Earthquake Glue

Studio album by Guided by Voices

Released

August 19, 2003

Recorded

2003

Genre

Rock

Length

45:17

Guided by Voices chronology

Universal Truths and Cycles
(2002)

Earthquake Glue
(2003)

Half Smiles of the Decomposed
(2004)

Earthquake Glue is the 14th record by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. Working titles for the album included "Model Prisoners of the 5 Sense Realm", "Live Like Kings Forever", and "All Sinners Welcome".^[1] The first 25,000 copies were packaged in a numbered limited-edition digipak. Some copies of Earthquake Glue contained a golden ticket; people with a golden ticket were entitled to a free copy of the anthology box set Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)^[4]
Magnet	^[5]
Uncut	^[6]
Popmatters	^[7]

Earthquake Glue met with some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 78, based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."^[2] Mark Deming of AllMusic said that it "may well be the most consistent and satisfying Guided By Voices album to date."^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

"My Kind of Soldier" – 2:36
"My Son, My Secretary, My Country" – 1:57
"I'll Replace You with Machines" – 2:49
"She Goes Off at Night" – 2:03
"Beat Your Wings" – 4:47
"Useless Inventions" – 2:53
"Dirty Water" – 3:27
"The Best of Jill Hives" – 2:42
"Dead Cloud" – 3:12
"Mix Up the Satellites" – 3:23
"The Main Street Wizards" – 3:22
"A Trophy Mule in Particular" – 2:19
"Apology in Advance" – 2:32
"Secret Star" – 4:42
"Of Mites and Men" – 2:33

References

1 2 Guided by Voices Database: Earthquake Glue. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
1 2 "Critic Reviews for Earthquake Glue". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
1 2 Deming, Mark. "Earthquake Glue - Guided by Voices". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
↑ Carr, Eric (24 August 2003). "Guided By Voices: Earthquake Glue". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
↑ Magnet review
↑ Uncut review
↑ Popmatters review

Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard Bobby Bare, Jr. Doug Gillard Mark Shue Kevin March Tobin Sprout Mitch Mitchell Greg Demos Kevin Fennell Nate Farley Jim Pollard Chris Slusarenko Jim Macpherson Tim Tobias Don Thrasher James Greer Nick Mitchell

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) Please Be Honest (2016)

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) Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) 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) Of Course You Are (2016)

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)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.