Universal Truths and Cycles

Studio album by Guided by Voices

Released

June 18, 2002

Recorded

2001

Genre

Indie rock

Length

46:25

Label

Matador

Producer

Todd Tobias, Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices chronology

Isolation Drills
(2001)

Universal Truths and Cycles
(2002)

Earthquake Glue
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Dusted Magazine	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 ^[3]
Popmatters	favorable ^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
The A.V. Club	favorable ^[6]

Universal Truths and Cycles is the thirteenth (official) album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided by Voices. After releasing their previous two albums on TVT Records, Guided by Voices returned to Matador Records.

This was the highest charting Guided by Voices album at the time of release. It peaked at #160 on the Billboard Top 200, #10 on the Independent Albums list, and in the best chart performance of their career, #3 on the Top Heatseekers chart .

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

Side A

"Wire Greyhounds" – 0:35
"Skin Parade" – 2:57
"Zap" – 1:14
"Christian Animation Torch Carriers" – 3:54
"Cheyenne" – 2:58
"The Weeping Bogeyman" – 1:35
"Back to the Lake" – 2:33
"Love 1" – 0:54
"Storm Vibrations" – 4:59
"Factory of Raw Essentials" – 1:25

Side B

"Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:36
"Pretty Bombs" – 3:06
"Eureka Signs" – 3:06
"Wings of Thorn" – 2:10
"Car Language" – 4:44
"From a Voice Plantation" – 2:06
"The Ids Are Alright" – 1:10
"Universal Truths and Cycles" – 2:19
"Father Sgt. Christmas Card" – 2:04

In the media

In the television series The IT Crowd episode Red Door, Roy hides stolen computer equipment under a Universal Truths and Cycles t-shirt. There is a poster of the same on a wall in Roy and Maurice's office.
In the television series The Wire Nick Sobotka has a Universal Truths and Cycles poster on his wall.
Guided by Voices performed "Everywhere With Helicopter" live on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on June 17, 2002.

References

↑ Deming, Mark. "Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ Dungan, Jason (17 June 2002). "Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ LeMay, Matt (23 June 2002). "Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ Jamieson, Robert (24 June 2002). "Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles". PopMatters. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ O'Connor, Rob (18 June 2002). "Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ Phipps, Keith (25 June 2002). "Guided by Voices: Universal Truths and Cycles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard Bobby Bare, Jr. Nick Mitchell Mark Shue Kevin March Tobin Sprout Mitch Mitchell Greg Demos Kevin Fennell Nate Farley Doug Gillard Jim Pollard Chris Slusarenko 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 & 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) The Bears for Lunch (2012) English Little League (2013) Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) Cool Planet (2014)

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) Down by the Racetrack (2013)

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) Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)

Compilation albums	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 (EP) (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) Jack Sells The Cow (2012) Honey Locust Honky Tonk (2013) Blazing Gentlemen (2013) Faulty Superheroes (2015)

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)

Lifeguards and Doug Gillard albums	Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) Mist King Urth (2003) Waving at the Astronauts (2011)

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) When Machines Attack (2013) My Mind Has Seen The White Trick (2013) Escape (2014) Stomping Grounds (2015)

Ricked Wicky albums	I Sell the Circus (2015) King Heavy Metal (2015) Swimmer to a Liquid Armchair (2015)

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