Guided By Voices, Universal Truths and Cycles - 46m 37s

Tracks & Durations

1. Wire Greyhounds	0:35
2. Skin Parade	2:57
3. Zap	1:14
4. Christian Animation Torch Carriers	3:54
5. Cheyenne	2:58
6. The Weeping Bogeyman	1:35
7. Back to the Lake	2:33
8. Love 1	0:54
9. Storm Vibrations	4:59
10. Factory of Raw Essentials	1:25
11. Everywhere With Helicopter	2:36
12. Pretty Bombs	3:06
13. Eureka Signs	3:06
14. Wings of Thorn	2:10
15. Car Language	4:44
16. From a Voice Plantation	2:06
17. The Ids are Alright	1:10
18. Universal Truths and Cycles	2:19
19. Father Sgt. Christmas Card	2:04

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Review

Everybody knows they should be right up there with the Pixies and Pavement. But seeing as how Guided by Voices are still slogging away in crammed studios and beer-stained dives, no one is willing to decree them certifiable underground rock gods just yet. When the time comes, however, here is more evidence for frontman-mastermind Robert Pollard's case. Universal Truths and Cycles is at points frustrating, gorgeous, catatonic, uplifting, uncertain, and, yes, even translucent. It feels like the entire history of psych-punk--with rich references to the Beatles, XTC, the Modern Lovers, Wire, and Three O'Clock--distilled into 46 of the most invigorating minutes of your life. Glorious songs like "Skin Parade" and "Wings of Thorn" not only see the band on form after a brief, perhaps misjudged, dalliance with the mainstream, but sounding like they are ready to rewrite the entire history of rock & roll. Staggering. --Aidin VaziriFollow-up to the 2001 album Isolation Drills, this album features 19 glittering pop melodies. In a return to self-production, the band recorded in a variety of different studios, on different media, on 8-track and 24-track. The result is more akin to their earlier albums combined with the efficiency of execution and musicianship of the more recent recordings. digipak. 2002. Matador.

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Universal Truths and Cycles

Tracks: 19, Disk length: 46m 34s (-1m 57s)

Universal Truths and Cycles

Tracks: 20 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 48m 8s (+1m 31s)

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