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{{Infobox album
| Name = Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
| name = Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
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| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Robert Pollard]] and Doug Gillard
| type = [[Album]]
| Cover = Robert Pollard - Speak Kindly.jpg
| artist = [[Robert Pollard]] and [[Doug Gillard]]
| cover = Robert Pollard - Speak Kindly.jpg
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| Released = 1999
| Genre = [[Rock and roll]], [[indie rock]]
| alt =
| Label = Fading Captain Series/Luna
| released = {{start date|1999|12|14}}
| Producer =
| recorded =
| Reviews =
| venue =
| studio = Cro-Magnon Studios ([[Dayton, Ohio]])
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| Last album = ''[[Kid Marine]]''<br/>(1999)
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| genre = [[Indie rock]]
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| This album = '''''Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department'''''<br/> (1999)
| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=4}}
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| Next album = ''[[Choreographed Man of War]]''<br/>(2001)
| label = Fading Captain Series/Luna
| producer = {{flatlist|
*[[Robert Pollard]]
*[[Doug Gillard]]
}}
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| prev_title = [[Kid Marine]]
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| prev_year = 1999
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| next_title = [[Choreographed Man of War]]
| next_year = 2001
| chronology = [[Robert Pollard]]
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Doug Gillard]]
| type = studio
| prev_title = Malamute Jute
| prev_year = 1999
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| title = Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
| year = 1999
| next_title = Creative Process 473
| next_year = 2003
}}
}}


{{Extra chronology
'''''Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department''''' is an album released by [[Robert Pollard]] and [[Doug Gillard]] in 1999. For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Bob had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Bob later added vocals.
| artist = Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard
| type = studio
| title = Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
| next_title = [[Mist King Urth]]
| next_year = 2003
}}
}}


'''''Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department''''' is a collaboration album between American indie rock musicians [[Robert Pollard]] and [[Doug Gillard]] released in 1999.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last=Rabid|first=Jack|title=Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Robert Pollard &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards &#124; AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-kindly-of-your-volunteer-fire-department-mw0000050709|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=4 November 2013}}</ref> For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Pollard had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Pollard later added vocals.
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The fifth track of the album, 'Do Something Real', appeared as the final soundtrack to [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s 2002 film, [[Full_Frontal_(film)|''Full Frontal'']].


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The fifth track of the album, 'Do Something Real', appeared as the final soundtrack to [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s 2002 film [[Full Frontal (film)|''Full Frontal'']].
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The two would collaborate again in 2003 under the moniker '''The Lifeguards''' with the album [[Mist King Urth]]; this time, however, Gillard composed all the instrumentals himself, with Pollard adding lyrics and vocals.

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The two would collaborate again in 2003 under the moniker Lifeguards with the album ''[[Mist King Urth]]''; this time, however, Gillard composed all the instrumentals himself, with Pollard adding lyrics and vocals.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#"Frequent Weaver Who Burns" – 2:50
#"Frequent Weaver Who Burns" – 2:50
#"Soul Train College Policeman" – 1:39
#"Soul Train College Policeman" – 1:39
#"Pop Zeus*" – 2:28
#"Pop Zeus" – 2:28 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"Slick as Snails" – 4:19
#"Slick as Snails" – 4:19
#"Do Something Real" – 2:55
#"Do Something Real" – 2:55
#"Port Authority*" – 4:05
#"Port Authority" – 4:05 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"Soft Smoke" – 0:49
#"Soft Smoke" – 0:49
#"Same Things" – 1:19
#"Same Things" – 1:19
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#"I Get Rid of You" – 2:50
#"I Get Rid of You" – 2:50
#"Life Is Beautiful" – 2:27
#"Life Is Beautiful" – 2:27
#"Messiahs*" – 2:25
#"Messiahs" – 2:25 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"Larger Massachusetts*" – 2:53
#"Larger Massachusetts" – 2:53 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"And My Unit Moves" – 1:41
#"And My Unit Moves" – 1:41


All songs written by Robert Pollard except "*" written by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard
All songs written by Robert Pollard except where noted.

== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
| rev1score = 7.4/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6377-speak-kindly-of-your-volunteer-fire-department/|title = Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev2score = {{Rating|4.0|5.0}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-kindly-of-your-volunteer-fire-department-mw0000050709|title=Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Doug Gillard, Robert Pollard &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
}}
Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4/10.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6377-speak-kindly-of-your-volunteer-fire-department/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
<references />{{Guided by Voices}}{{Authority control}}


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[[Category:1999 albums]]
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[[Category:Robert Pollard albums]]

Latest revision as of 21:54, 20 August 2022

Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
Studio album by
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard
ReleasedDecember 14, 1999 (1999-12-14)
StudioCro-Magnon Studios (Dayton, Ohio)
GenreIndie rock
Length38:04
LabelFading Captain Series/Luna
Producer
Robert Pollard chronology
Kid Marine
(1999) 		Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
(1999) 		Choreographed Man of War
(2001)
Doug Gillard chronology
Malamute Jute
(1999) 		Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
(1999) 		Creative Process 473
(2003)
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard chronology
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department Mist King Urth
(2003)

Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is a collaboration album between American indie rock musicians Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard released in 1999.[1] For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Pollard had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Pollard later added vocals.

The fifth track of the album, 'Do Something Real', appeared as the final soundtrack to Steven Soderbergh's 2002 film Full Frontal.

The two would collaborate again in 2003 under the moniker Lifeguards with the album Mist King Urth; this time, however, Gillard composed all the instrumentals himself, with Pollard adding lyrics and vocals.

Track listing

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  1. "Frequent Weaver Who Burns" – 2:50
  2. "Soul Train College Policeman" – 1:39
  3. "Pop Zeus" – 2:28 (Pollard, Gillard)
  4. "Slick as Snails" – 4:19
  5. "Do Something Real" – 2:55
  6. "Port Authority" – 4:05 (Pollard, Gillard)
  7. "Soft Smoke" – 0:49
  8. "Same Things" – 1:19
  9. "And I Don't" (So Now I Do) – 2:10
  10. "Tight Globes" – 3:07
  11. "I Get Rid of You" – 2:50
  12. "Life Is Beautiful" – 2:27
  13. "Messiahs" – 2:25 (Pollard, Gillard)
  14. "Larger Massachusetts" – 2:53 (Pollard, Gillard)
  15. "And My Unit Moves" – 1:41

All songs written by Robert Pollard except where noted.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.4/10[2]
Allmusic[3]

Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4/10.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Rabid, Jack. "Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Robert Pollard | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ "Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Doug Gillard, Robert Pollard | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
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