Eighth studio album by
Guided By Voices, a hair under in
consistency compared to
Bee Thousand but that's still
better than a million other albums. Released on
Matador Records on March 28,
1995. Matador part Number OLE 123.
Recorded on
4-track and 8-track machines in
Dayton,
Ohio by Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout in late
1994-early 1995. Cover design by
Bob and
Mark Ohe.
Line-up for Alien Lanes:
Track listing:
- A Salty Salute (R.Pollard, Sprout)
- Evil Speakers
- Watch Me Jumpstart
- They're Not Witches (R.Pollard, J.Pollard, Demos)
- As We Go Up, As We Go Down
- (I Wanna Be A) Dumbcharger
- Game Of Pricks
- The Ugly Vision
- A Good Flying Bird (Sprout)
- Cigarette Tricks (GbV)
- Pimple Zoo
- Big Chief Chinese Restaurant (R.Pollard, J.Pollard, Demos)
- Closer You Are
- Auditorium (R.Pollard, Sprout)
- Motor Away (R.Pollard, Sprout)
- Hit
- My Valuable Hunting Knife
- Gold Hick
- King And Caroline (R.Pollard, Sprout)
- Striped White Jets
- Ex-Supermodel (R.Pollard, Sprout)
- Blimps Go 90
- Strawdogs (Sprout)
- Chicken Blows
- Little Whirl (Sprout)
- My Son Cool
- Always Crush Me
- Alright
It's also the name of a song, track 3 to be exact, from The Grand Hour EP by Guided By Voices. Released in 1992 on Scat records. The song was written by Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, and Jim Pollard. Run Time - 2:32
yeah!
eleven lanes
and motorbikes
just wait for the bus
out of dignity, yeah
shoot me on up to the
gathered recarcerates
put the blue drag back in me
and jesus saw you, that's all i knew
saw their excuse, that's all i knew
yeah!
lately am i football god
yeah yeah yeah!
straight to the lips of the postponed boogie
fly on up
i don't have all you
offered chain
yes, it's sure to find duke
shattered, better your transcendal troops
that's all i knew
sorry, but that's all i knew
yeah!