mark Deming of AllMusic described Alien Lanes as being similar to Bee Thousand, though without "as many obvious masterpieces" and "fewer obvious mistakes".[2]

Pitchfork Media included Alien Lanes in their 'Top 100 Albums of the 1990s' polls, at No. 27.[11] Magnet named it the best album of 1995.[12] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[13]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard unless otherwise noted.

  1. "A Salty Salute" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) – 1:29
  2. "Evil Speakers" – 0:58
  3. "Watch Me Jumpstart" – 2:24
  4. "They're Not Witches" (Greg Demos, Jim Pollard, R. Pollard) – 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" – 1:34
  9. "A Good Flying Bird" (Sprout) – 1:07
  10. "Cigarette Tricks" (Demos, J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:18
  11. "Pimple Zoo" – 0:42
  12. "Big Chief Chinese Restaurant" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 0:56
  13. "Closer You Are" – 1:56
  14. "Auditorium" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:02
  15. "Motor Away" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 2:06
  16. "Hit" – 0:23
  17. "My Valuable Hunting Knife" – 2:00
  18. "Gold Hick" – 0:30
  19. "King and Caroline" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:36
  20. "Striped White Jets" – 2:15
  21. "Ex-Supermodel" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:06
  22. "Blimps Go 90" – 1:40
  23. "Strawdogs" (Sprout) – 1:17
  24. "Chicken Blows" – 2:21
  25. "Little Whirl" (Sprout) – 1:46
  26. "My Son Cool" – 1:41
  27. "Always Crush Me" – 1:44
  28. "Alright" – 2:56

Personnel

Guided By Voices

  • Robert Pollard - vocals, guitar, drums, percussion (track 17), keys (track 10)
  • Tobin Sprout - vocals (tracks 9, 23, 25), guitar, bass, drums, percussion, piano (tracks 8, 27)
  • Jim Pollard - bass
  • Mitch Mitchell - guitar, bass
  • Kevin Fennell - drums, percussion
  • Jim Greer - bass, backing vocals (track 5)
  • Greg Demos - bass, guitar (tracks 4, 12), violin (track 22)

Cover versions

Tracks from the album have been covered by various artists since its release. These include:

  • "Game of Pricks", covered by American pop punk bands Magnapop from the German version of their album Mouthfeel and A Sunny Day In Glasgow on their The Sunniest Day Ever EP. Jimmy Eat World released a version on the deluxe edition of Bleed American. Chinese Telephones recorded the song for a 7" single and it was later included on their Democracy compilation. "Game of Pricks" was also covered by the British post-Grunge band My Vitriol. Musician Owen Pallett recorded "Game of Pricks" in June 2010 for The A.V. Clubs A.V. Undercover series. Brooklyn band Shark? covered the same song as a B-Side on their 2014 single "Big Summer(Summer Ale)." [14]
  • "My Valuable Hunting Knife" was covered by Motion City Soundtrack. The song was also covered by Planningtorock as a bonus track on her album W.
  • Opener "A Salty Salute" was covered by both industrial artist Kompressor and New York City band The Strokes.
  • Four songs from Alien Lanes appeared on the cover album Sing For Your Meat: A Tribute to Guided By Voices: "A Salty Salute", covered by Superdrag, "My Valuable Hunting Knife", covered by Western Civ, "Game of Pricks", covered by Lou Barlow, and "Watch Me Jumpstart", covered by La Sera.
  • Four of the tracks were covered by experimental band Wreck and Reference and released as a short album titled "Alien Pains", published by the Flenser. [15]

References

1. ^Alien Lanes at the Guided by Voices database
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/alien-lanes-mw0000124644 |title=Alien Lanes – Guided by Voices |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=June 25, 2011 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}
3. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1995/03/17/alien-lanes |title=Alien Lanes |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 17, 1995 |accessdate=July 6, 2016 |last=Flaherty |first=Mike}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Guided by Voices: Alien Lanes (Matador) |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 14, 1995 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |page=A12 |ISSN=0261-3077}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22292-alien-lanes/ |title=Guided by Voices: Alien Lanes |work=Pitchfork |date=October 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 2, 2016 |last=Hyden |first=Steven |authorlink=Steven Hyden}}
6. ^{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/guidedbyvoices/albums/album/199561/review/5946481/alien_lanes |title=Guided By Voices: Alien Lanes |work=Rolling Stone |date=March 23, 1995 |accessdate=June 25, 2011 |last=Diehl |first=Matt |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421002248/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/guidedbyvoices/albums/album/199561/review/5946481/alien_lanes |archivedate=April 21, 2009}}
7. ^{{cite book |chapter=Guided by Voices |last=Randall |first=Mac |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=349–50}}
8. ^{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=495Bl1_hMr8C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA198 |title=Guided By Voices: Alien Lanes |work=Spin |volume=11 |issue=1 |date=April 1995 |accessdate=July 6, 2016 |last=Ross |first=Alex |pages=198–99}}
9. ^{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrs6Gg_KZg0C&pg=PA78 |title=Discography: Robert Pollard |work=Spin |volume=22 |issue=11 |date=November 2006 |accessdate=January 9, 2017 |last=Milner |first=Greg |page=78}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv296-96.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=February 20, 1996|accessdate=December 6, 2011|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/8/|title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990s|publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=July 6, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090623024352/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/8/| archivedate= June 23, 2009 | deadurl= no}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://acclaimedmusic.net/ |title=Acclaimed Music |publisher=Acclaimed Music |date= |accessdate=December 6, 2011}}
13. ^{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|accessdate= |date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=Owen Pallett covers Guided By Voices|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/owen-pallett-covers-guided-by-voices,38886/|accessdate=19 March 2013}}
15. ^http://theflenser.com/wreck-and-reference-alien-pains/
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