''Under the Bushes Under the Stars'' is the ninth Guided by Voices album overall, and the last until 2012's

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to feature the "classic" lineup including

Tobin Sprout Tobin Sprout (born April 28, 1955) is an American visual artist, musician, songwriter, and children's author. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Guided by Voices. He served as a secondary major songwriter and guitarist o ...

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, and

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in addition to leader

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. The album is noted as Guided by Voices' first stab at professionalism, being recorded in 24 track studios rather than their customary 4 track. Sessions for the album were reportedly arduous, spread as they were across at least four studios and as many sets of producers, and many titles and configurations were vetted before a final sequence was reached. The final six tracks on the CD do not appear on the album's back cover. These tracks, which were included as a separate 12" EP in the vinyl edition, were not originally included in the completed album sequence, having been dropped from earlier proposed versions of the album, but were included at the request of Matador label executives who regretted their exclusion.

Track listing

All songs written by

unless otherwise noted.

Side A

# "Man Called Aerodynamics" – 2:01 # "Rhine Jive Click" – 1:34 # "Cut-Out Witch" – 3:04 # "Burning Flag Birthday Suit" – 2:22 # "The Official Ironmen Rally Song" – 2:48 # "To Remake the Young Flyer" (

) – 1:43 # "No Sky" – 2:03 # "Bright Paper Werewolves" – 1:14 # "Lord of Overstock" – 2:34

Side B

"Your Name Is Wild" – 2:01 # "Ghosts of a Different Dream" – 2:30 # "Acorns & Orioles" – 2:12 # "Look at Them" – 2:27 # "The Perfect Life" (Sprout) – 0:59 # "Underwater Explosions" – 2:02 # "Atom Eyes" (Sprout) – 1:42 # "Don't Stop Now" – 2:39 # "Office of Hearts" – 2:06

Side C

"Big Boring Wedding" – 3:43 # "It's Like Soul Man" (Sprout) – 2:09 # "Drag Days" – 2:50

Side D

"Sheetkickers" (Jim Pollard, Robert Pollard) – 3:17 # "Redmen and Their Wives" – 3:55 # "Take to the Sky" – 1:50

1998 bonus tracks

"Finks" – 2:28 # "The Finest Joke Is Upon Us" – 3:09

Personnel

Guided by Voices

– lead vocals, guitar, drums, bass guitar *

– bass guitar, guitar *

– drums * James Greer – bass guitar *

– guitar

Additional musicians

* Tripp Lamkins – guitar * John Shough – piano * Shelby Bryant – strings

Technical

* Mark Ohe – cover artwork * Robert Pollard – cover artwork * Greg Calbi – mastering

Notes

*A Tracks "The Official Ironmen Rally Song", "Don't Stop Now", "Big Boring Wedding", "Drag Days" and "Redmen and Their Wives" were produced by

Kim Deal Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was the bassist and the co-vocalist in the alternative rock band Pixies, before forming the Breeders in 1989. Deal joined Pixies in January ...

. *B Tracks "It's Like Soul Man" and "Sheet Kickers" were produced by

Steve Albini Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal en ...

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Guided by Voices albums Albums produced by Steve Albini Matador Records albums