Guided by Voices discography
| Guided by Voices discography | |
|---|---|
 Guided by Voices performing at Mississippi Nights in 2004. | |
| Studio albums | 30[1] |
| EPs | 19 |
| Soundtrack albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 12 |
| Singles | 39 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Box sets | 6 |
| Books | 2 |
The Guided by Voices discography includes dozens of releases, both official and unofficial.[2] Robert Pollard, the main creative force behind the band, is an extremely prolific songwriter, having written or co-written more than 1,600 songs, with over 500 of them released under the Guided by Voices moniker.[3]
In addition to official Guided by Voices albums, there have been numerous official singles, extended plays, split releases and compilations, as well as four box-sets of previously unreleased material known as "Suitcases" that each contain four CDs with twenty-five tracks each, for a total of 100 songs per release.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US [4][5] |
US Heat. [4][5] |
US Indie [4][5] | ||||
| 1987 | Devil Between My Toes
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| 1987 | Sandbox
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| 1989 | Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
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| 1990 | Same Place the Fly Got Smashed
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| 1992 | Propeller
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| 1993 | Vampire on Titus
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| 1994 | Bee Thousand | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | Alien Lanes
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| 1996 | Under the Bushes Under the Stars
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— | 19 | — | ||
| 1996 | Tonics & Twisted Chasers
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| 1997 | Mag Earwhig!
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— | 19 | — | ||
| 1999 | Do the Collapse
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— | 14 | — | ||
| 2001 | Isolation Drills
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168 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2002 | Universal Truths and Cycles
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160 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2003 | Earthquake Glue
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193 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 2004 | Half Smiles of the Decomposed
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— | 16 | 22 | ||
| 2012 | Let's Go Eat the Factory
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— | 8 | 35 | ||
| 2012 | Class Clown Spots a UFO
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— | 12 | — | ||
| 2012 | The Bears for Lunch
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— | 9 | — | ||
| 2013 | English Little League
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— | 21 | — | ||
| 2014 | Motivational Jumpsuit
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— | 18 | — | ||
| 2014 | Cool Planet
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— | 20 | — | ||
| 2016 | Please Be Honest
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| 2017 | August by Cake
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— | 22 | — | ||
| 2017 | How Do You Spell Heaven
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— | 20 | 37 | ||
| 2018 | Space Gun
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| 2019 | Zeppelin Over China'[7]
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| 2019 | Warp and Woof[8]
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| 2019 | Sweating the Plague[7]
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| 2020 | Surrender Your Poppy Field
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Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Forever Since Breakfast
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| 1993 | The Grand Hour
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| 1993 | Static Airplane Jive
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| 1994 | Get Out of My Stations
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| 1994 | Fast Japanese Spin Cycle
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| 1994 | Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer
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| 1994 | I Am a Scientist
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| 1995 | Tigerbomb
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| 1996 | Sunfish Holy Breakfast
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| 1996 | Plantations of Pale Pink
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| 1997 | Wish in One Hand…
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| 1999 | Plugs for the Program
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| 2000 | Hold on Hope
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| 2000 | Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5
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| 2001 | Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do The Collapse B-sides
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| 2002 | The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet
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| 2013 | Down by the Racetrack
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| 2018 | Wine Cork Stonehenge
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| 2018 | 100 Dougs
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| 2019 | 1901 Acid Rock
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| 2019 | Umlaut Over the Ozone
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Split EPs
| Year | Split Details | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Superchunk/Guided by Voices [10]
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| 1997 | 8 Rounds: GVSB vs GBV [11]
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| 2001 | Selective Service [12]
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Singles
| Year | Song/Single Details | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Motor Away"
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Alien Lanes |
| 1996 | "The Official Ironmen Rally Song"
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Under the Bushes Under the Stars |
| 1996 | "Cut-Out Witch"
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| 1997 | "Bulldog Skin"
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Mag Earwhig! |
| 1997 | "I Am a Tree"
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| 1999 | "Surgical Focus"
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Do the Collapse |
| 1999 | "Teenage FBI"
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| 1999 | "Hold on Hope"
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| 2001 | "Chasing Heather Crazy"
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Isolation Drills |
| 2001 | "Glad Girls"
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| 2002 | "Back to the Lake"
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Universal Truths and Cycles |
| 2002 | "Cheyenne"
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| 2002 | "Everywhere with Helicopter"
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| 2002 | "Universal Truths and Cycles"
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| 2003 | "My Kind of Soldier"
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Earthquake Glue |
| 2003 | "The Best of Jill Hives"
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| 2011 | "We Won't Apologize for the Human Race" / "The Unsinkable Fats Domino"
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Let's Go Eat the Factory |
| 2011 | "Doughnut for a Snowman"
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| 2012 | "Chocolate Boy"
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| 2012 | "Keep It In Motion"
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Class Clown Spots a UFO |
| 2012 | "Jon The Croc"
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| 2012 | "Class Clown Spots a UFO"
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| 2012 | "White Flag"
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The Bears for Lunch |
| 2012 | "Everywhere is Miles From Everywhere"
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| 2012 | "Hangover Child"
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| 2013 | "Flunky Minnows"
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English Little League |
| 2013 | "Islands (She Talks In Rainbows)"
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| 2013 | "Trash Can Full Of Nails"
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| 2013 | "Xeno Pariah"
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| 2013 | "Noble Insect"
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| 2014 | "Save The Company"
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Motivational Jumpsuit |
| 2014 | "Vote For Me Dummy"
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| 2014 | "Alex And The Omegas"
