Earthquake Glue

Earthquake glue
	Studioalbum van Guided by Voices
	(Albumhoes op en.wiki.x.io)
Uitgebracht	19 augustus 2003
Opgenomen	13 oktober 2002; John Shough; Cro-Magnon Studios; Dayton, Verenigde Staten; 10 april 2002; Steve Albini; Electrical Audio; Chicago, Verenigde Staten
Gemasterd	Roger Seibel; SAE Mastering; Phoenix, Verenigde Staten; Jeff Graham; Diamond Mine Studios; Columbus, Verenigde Staten
Genre	Indierock
Duur	45:17
Label(s)	Matador
Producent(en)	Guided by Voices, Todd Tobias
Hoesontwerp	Robert Pollard, Frank Longo
Professionele recensie
	AllMusic Link; Pitchfork 8.5 Link; Uncut Link
Chronologie
	(en) MusicBrainz-pagina;
Portaal	Muziek

Earthquake glue is het 15^e studioalbum van de Amerikaanse indie rockband Guided by Voices. Het album verscheen op 19 augustus 2003. De opnames vonden plaats op 13 oktober 2002 bij Cro-Magnon Studios en op 10 april 2002 bij Electrical Audio.^[1] De tweede opnamesessie, waarbij het lied My kind of soldier werd opgenomen, vond plaats toen de band een dag "verlof" had tijdens een tournee met Cheap Trick.^[1]

Het album kon rekenen op positieve recensies. Zo schreef Mark Deming van AllMusic dat "(...) it may well be the most consistent and satisfying Guided By Voices album to date", en "If Earthquake Glue isn't a masterpiece, it's as close as this band can be expected to get".^[2] David Antrobus van PopMatters schreef dat "(...) Bob Pollard has written a fine collection of songs, for the most part, and his band, in their execution, have matched him every step of the way"^[3] Maar daar staat een recensie van het Engelse tijdschrift Uncut tegenover waarin wordt opgemerkt dat "(...) we yearned for Pollard to treat his songs properly when he tossed them off as lo-fi sketches, but now they arrive as crafted, completed stadium anthems, that faint whiff of underachievement remains".^[4]

Tracklist

Alle muziek en teksten zijn geschreven door Robert Pollard.

Nr.	Titel	Duur
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 satellites	3:23
11.	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

Personeel

Bezetting

Robert Pollard, zang
Doug Gillard, gitaar
Nate Farley, gitaar
Tim Tobias, bas
Kevin March, drums
Todd Tobias, aanvullend

De intro van het nummer My son, my secretary, my country werd gespeeld door The Esther Dennis Middle School 8th Grade Band onder leiding van Tom Pfrogner.

Externe links

(en) Earthquake glue in de Guided by Voices Database
(en) Earthquake Glue op Discogs
(en) Earthquake Glue op MusicBrainz

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

(en) Cutter, Matthew (2018). Closer you are: The story of Robert Pollard and Guided by Voices. Da Capo Press, New York. ISBN 9780306825767.

↑ ^a ^b Cutter (2018), p. 292.
↑ (en) Deming, Mark, Earthquake Glue. AllMusic. Gearchiveerd op 8 januari 2023.
↑ (en) Antrobus, David, Guided by Voices: Earthquake Glue. PopMatters (16 september 2003). Gearchiveerd op 13 oktober 2022.
↑ (en) Guided By Voices – Earthquake Glue. Uncut (1 september 2003). Gearchiveerd op 4 juli 2022.

[cutter-1] Cutter (2018), p. 292.

[2] (en) Deming, Mark, Earthquake Glue. AllMusic. Gearchiveerd op 8 januari 2023.

[3] (en) Antrobus, David, Guided by Voices: Earthquake Glue. PopMatters (16 september 2003). Gearchiveerd op 13 oktober 2022.

[4] (en) Guided By Voices – Earthquake Glue. Uncut (1 september 2003). Gearchiveerd op 4 juli 2022.

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Leden:	Robert Pollard · Bobby Bare jr. · Doug Gillard · Mark Shue · Kevin March
Ex-leden:	Greg Demos · Nate Farley · Kevin Fennell · James Greer · Jim MacPherson · Mitch Mitchell · Chris Slusarenko · Tobin Sprout · Tim Tobias · Dan Toohey · Don Thrasher
Albums:	Devil Between My Toes (1987) · Sandbox (1987) · Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) · Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) · Propeller (1992) · Vampire on Titus (1993) · Bee Thousand (1994) · Alien Lanes (1995) · Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) · Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996) · Mag Earwhig! (1997) · Do the Collapse (1999) · Isolation Drills (2001) · Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) · Earthquake Glue (2003) · Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) · Let's Go Eat the Factory (2011) · Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) · The Bears for Lunch (2012) · English Little League (2013) · Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) · Cool Planet (2014) · Please Be Honest (2016) · August by Cake (2017) · How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) · Space Gun (2018) · Zeppelin over China (2019) · Warp and Woof (2019) · Sweating the Plague (2019) · Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) · Mirrored Aztec (2020) · Styles We Paid For (2020) · Earth Man Blues (2021) · It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021) · Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022) · Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022) · La La Land (2023) · Welshpool Frillies (2023) · Nowhere to Go but Up (2023) · Strut of Kings (2024)
Ep's:	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) · The Grand Hour (1993) · Static Airplane Jive (1993) · Get Out of My Stations (1994) · Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) · Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) · I Am a Scientist (1994) · Tigerbomb (1995) · Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) · Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) · Wish in One Hand... (1997) · Plugs for the Program (1999) · Hold on Hope (2000) · Dayton, Ohio-19 Something and 5 (2000) · Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do The Collapse B-sides (2001) · The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) · Down by the Racetrack (2013) · Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018) · 100 Dougs (2018) · 1901 Acid Rock (2019) · Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
Verzamelalbums:	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) · Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007) · Scalping the Guru (2022)
Boxsets:	Box (1995) · Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) · Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) · Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) · Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009) · Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)