August by Cake
2017 studio album by Guided by Voices
August by Cake | ||||
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Studio album by Guided by Voices | ||||
Released | April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14) | |||
Studio | Serious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 71:15 | |||
Label | Rockathon | |||
Guided by Voices chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Pitchfork | 7.1/10[3] |
August by Cake is the 24th album by the Dayton, Ohio-based group Guided by Voices. It is also said to be the 100th album recorded by main member Robert Pollard, though different numbers have been counted in his entire discography and side projects. It was released on April 7, 2017.[4] August by Cake is a double album.
Track listing
- All tracks written by Robert Pollard, except noted.
- "5º On the Inside" – 2:29
- "Generox Gray" – 1:59
- "When We All Hold Hands at the End of the World" – 2:03
- "Goodbye Note" (Doug Gillard) – 2:52
- "We Liken the Sun" – 2:10
- "Fever Pitch" – 1:02
- "Absent the Man" (Mark Shue) – 1:37
- "Packing the Dead Zone" – 2:52
- "What Begins On New Years Day" – 2:00
- "Overloaded" (Kevin March) – 3:33
- "Keep Me Down" – 2:34
- "West Coast Company Man" – 1:56
- "Warm Up to Religion" – 1:53
- "High Five Hall of Famers" (Bobby Bare, Jr.) – 2:09
- "Sudden Fiction" (Shue) – 2:42
- "Hiking Skin" – 1:57
- "It's Food" – 2:54
- "Cheap Buttons" – 2:13
- "Substitute 11" – 2:32
- "Chew the Sand" (Shue) – 3:46
- "Dr. Feelgood Falls Off the Ocean" (Robert Pollard/Jim Pollard)– 2:00
- "The Laughing Closet" – 1:33
- "Deflect/Project" (Gillard) – 2:34
- "Upon the Circus Bus" (Bare Jr.) – 2:21
- "Try It Out (It's Nothing)" – 1:48
- "Sentimental Wars" (March) – 2:49
- "Circus Day Holdout" – 2:03
- "Whole Tomatoes" – 1:13
- "Amusement Park Is Over" – 2:19
- "Golden Doors" – 1:42
- "The Possible Edge" – 2:03
- "Escape to Phoenix" – 2:08
Personnel
- Robert Pollard – vocals
- Doug Gillard – guitar, vocals
- Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, vocals
- Mark Shue – bass guitar, vocals
- Kevin March – drums, vocals
References
- ^ "August by Cake by Guided by Voices". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "August by Cake - Guided by Voices - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Guided by Voices: August by Cake". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Sodomsky, Sam (January 25, 2017). "Guided by Voices' New Album Is Robert Pollard's 100th LP". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
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- Robert Pollard
- Doug Gillard
- Mark Shue
- Bobby Bare Jr.
- Kevin March
- Tobin Sprout
- Mitch Mitchell
- Greg Demos
- Kevin Fennell
- Jim Macpherson
- James Greer
- 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)
- August by Cake (2017)
- How Do You Spell Heaven (2017)
- Space Gun (2018)
- Zeppelin Over China (2019)
- Warp and Woof (2019)
- Sweating the Plague (2019)
- Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020)
- Mirrored Aztec (2020)
- Styles We Paid For (2020)
- Earth Man Blues (2021)
- It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021)
- Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022)
- Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022)
- La La Land (2023)
- Welshpool Frillies (2023)
- Nowhere to Go but Up (2023)
- Strut of Kings (2024)
- 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 (2001)
- The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002)
- Down by the Racetrack (2013)
- Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018)
- 100 Dougs (2018)
- 1901 Acid Rock (2019)
- Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
- Live from Austin, TX (2007)
- The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003)
- Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007)
- Scalping the Guru (2022)
- 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)
solo albums
- Not in My Airforce (1996)
- Waved Out (1998)
- Kid Marine (1999)
- Motel of Fools (2003)
- Fiction Man (2004)
- Relaxation of the Asshole (2005)
- From a Compound Eye (2006)
- Normal Happiness (2006)
- Silverfish Trivia (2007)
- Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007)
- Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007)
- Superman Was a Rocker (2008)
- Weatherman and Skin Goddess (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)
- 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)
- The Universe & Me (2017)
- Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001)
- Life Starts Here (2002)
- Brown Submarine (2008)
- The Planets are Blasted (2009)
- Zero to 99 (2009)
- Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010)
- Let It Beard (2011)
Doug Gillard albums
- Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999)
- Mist King Urth (2003)
- Waving at the Astronauts (2011)
- In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999)
- Big Trouble (2000)
- Choreographed Man of War (2001)
- Calling Zero (2002)
- Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)
- 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)
- Laughs Last (2017)