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| 2014 | "The Littlest League Possible" / "Jupiter Spin"
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| 2014 | "Planet Score" / "Zero Elasticity"
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| 2014 | "Authoritarian Zoo"
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Cool Planet |
| 2014 | "Males Of Wormwood Mars"
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| 2014 | "Table At Fool’s Tooth"
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| 2014 | "All American Boy"
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Split singles
| Year | Split Details | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | GBV / Jenny Mae Leffel[13]
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| 1994 | GBV / Grifters[14]
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| 1994 | GBV / Belreve[15]
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| 1995 | GBV / New Radiant Storm King[16]
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| 1997 | GBV / Cobra Verde[17]
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| 2002 | GBV / Sin Sin 77[18]
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Live albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Live from Austin, TX[19]
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| 2018 | Ogre's Trumpet
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Box sets
| Year | Album details |
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| 1995 | Box |
| 2000 | Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft
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| 2003 | Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere
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| 2005 | Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
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| 2009 | Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
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| 2015 | Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War
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Compilation albums
Each of the four Briefcase releases is a single LP compilation of songs selected from the associated 4-disc Suitcase box-set.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. [4][5] |
US Indie [4][5] | ||
| 1992 | An Earful O' Wax[20]
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| 1993 | Vampire On Titus/Propeller[21]
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| 1995 | King Shit & The Golden Boys
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| 2000 | Briefcase (Suitcase Abridged: Drinks and Deliveries)
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| 2003 | The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
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39 | 26 |
| 2005 | Briefcase 2 (Suitcase 2 Abridged – The Return of Milko Waif)
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| 2007 | Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007
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| 2009 | Briefcase 3: Cuddling Bozo's Octopus
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| 2010 | Metro: The Official Bootleg Series, Volume 1
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| 2013 | Glue On Bicycle[22]
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| 2015 | Briefcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War
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Soundtracks
| Year | Album details | Track details |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Brain Candy Soundtrack
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| 1999 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album
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| 2000 | Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Soundtrack
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| 2001 | Dean Quixote: The Soundtrack to the Film
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| 2002 | ESPN's Ultimate X: The Movie Soundtrack
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| 2002 | Scrubs Soundtrack
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| 2006 | Beer League Soundtrack
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Video albums
| Year | Video details |
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| 1996 | Live at the Whisky a Go Go
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| 2003 | Watch Me Jumpstart
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| 2000 | The Who Went Home and Cried
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| 2002 | Some Drinking Implied
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| 2003 | Watch Me Jumpstart: Expanded Version
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| 2005 | The Electrifying Conclusion
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| 2007 | Live from Austin, TX
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Unofficial albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 1994 | Crying Your Knife Away
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| 1995 | For All Good Kids
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| N/A | Live at The Embassy, London, ONT - October 26, 1995
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| 1996 | Benefit For The Winos
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| N/A | @ The Garage, London, 21 June 1996
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| 1996 | Jellyfish Reflector
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| N/A | The Garage, London, October 8, 1997
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| N/A | Live at Bernie's, Columbus, OH - March 28, 1998
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| 1999 | I'm Much Greater Than You Think
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Books
- Guided by Voices: A Brief History — Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in The Forests of Rock and Roll
- Written by James Greer and published by Grove/Atlantic in 2005, this is the first biography of GBV authorized by the band.[24] Steven Soderbergh wrote the foreword.[24] Author Jim Greer, a former editor of Spin magazine, was also a member of the band from 1994–96 (he wrote the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on Sunfish Holy Breakfast).[24][25]
- Bee Thousand
- Written by Marc Woodworth and published by Continuum Books in 2006 as part of their 33⅓ series, this book is about the 1994 album Bee Thousand.[26] The book explores the unusual production of the album, the lyrics of Robert Pollard, and the influence the album has had.[26]
References
- ^ Since the album Tonics & Twisted Chasers was originally released only to the GBV fan club, it is often not counted among the GBV studio albums.
- ^ "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- ^ "Robert Pollard". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- 1,101 songs credited as "Songwriter" + 547 as "Co-Songwriter" = 1,648 songs in total; 539 credited to Guided by Voices
- ^ a b c d e "Artist Chart History – Guided by Voices". Billboard.com. Nielsen Company. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ^ a b c d e "Guided by Voices | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
- ^ Released the following year with bonus tracks.
- ^ a b "Music". Factory of Raw Essentials.
- ^ "The Quietus | Reviews | Guided By Voices". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Rowin, Michael Joshua (14 February 2020). "Review: Guided by Voices's Surrender Your Poppy Field Serves Power Pop with a Twist". Slant. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Superchunk/Guided By Voices [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "8 Rounds: GVSB vs GBV [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices & Airport 5 - Selective Service [Split, Bonus Tracks]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Jenny Mae Leffel [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Grifters [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Belreve [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/New Radiant Storm King [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Cobra Verde [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices/Sin Sin 77 [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Live From Austin, TX [Live]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices - An Earful O'Wax". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices - Vampire On Titus / Propeller". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices - Glue On Bicycle". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
- ^ a b c "Guided By Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years Of Hunting Accidents In The Forests Of Rock And Roll (By James Greer)". GGbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Jim Greer". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ a b "Bee Thousand (By Marc Woodworth)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
External links
- Official Guided by Voices website
- GBVDB – Guided by Voices Database