Guided By VoicesBest Guided By Voices Albums Ranked

Alien Lanes

pitchfork

9.2

“In the mid-’90s Guided by Voices were a mysterious outfit from Dayton, Ohio, that the music press didn't know what to do with—a rumor as much as a band. Their Matador debut was a turning point.”

Propeller

pitchfork

9.2

“Overdue reissue of the 1992 lo-fi classic, originally released in an edition of 500, uniquely packaged copies.”

Nowhere To Go But Up

pastemagazine

9.0

“Bob Pollard and his beloved crew ascend to uncharted altitudes on their 39th studio album (and third full-length release of 2023).”

Scalping the Guru

pastemagazine

8.5

“It may take a hospital bed for Guided by Voices bandleader and never-ending wellspring of melody Robert Pollard to stop releasing albums. Though, given his preternatural ability to churn out gold with even the most dodgy dime-store equipment available to him, it’s likely he would create a pop opus only using his bedpan and a four-track recorder. In the nearly 40 years he’s been making music with t”

Earthquake Glue

pitchfork

8.5

“What spectral force, illusion, or trick of light has fooled so many erstwhile critics into apologizing for Robert Pollard over these long years since the broadly accepted twilight of Guided by Voices' reign over the (very nearly) barren kingdom of indie rock as we now know it? The sum of all the criticism heaped on GBV for years (excepting *Do the Collapse*-- universally agreed upon as the absolut”

Bee Thousand

pitchfork

8.4

“Guided By Voices' classic record gets a makeover on this vinyl-only release. The new album includes the original 33-track sequence for Bee Thousand, another record's-worth of tracks that weren't initially included but eventually made their way onto the LP, and The Grand Hour and I Am a Scientist EPs.”