Under the Bushes Under the Stars

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Under the Bushes Under the Stars
Under the Bushes Under the Stars cover
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released March 26, 1996
Recorded 1995
Genre Indie Rock
Label Matador Records
Producer(s) John Shough, Doug Easley, Davis McCain, Kim Deal, Steve Albini
Professional reviews

All Music Guide:3/5 stars link

Guided by Voices chronology
Alien Lanes
(1995)
Under the Bushes, Under the Stars
(1996)
Tonics and Twisted Chasers
(1996)


[edit] Overview

Under the Bushes Under the Stars is the 9th Guided by Voices album overall, and the final 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 ardurous, 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.

The final 6 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.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Man Called Aerodynamics"
  2. "Rhine Jive Click"
  3. "Cut-Out Witch"
  4. "Burning Flag Birthday Suit"
  5. "The Official Iron Men Rally Song"
  6. "To Remake the Young Flyer"
  7. "No Sky"
  8. "Bright Paper Werewolves"
  9. "Lord of Overstock"
  10. "Your Name Is Wild"
  11. "Ghosts of a Different Dream"
  12. "Acorns & Orioles"
  13. "Look at Them"
  14. "The Perfect Life"
  15. "Underwater Explosions"
  16. "Atom Eyes"
  17. "Don't Stop Now"
  18. "Office of Hearts"
  19. "Big Boring Wedding"
  20. "It's Like Soul Man"
  21. "Drag Days"
  22. "Sheetkickers"
  23. "Redmen and Their Wives"
  24. "Take to the Sky"
Guided by Voices
Robert Pollard
Doug Gillard | Nate Farley | Chris Slusarenko | Kevin March
Tobin Sprout | Mitch Mitchell | Tim Tobias | Jim Pollard | Kevin Fennell | Greg Demos | Jim Macpherson | Don Thrasher | Jim Greer
Discography
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 and 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)
EPs: 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)
Box Sets: 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)
Compilation: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003)
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