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5 out of 5.0 stars 3 Ratings (3 Reviews)

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    So brilliant....

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 21, 2000

    My God, I am addicted to this album now (this and the new Radiohead! wooo!!!)I have like a half dozen of their cds and this is the best definitely. The tunes are all classic (even if some of them are sub 20 seconds long) and they just sound great. G...BV! GBV!!!!ROCK!DJ PAUL Read more Less

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    GUIDED BY VOICES - ALIEN LANES

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 21, 2000

    This record restored my faith in 90's music. Until I heard it I refused to listen to anything after 1979. I'd heard a couple of GBV tracks on a compilation CD which were OK and when I saw this LP for £1.99 in Selectadisc, Soho I thought I'd buy it ...(I liked the front cover). In an interview, Bob Pollard stated that he loved the recording quality of Beatles and Who bootlegs. What sets Alien Lanes apart from other Lo-Fi band's outings is that it captures the melodic quality of these bands as well.This record does take a few good listens before it registers, but once it does you'll have a friend for life. Although it was released in 1995, it could have quite easily been recorded in 1968, simply because of the songs' antiquated feel and the sound quality. This record works marvellously well conceptually and is a timeless classic. In my opinion GBV reached their peak the following year on the Sunfish Holy Breakfast EP (although some tracks on this were recorded a few years before!) and since then it's been a gradual downhill slide. A lot of this is to do with the fact that the band now use 'real' studios and once you become accustomed to the group's original sound, the new songs sound very cold and polished. Also I don't believe that the songs themselves are as good as before - a lot of this seems due to the departure of founder member Tobin Sprout (and that fact that Bob has penned around 5000 songs - we'll excuse his muse for having a vacation. Hopefully it'll return in the not too distant future. Whip out the old 4-track Bob, you know it makes sense!)Buy this record!!!Other GBV releases I'd recommend are:-(EP)Static Airplane Jive (1993)(LP)Vampire On Titus (1993)(LP)Bee Thousand (1994)(EP)Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) Read more Less

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    All superlatives applicable

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 13, 1999

    (sorry, no time for a complete review...
    Please see other GBV records.)

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