Same Place the Fly Got Smashed

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Same Place the Fly Got Smashed is Guided by Voices' fourth album and continues the beginning of the band's lo-fi period. The production sounds clearly less clear and sharp than on the earlier records. Robert Pollard calls it a concept album with a continuous story about an alcoholic who commits a murder and is ultimately executed for it.

Airshow '88 begins with a spoken fragment from the 1990 television film Shattered Dreams. Pollard counts this album among his best work and calls the lyrics of Pendulum the finest he ever wrote. Alongside him, Jim Pollard plays guitar, Greg Demos bass and Don Thrasher drums.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Airshow '882:13Apple Music ↗
2. 2Order for the New Slave Trade3:09Apple Music ↗
3. 3The Hard Way2:53Apple Music ↗
4. 4Drinker's Peace1:53Apple Music ↗
5. 5Mammoth Cave2:17Apple Music ↗
6. 6When She Turns 502:07Apple Music ↗
7. 7Club Molluska1:35Apple Music ↗
8. 8Pendulum1:50Apple Music ↗
9. 9Ambergris0:52Apple Music ↗
10. 10Local Mix-Up / Murder Charge6:40Apple Music ↗
11. 11Starboy1:10Apple Music ↗
12. 12Blatant Doom Trip3:59Apple Music ↗
13. 13How Loft I Am?1:06Apple Music ↗

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