Bee Thousand
Guided by Voices
Bee Thousand
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Hardcore UFO's | 1:53 | 26,122 | |||
| 2 | Buzzards and Dreadful Crows | 1:42 | 24,733 | |||
| 3 | Tractor Rape Chain | 3:04 | 29,632 | |||
| 4 | The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory | 1:44 | 23,162 | |||
| 5 | Hot Freaks | 1:42 | 28,656 | |||
| 6 | Smothered in Hugs | 2:59 | 22,720 | |||
| 7 | Yours to Keep | 1:15 | 21,890 | |||
| 8 | Echos Myron | 2:41 | 27,810 | |||
| 9 | Gold Star for Robot Boy | 1:39 | 24,055 | |||
| 10 | Awful Bliss | 1:12 | 22,489 | |||
| 11 | Mincer Ray | 2:20 | 20,567 | |||
| 12 | A Big Fan of the Pigpen | 2:08 | 20,311 | |||
| 13 | Queen of Cans and Jars | 1:54 | 21,060 | |||
| 14 | Her Psychology Today | 2:03 | 19,400 | |||
| 15 | Kicker of Elves | 1:03 | 20,897 | |||
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Ester's Day | 1:51 | 26,195 | ||
| 17 | Demons Are Real | 0:48 | 19,706 | |||
| 18 | I Am a Scientist | 2:31 | 32,882 | |||
| 19 | Peep-Hole | 1:25 | 19,216 | |||
| 20 | You're Not an Airplane | 0:33 | 20,126 |
About this album
Bee Thousand is the seventh album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices released on June 21, 1994. It is noted for its poor fidelity, having been recorded on retail devices rather than in a studio, and for its abnormally brief song lengths. Nonetheless, the album has been considered to be among the most important of indie rock. The album’s music draws inspiration from British Invasion-era rock music and punk rock, while the surreal lyrics are largely a reflection of principal songwriter Robert Pollard’s experiences as a schoolteacher, a father, and a musician.
Upon its release, Bee Thousand unexpectedly garnered a relatively large amount of attention within indie and alternative rock circles, receiving critical praise. Due to the album’s inferior fidelity, the band became associated with an indie rock genre known as “lo-fi”, a movement defined by its poor recording quality. The album has since been hailed as a masterpiece, and is considered an essential indie rock album and among the most important alternative rock albums of the 1990s.
Background
Guided by Voices was a Dayton, Ohio-based band formed in 1983. Although by 1992 the band had released five full-length albums (not including their 1986 debut EP, Forever Since Breakfast), Guided by Voices was not a band in a conventional sense; its line-up was extremely loose, consisting of whomever of a group of friends showed up to short notice recording sessions. Additionally, the group did not put on live performances.
Upon its release, Bee Thousand unexpectedly garnered a relatively large amount of attention within indie and alternative rock circles, receiving critical praise. Due to the album’s inferior fidelity, the band became associated with an indie rock genre known as “lo-fi”, a movement defined by its poor recording quality. The album has since been hailed as a masterpiece, and is considered an essential indie rock album and among the most important alternative rock albums of the 1990s.
Background
Guided by Voices was a Dayton, Ohio-based band formed in 1983. Although by 1992 the band had released five full-length albums (not including their 1986 debut EP, Forever Since Breakfast), Guided by Voices was not a band in a conventional sense; its line-up was extremely loose, consisting of whomever of a group of friends showed up to short notice recording sessions. Additionally, the group did not put on live performances.
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Shouts
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theStarry wrote:
Ooops, forgot to say i love it.
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theStarry wrote:
Possibly the most lo-fi album ever recorded, it couldnt be more lo-fi, even if they recorded it down a phoneline into an answermachine and released that tape! the only way they could have been more lo-fi than this, is if they never bothered their arse to even record it in the first place.
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aboutbeingsober wrote:
Pollard, you genius. [2]
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bjornkicksocean wrote:
i can't say why, but life feels a little bit different after listening to this album.
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mattmacneil wrote:
Pollard, you genius.
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daft_intellect wrote:
best.
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Streetee wrote:
extremely excellent.
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EdgeLike wrote:
Fantastic album.
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Yunckzilla wrote:
strange, brilliant album
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riigo wrote:
definitely a landmark album of the lo-fi movement
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FootToFace wrote:
classic
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Dornelas wrote:
Only a genius to make a album so brillant
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idrinkbleach wrote:
amazing album alongside alien lanes.
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Standingonair66 wrote:
one of my favorite albums ever. It flows so well. There's so much variety. the lyrics are so odd and fantastic. classic rock of the new generation
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jmelees wrote:
one of my favorites and the best sequenced album ever.
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eighteenforever wrote:
Quite possibly my favorite album of all-time.
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mattmacneil wrote:
I can't stop listening to this bloody album. my God.
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electricturf wrote:
I haven't been this exhilarated and refreshed from listening to an album since the first time I heard The Velvet Underground and Nico. This is one of the greatest albums of all time from one of the greatest bands of all time.
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andrewt wrote:
I can't believe it took me this long, after hearing about them for years, to check these guys, and this album, out. Amazing.
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Starless_night wrote:
EPIC!
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skywire909 added Bee Thousand to skywire909’s library. Thursday evening
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