August by Cake
Studio album by
Guided by Voices
ReleasedApril 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
StudioSerious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio
GenreIndie rock
Length71:15
LabelRockathon
Guided by Voices chronology
Please Be Honest
(2016)		 August by Cake
(2017)		 How Do You Spell Heaven
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork7.1/10[3]

August by Cake is the 24th album by the Dayton, Ohio-based group Guided by Voices. It is also said to be the 100th album recorded by main member Robert Pollard, though different numbers have been counted in his entire discography and side projects. It was released on April 7, 2017.[4] August by Cake is a double album.

Track listing

  1. "5º On the Inside" – 2:29
  2. "Generox Gray" – 1:59
  3. "When We All Hold Hands at the End of the World" – 2:03
  4. "Goodbye Note" (Doug Gillard) – 2:52
  5. "We Liken the Sun" – 2:10
  6. "Fever Pitch" – 1:02
  7. "Absent the Man" (Mark Shue) – 1:37
  8. "Packing the Dead Zone" – 2:52
  9. "What Begins On New Years Day" – 2:00
  10. "Overloaded" (Kevin March) – 3:33
  11. "Keep Me Down" – 2:34
  12. "West Coast Company Man" – 1:56
  13. "Warm Up to Religion" – 1:53
  14. "High Five Hall of Famers" (Bobby Bare, Jr.) – 2:09
  15. "Sudden Fiction" (Shue) – 2:42
  16. "Hiking Skin" – 1:57
  17. "It's Food" – 2:54
  18. "Cheap Buttons" – 2:13
  19. "Substitute 11" – 2:32
  20. "Chew the Sand" (Shue) – 3:46
  21. "Dr. Feelgood Falls Off the Ocean" (Robert Pollard/Jim Pollard)– 2:00
  22. "The Laughing Closet" – 1:33
  23. "Deflect/Project" (Gillard) – 2:34
  24. "Upon the Circus Bus" (Bare Jr.) – 2:21
  25. "Try It Out (It's Nothing)" – 1:48
  26. "Sentimental Wars" (March) – 2:49
  27. "Circus Day Holdout" – 2:03
  28. "Whole Tomatoes" – 1:13
  29. "Amusement Park Is Over" – 2:19
  30. "Golden Doors" – 1:42
  31. "The Possible Edge" – 2:03
  32. "Escape to Phoenix" – 2:08

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "August by Cake by Guided by Voices". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "August by Cake - Guided by Voices - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Guided by Voices: August by Cake". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Sodomsky, Sam (January 25, 2017). "Guided by Voices' New Album Is Robert Pollard's 100th LP". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
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