Guided By Voices, Isolation Drills - 47m 20s

Tracks & Durations

1. Fair Touching	3:07
2. Skills Like This	2:47
3. Chasing Heather Crazy	2:53
4. Frostman	0:55
5. Twilight Campfighter	3:07
6. Sister I Need Wine	1:40
7. Want One?	1:48
8. The Enemy	4:53
9. Unspirited	2:25
10. Glad Girls	3:49
11. Run Wild	3:48
12. Pivotal Film	3:10
13. How's My Drinking?	2:38
14. The Brides Have Hit Glass	2:51
15. Fine To See You	3:16
16. Privately	4:02

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Review

Indie rockers loved for their lo-fi sound always risk losing fans when they shine their new releases with big-band polish. Luckily for Guided by Voices zealots, their prolific king, Robert Pollard, can't seem to steer his band any direction but up. On Isolation Drills, GBV builds on the full sound of Do the Collapse, enlisting Robert Scnapf (Foo Fighters, Elliott Smith, Beck) to help with production. The result is a two-tiered record that sparkles with the fullness of fuzzy guitars, pounding drums, and the backing textures of organ, piano, and strings, while cracking the code of Pollard's more fragile psyche.

The band's gritty sound has swelled into a grand sonic landscape, but a closer look shows a pockmarked world existing between the lyrical lines. Pollard's whimsical songwriting takes a turn for the serious on a number of Isolation songs. On "The Brides Have Hit Glass," he laments, "It won't last/ To be on top of your own world/ With no guard rails to cling onto/ You fall so very fast." On "How's My Drinking?" he almost slurs the words about ceasing to care for sobriety as he sings, "I won't change," and coos with the rest of the melody. Isolation is a brilliant mix of uptempo Pollard anthems ("Glad Girls") teetering on the edge of a fractured looking glass. --Jennifer MaerzIsolation Drills is a masterful album from start to finish with a balance of rock gems and beautiful pop melodies. Produced by Rob Schnapf, whose previous credits include Foo Fighters, Beck, Elliot Smith and the Toadies. The 2001 album is a stunning testament to the brilliant evolution of this wondrous band. Includes 'Chasing Heather Crazy', 'Glad Girls', 'Skills Like This' (featuring Elliot Smith) and 'The Brides Have Hit Glass'. Digipak.

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Isolation Drills

Tracks: 16, Disk length: 47m 24s (+0m 4s)

Isolation Drills

Tracks: 15 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 43m 18s (-5m 58s)

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