Tonics and Twisted Chasers

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Tonics and Twisted Chasers
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	1996
Genre	Rock
Length	36:21
Label	Rockathon
Professional reviews
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Guided by Voices chronology
Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (1996) Tonics and Twisted Chasers (1996) Mag Earwhig! (1997)

Tonics and Twisted Chasers was released initially as a limited-edition fanclub-only vinyl LP. The following year, it was released in an unlimited CD edition. The album was primarily recorded by principal songwriters Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout.

"Jellyfish Reflector" (also a GBV live album) was referenced in the Homestar Runner short "Sbemail 150?!?"

[edit] Track listing

1. Satellite – 1:42
2. Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5 – 1:45
3. Is She Ever? – 1:03
4. My Thoughts Are a Gas (Fucked Up Version) - 1:18
5. Knock 'em Flyin' – 1:04
6. Top Chick Silver Chord – 1:22
7. Key Losers – 2:27
8. Ha Ha Man – 0:39
9. Wingtip Repair – 0:58
10. At the Farms – 2:30
11. Unbaited Vicar of Scorched Earth – 2:10
12. Optional Bases Opposed – 1:38
13. Look, It's Baseball – 1:21
14. Maxwell Jump – 0:46
15. The Stir-Crazy Pornographer – 2:16
16. 158 Years of Beautiful Sex – 1:21
17. Universal Nurse Finger – 1:04
18. Sadness To The End – 0:56
19. Reptilian Beauty Secrets – 1:40
20. Long as the Block is Black – 1:16 (CD only bonus track)
21. Jellyfish Reflector – 1:33 (CD only bonus track)
22. The Kite Surfer – 1:47 (CD only bonus track)
23. Girl from the Sun – 1:37 (CD only bonus track)
24. The Candyland Riots – 2:08 (CD only bonus track)

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