Superman Was a Rocker

Superman Was A Rocker

Studio album by Robert Pollard

Released

January 29, 2008

Genre

Rock & Roll, Indie rock

Label

Happy Jack Rock Records

Producer

Robert Pollard, Todd Tobias

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Robert Pollard chronology

Standard Gargoyle Decisions
(2007) and Coast to Coast Carpet of Love
(2007)

Superman Was A Rocker
(2008)

Weatherman and Skin Goddess
(2008)

Superman Was A Rocker is the tenth studio album from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. It was released on January 29, 2008. It differs from Pollard's past solo albums in that it is very lo-fi in comparison to his more polished releases.

According to the Rockathon Music website:

"Robert Pollard's Superman Was A Rocker is a return to old ways for Bob. This mini-album (13 songs, 30 minutes) finds Bob using recording methods that he hasn't engaged in since the old GBV days. Bob recently poured through a bunch of old cassette tapes of his and found some great instrumentals that he either wrote or co-wrote, and never used. He decided to go into the studio and put vocals (and melodies!) over them. The music spans a 20+ year period. Due to the span of time and body of work from which the clips were accessed, many of the classic GBV alumni appear on this album; Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Doug Gillard, Nate Farley."

Superman Was a Rocker marks the first LP released by Pollard's Happy Jack Rock Records label [4].

Track listing

"Another Man's Blood"
"Go Down First"
"Back to the Farm"
"Substitute Heaven"
"Prince Alphabet"
"You Drove the Snake Crazy"
"Surveillance"
"Fascination Attempt"
"Love Your Spaceman"
"Jumping"
"St. Leroy"
"Peacock"
"More Hot Dogs Please"

Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard Tobin Sprout • Mitch Mitchell • Kevin Fennell • Greg Demos

Former members	Nate Farley • Doug Gillard • Jim Pollard • Chris Slusarenko • Kevin March • Jim Macpherson • Tim Tobias • Don Thrasher • James Greer

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) • Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) • Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012)

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) • Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009)

Compilation	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) • Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007)

Related articles	Discography • Airport 5 • Boston Spaceships • Circus Devils • Cobra Verde • Todd Tobias

Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) • Waved Out (1998) • Kid Marine (1999) • Motel of Fools (2003) • Fiction Man (2004) • From a Compound Eye (2006) • Normal Happiness (2006) • Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) • Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) • Superman Was a Rocker (2008) • Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008) • The Crawling Distance (2009) • Elephant Jokes (2009) • We All Got Out of the Army (2010) • Moses on a Snail (2010) • Space City Kicks (2011) • Lord of the Birdcage (2011) • Mouseman Cloud (2012)

Tobin Sprout albums	Carnival Boy (1996) • Moonflower Plastic (1997) • Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999) • Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003) • The Bluebirds Of Happiness Tried To Land On My Shoulder (2010)

Airport 5 albums	Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001) • Life Starts Here (2002)

Boston Spaceships albums	Brown Submarine (2008) • The Planets are Blasted (2009) • Zero to 99 (2009) • Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010) • Let It Beard (2011)

Acid Ranch albums	Some Of The Magic Syrup Was Preserved (2002) • As Forever: A Manifesto Of Fractured Imagination And Wreckless Living (2005) • The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great (2007)

Circus Devils albums	Ringworm Interiors (2001) • The Harold Pig Memorial (2002) • Pinball Mars (2004) • Five (2005) • Sgt. Disco (2007) • Ataxia (2008) • Gringo (2009) • Mother Skinny (2010) • Capsized! (2011)