Universal Truths and Cycles

Universal truths and cycles
Studioalbum van Guided by Voices
(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht 18 juni 2002
Opgenomen Cro-Magnon Studios
Dayton, Verenigde Staten
Waterloo Sound
Kent, Verenigde Staten
Gemasterd Jeff Graham
Diamond Mine
Columbus, Verenigde Staten
SAE Mastering
Genre Indierock
Duur 46:25
Label(s) Matador
Producent(en) Guided by Voices, Todd Tobias
Hoesontwerp Robert Pollard, Bob Ohe, Mark Ohe
Positie(s) in de hitlijsten
  • #3 (Top Heatseekers)
  • #10 (Top Independent Albums)
  • #160 (Billboard Top 200)
Professionele recensie
AllMusic 2,5/5 sterren Link
Pitchfork 7.6 Link
Rolling Stone 3/5 sterren Link
Chronologie
2001
Isolation drills		   2002
Universal truths and cycles		   2003
Earthquake glue
(en) MusicBrainz-pagina
Portaal  Portaalicoon   Muziek

Universal truths and cycles is het 14e studioalbum van de Amerikaanse indierockband Guided by Voices. Het album had diverse werktitels; Invisible train to earth, All sinners welcome, From a voice plantation en Exoskeleton motorcade.[1][2]

Na een uitstapje bij TVT Records met twee albums keerde de band terug bij Matador. Het label wilde Guided by Voices graag terugnemen en de onderhandelingen duurden slechts enkele dagen.[3] Het album belandde op #160 in de Billboard Top 200, #10 in de Top Independent Albums en #3 in de Top Heatseekers.[4]

Tracklist

Alle muziek en teksten zijn geschreven door Robert Pollard. 

Nr. Titel Duur
1. Wire greyhounds 0:35
2. Skin parade 2:57
3. Zap 1:14
4. Christian animation torch carriers 3:54
5. Cheyenne 2:58
6. The weeping bogeyman 1:35
7. Back to the lake 2:33
8. Love 1 0:54
9. Storm vibrations 4:59
10. Factory of raw essentials 1:25
11. Everywhere with helicopter 2:36
12. Pretty bombs 3:06
13. Eureka signs 3:06
14. Wings of thorn 2:10
15. Car language 4:44
16. From a voice plantation 2:06
17. The ids are alright 1:10
18. Universal truths and cycles 2:19
19. Father Sgt. Christmas card 2:04
20. The pipe dreams of instant Prince Whippit (Bonustrack op uitgaven buiten de Verenigde Staten) 1:30

Personeel

Bezetting

  • (en) Universal truths and cycles in de Guided by Voices Database
  • (en) Universal Truths and Cycles op Discogs
  • (en) Universal Truths and Cycles op MusicBrainz
· Overleg sjabloon (de pagina bestaat niet) · Sjabloon bewerken
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)
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.
  • (en) Greer, James (2005). Guided by Voices: A brief history. Black Cat, New York.
  1. ↑ Cutter (2018), p. 286.
  2. ↑ (en) Universal truths and cycles in de Guided by Voices Database
  3. ↑ Greer (2005), p. 186-187.
  4. ↑ (en) Guided by Voices Universal Truths And Cycles Chart History. Billboard.