Earthquake Glue Explained

Earthquake Glue
Type:	Album
Artist:	Guided by Voices
Cover:	Earthquake Glue.jpg
Recorded:	2003
Genre:	Rock
Length:	45:17
Label:	Matador
Producer:	Todd Tobias
Prev Title:	Universal Truths and Cycles
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Half Smiles of the Decomposed
Next Year:	2004

Earthquake Glue is the 14th record by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. Working titles for the album included "Model Prisoners of the 5 Sense Realm", "Live Like Kings Forever", and "All Sinners Welcome".^[1] The first 25,000 copies were packaged in a numbered limited-edition digipak. Some copies of Earthquake Glue contained a golden ticket; people with a golden ticket were entitled to a free copy of the anthology box set .

Reception

Earthquake Glue met with some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 78, based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Mark Deming of AllMusic said that it "may well be the most consistent and satisfying Guided By Voices album to date."

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

1. "My Kind of Soldier" – 2:36
2. "My Son, My Secretary, My Country" – 1:57
3. "I'll Replace You with Machines" – 2:49
4. "She Goes Off at Night" – 2:03
5. "Beat Your Wings" – 4:47
6. "Useless Inventions" – 2:53
7. "Dirty Water" – 3:27
8. "The Best of Jill Hives" – 2:42
9. "Dead Cloud" – 3:12
10. "Mix Up the Satellite" – 3:23
11. "The Main Street Wizards" – 3:22
12. "A Trophy Mule in Particular" – 2:19
13. "Apology in Advance" – 2:32
14. "Secret Star" – 4:42
15. "Of Mites and Men" – 2:33

Personnel

The credits do not give specific instruments played by each individual, but rather list every performer who appeared on the release in any capacity.^[2]

GBV

• Robert Pollard - Vocals, composer
• Doug Gillard - performer
• Kevin March - performer
• Nate Farley - performer
• Tim Tobias - performer

Other/production

• Todd Tobias - Production, keyboards, noises, ambience

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbvdb.com/album.asp?albumid=933 Guided by Voices Database: Earthquake Glue
2. Web site: Guided By Voices – Earthquake Glue (credits section). Discogs. 19 August 2003 .