Mag Earwhig!
Studio album by
Guided by Voices
ReleasedMay 20, 1997
Recorded1997
StudioCro-Magnon Studios (Dayton, Ohio)
GenreIndie rock
Length45:52
LabelMatador
Producer
Guided by Voices chronology
Tonics and Twisted Chasers
(1996)		 Mag Earwhig!
(1997)		 Do the Collapse
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10)[2]

Mag Earwhig! is the 10th studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices. Following the dissolution of the group's "classic" lineup, band-leader Robert Pollard recruited Cleveland group Cobra Verde as his backing band, while retaining the Guided by Voices name. It was the second release to feature future long-term collaborator Doug Gillard. Gillard had previously played on and co-wrote the song "Mice Feel Nice (In My Room)" on the Tigerbomb EP. Most of Mag Earwhig! was recorded in a professional studio in Cleveland by the new lineup and marked a departure from band's trademark lo-fi sound; additional songs were also recorded in Dayton, Ohio.

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Can't Hear the Revolution" – 1:36
  2. "Sad If I Lost It" – 3:10
  3. "I Am a Tree" (Doug Gillard) – 4:40
  4. "The Old Grunt" – 1:28
  5. "Bulldog Skin" – 2:59
  6. "Are You Faster?" (Jim Pollard, R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) – 1:13
  7. "I Am Produced" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:06
  8. "Knock 'Em Flyin'" – 1:52
  9. "Not Behind the Fighter Jet" – 2:13
  10. "Choking Tara" – 1:24
  11. "Hollow Cheek" – :32
  12. "Portable Men's Society" – 4:16
  13. "Little Lines" – 2:02
  14. "Learning to Hunt" – 2:24
  15. "The Finest Joke Is Upon Us" – 3:08
  16. "Mag Earwhig!" – :39
  17. "Now to War" – 2:44
  18. "Jane of the Waking Universe" – 2:25
  19. "The Colossus Crawls West" – 2:13
  20. "Mute Superstar" – 1:24
  21. "Bomb in the Bee-Hive" – 2:03

Personnel

Guided by Voices[3]

Additional musicians

  • Tobin Sprout – bass, slide guitar (track 18); backing vocals (tracks 1, 18), lead guitar (track 6), acoustic guitar, Casio (track 7); drums (track 6)
  • Jim Pollard – bass, guitar (track 6); casio (tracks 1, 4)
  • Mitch Mitchell – bass (tracks 9, 12, 13, 20), guitar (track 18)
  • Kevin Fennell – drums (tracks 8, 15, 18)
  • Joe Buben – drums (tracks 2)
  • John Shough a.k.a. Johnny Strange – bass (tracks 2, 14, 15), programming (tracks 2, 14)
  • Chad Stanisic – organ (track 5)

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ↑ "Guided By Voices – Mag Earwhig! (credits section)". Discogs. 20 May 1997.
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