Robert Pollard - Space City Kicks Reviews

Based on 4 critics - Overal Score:  67/ 100

Description: 2011 release from the prolific Indie Rock singer/songwriter and former leader of Guided By Voices. Seems like all anyone wants to talk about these days is the GBV reunion tour. It is pretty amazing to see the guys back together, a little older, seemingly no wiser: the way you dreamed it would be, if you dreamed about '90s-era indie rock bands reuniting. Don't imagine, though, that it's the only magic trick Robert Pollard has in his scientific box. Space City Kicks, an 18 song compendium of Bee Thousand-sized sonic chunks that range from noisy pop to poppy noise but mostly just R-O-C-K. Except the ballads, which are melancholy in a way Dwight Twilley never was, making it a mystery why Pollard posed for a recent promo picture with what is clearly Twilley's guitar (and Rod Stewart's Vans, but that makes perfect sense).

Critic Review Scores

Critic	Rating
NoRipCord	8 out of 10
Uncut	6 out of 10
Spin	7 out of 10
PopMatters	6 out of 10

Details:

Genre(s): Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Label: Guided by Voices
Release Date: Jan 18, 2011

Videos

Tracklist:

01 Mr. Fantastic Must Die! 1:15
02 Space City Kicks 2:20
03 Blowing Like a Sunspot 1:15
04 I Wanna Be Your Man in the Moon 2:20
05 Sex She Said 1:48
06 One More Touch 1:59
07 Picture a Star 1:44
08 Something Strawberry 1:23
09 Follow a Loser 2:22
10 Children Ships 2:23
11 Stay Away 1:06
12 Gone Hoping 1:46
13 Into It 1:29
14 Tired Life 3:37
15 Touch Me in the Right Place at the Right Time 1:51
16 Woman to Fly 2:49
17 Getting Going 2:28
18 Spill the Blues 1:52

Biography

Robert Pollard (born October 31, 1957 is a Dayton, Ohio, USA singer-songwriter who was the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices until they disbanded 2004, and continues to have a prolific solo career.

With more than 1,300 songs registered to his name with BMI, Pollard is among the most prolific songwriters of his time. In 2006, Paste magazine listed him as the 78th greatest living songwriter.[2] In 2007, he was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize.

Studio Albums

- 1996 - Not in My Airforce (CD/LP)
- 1998 - Waved Out (CD/LP)
- 1999 - Kid Marine (CD/LP)
- 2003 - Motel of Fools (CD/LP)
- 2004 - Fiction Man (CD/LP)
- 2006 - From a Compound Eye (CD/2xLP)
- 2006 - Normal Happiness (CD/LP)
- 2007 - Standard Gargoyle Decisions (CD/LP)
- 2007 - Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (CD/LP)
- 2008 - Superman Was a Rocker (CD/LP)
- 2008 - Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (CD/LP)
- 2009 - The Crawling Distance (CD/LP)
- 2009 - Elephant Jokes (CD/LP)
- 2010 - We All Got Out Of The Army (CD/LP)
- 2010 - Moses on a Snail