Mag Earwhig!

Mag Earwhig!
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released May 20, 1997
Recorded 1997
609, Cleveland, OH; Cro-Magnon, Dayton, OH; Refraze, Dayton, OH
Genre Rock
Length 45:52
Label Matador
Producer "Everyone involved"[1]
John Croslin (Tracks 8, 18)
Guided by Voices chronology
Tonics and Twisted Chasers
(1996)Tonics and Twisted Chasers1996		 Mag Earwhig!
(1997)		 Do the Collapse
(1999)Do the Collapse1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10)[3]

Mag Earwhig! is a 1997 album release by 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. 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, although additional songs were subsequently recorded in Dayton, and former members played on several tracks.[4]

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

References

  1. ↑ The inside cover of the CD sleeve states "Produced by everyone involved", but also clarifies that tracks 8 and 18 are produced by John Croslin.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Matador Records website's Guided by Voices biography. Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
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