Vampire on Titus
Vampire on Titus | ||||
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Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, lo-fi | |||
Length | 30:42 | |||
Label | Scat Records | |||
Producer | Steve Wilbur, Tobin Sprout | |||
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Vampire on Titus is the sixth album by indie rock group Guided by Voices, from Dayton, Ohio, United States.
The image on the cover is a Vegetable Lamb of Tartary from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John Mandeville, 1499.[2]
Overview
Vampire on Titus was recorded after a short-lived dissolution of the band (after 1992's "farewell" album Propeller) but prior to the full-time regrouping that occurred with the assemblage of the Bee Thousand album and the band's return to live performance. The album was recorded with a skeletal line-up consisting of Robert Pollard, Jim Pollard and Tobin Sprout. Jim Shepard of V-3 remarked to Pollard once that he “was like a vampire on Titus, sucking songs out of the earth.”[3] Pollard lived on Titus Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. The album is often acknowledged as being the most abrasively lo-fi in the entire Guided by Voices catalog.
Track listing
All songs written by Robert Pollard unless otherwise noted.
Side A
- ""Wished I Was a Giant"" – 2:43
- "#2 in the Model Home Series" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) – 1:45
- "Expecting Brainchild" (Jim Pollard, R. Pollard) – 2:30
- "Superior Sector Janitor X" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:37
- "Donkey School" (Sprout) – 1:03
- "Dusted" – 2:08
- "Marchers in Orange" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 1:24
- "Sot" (Sprout, R. Pollard) – 2:35
- "World of Fun" – 0:55
Side B
- "Jar of Cardinals" – 1:22
- "Unstable Journey" – 2:15
- "E-5" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:29
- "Cool Off Kid Kilowatt" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:56
- "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Sprout) – 2:24
- "Wondering Boy Poet" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:59
- "What About It?" – 1:37
- "Perhaps Now the Vultures" – 2:23
- "Non-Absorbing" – 1:37
Personnel
GBV
- Robert Pollard - Vocals, guitar, drums, composer
- Jim Pollard - Guitar, amplifiers, composer
- Tobin Sprout - Vocals, guitar, bass, composer
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ [warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/ndb110b2285270.pdf]
- ^ https://belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/re-post-of-jim-shepard-and-ohio-ill-be-reading-from-these-at-brothers-drake-meadery-as-part-of-word-church-tuesday-800/