''Sandbox'' is the second

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from American

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band Guided by Voices.

Reception

Editors at

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rated this album 2 out of 5 stars, with critic Brian Egan writing that the band "took a short step back" from their previous album and that the songs "ultimately fail to register". Byron Coley of ''

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'' pointed to the work on ''Sandbox'' to declare that Guided by Voices is "one of the sharpest sounding angle-pop bands out of the Midwest since the days of Green". In that publication's 1995 album guide, they rated ''Sandbox'' a 1 out of 5, stating that the band deviated from their

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roots after performing with

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Frontman

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called this album "an attempt to make a huge

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record for less than a thousand dollars" in 1995 and journalist David Sprague reported that this album was painful for him to listen to.

Track listing

#"Lips of Steel" (

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, and

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) – 1:34 #"A Visit to the Creep Doctor" (

) – 1:30 #"Everyday" (R. Pollard) – 2:58 #"Barricade" (R. Pollard) – 4:32 #"Get to Know the Ropes" (R. Pollard) – 3:48 #"Can't Stop" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 2:26 #"The Drinking Jim Crow" (R. Pollard) – 1:36 #"Trap Soul Door" (Mitchell and R. Pollard) – 1:15 #"Common Rebels" (Fennell, Mitchell, and J. Pollard) – 2:04 #"Long Distance Man" (R. Pollard) – 1:17 #"I Certainly Hope Not" (R. Pollard) – 2:01 #"Adverse Wind" (R. Pollard) – 2:09

Personnel

Guided by Voices *

– drums,

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– bass guitar, production *

– guitar, production *

– guitar, vocals, production Additional personnel *Mark Greenwald – artwork *Alan Moy – mastering at Masterdisk *Steve Wilbur – guitar on "Barricade" and "Can't Stop", production

References

External links

Entry in the Guided by Voices Database
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{{Authority control 1987 albums Guided by Voices albums

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

See also

References

External links