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'''''Live From Austin, TX''''' is a live album by [[indie band]] [[Guided by Voices]], recorded on November 9, 2004 and released by [[New West Records]].
'''''Live From Austin, TX''''' is a live album by [[indie band]] [[Guided by Voices]], recorded on November 9, 2004 and released by [[New West Records]].

==Reception==
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|rev1= [[AllMusic]]
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|rev2=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
|rev2score=4.5/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web | last=LeMay | first=Matt | title=Guided by Voices: Live From Austin, TX | website=Pitchfork | date=1 June 2007 | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10281-live-from-austin-tx/ | access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
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The live album received mixed reviews: Mark Deming on [[AllMusic]] describes the band's performance as "little short of remarkable", noting how "nearly everything sounds like a winner as these musicians spin gold from their leader's singular pop hooks".<ref name="AllMusic"/> According to Matt LeMay on [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]], the album "seems like an average night out for late-era Guided by Voices", where the band hits are "played no better and no worse than usual".<ref name="Pitchfork"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
===Disc One===
===Disc One===


# "Demons Are Real" - 1:39
# "Demons Are Real" – 1:39
# "Pimple Zoo" - 1:33
# "Pimple Zoo" – 1:33
# "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" - 3:27
# "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" – 3:27
# "Exit Flagger" - 2:14
# "Exit Flagger" – 2:14
# "Sleep Over Jack" - 3:00
# "Sleep Over Jack" – 3:00
# "Girls of Wild Strawberries" - 2:33
# "Girls of Wild Strawberries" – 2:33
# "Navigating Flood Regions" - 2:46
# "Navigating Flood Regions" – 2:46
# "Gold Star for Robot Boy" - 1:58
# "Gold Star for Robot Boy" – 1:58
# "Window of My World" - 3:08
# "Window of My World" – 3:08
# "Redmen and Their Wives" - 4:06
# "Redmen and Their Wives" – 4:06
# "Dayton, Ohio - 19 Something and 5" - 2:11
# "Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5" – 2:11
# "My Impression Now" - 2:23
# "My Impression Now" – 2:23
# "Do the Earth" - 3:22
# "Do the Earth" – 3:22
# "Game of Pricks" - 2:23
# "Game of Pricks" – 2:23
# "Secret Star" - 7:31
# "Secret Star" – 7:31


===Disc Two===
===Disc Two===


# "My Kind of Soldier" - 3:29
# "My Kind of Soldier" – 3:29
# "Sad if I Lost It" - 3:33
# "Sad if I Lost It" – 3:33
# "Cut Out Witch" - 3:33
# "Cut Out Witch" – 3:33
# "Gonna Never Have to Die" - 2:32
# "Gonna Never Have to Die" – 2:32
# "Best of Jill Hives" - 2:50
# "Best of Jill Hives" – 2:50
# "Watch Me Jumpstart" - 2:51
# "Watch Me Jumpstart" – 2:51
# "Tractor Rape Chain" - 2:56
# "Tractor Rape Chain" – 2:56
# "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" - 1:57
# "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" – 1:57
# "Pendulum" - 2:03
# "Pendulum" – 2:03
# "Murder Charge" - 2:53
# "Murder Charge" – 2:53
# "Fair Touching" - 3:33
# "Fair Touching" – 3:33
# "Teenage FBI" - 2:57
# "Teenage FBI" – 2:57
# "Glad Girls" - 3:59
# "Glad Girls" – 3:59
# "I Am a Scientist" - 2:48
# "I Am a Scientist" – 2:48
# "Echos Myron" - 2:44
# "Echos Myron" – 2:44

== References ==
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{{Guided by Voices}}
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 18 February 2024

Live From Austin, TX
Live album by
Guided by Voices
Released2007
Recorded2004
GenreIndie rock
LabelNew West Records
ProducerCameron Strang

Live From Austin, TX is a live album by indie band Guided by Voices, recorded on November 9, 2004 and released by New West Records.

Reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork4.5/10[2]

The live album received mixed reviews: Mark Deming on AllMusic describes the band's performance as "little short of remarkable", noting how "nearly everything sounds like a winner as these musicians spin gold from their leader's singular pop hooks".[1] According to Matt LeMay on Pitchfork, the album "seems like an average night out for late-era Guided by Voices", where the band hits are "played no better and no worse than usual".[2]

Track listing

[edit]

Disc One

[edit]
  1. "Demons Are Real" – 1:39
  2. "Pimple Zoo" – 1:33
  3. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" – 3:27
  4. "Exit Flagger" – 2:14
  5. "Sleep Over Jack" – 3:00
  6. "Girls of Wild Strawberries" – 2:33
  7. "Navigating Flood Regions" – 2:46
  8. "Gold Star for Robot Boy" – 1:58
  9. "Window of My World" – 3:08
  10. "Redmen and Their Wives" – 4:06
  11. "Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5" – 2:11
  12. "My Impression Now" – 2:23
  13. "Do the Earth" – 3:22
  14. "Game of Pricks" – 2:23
  15. "Secret Star" – 7:31

Disc Two

[edit]
  1. "My Kind of Soldier" – 3:29
  2. "Sad if I Lost It" – 3:33
  3. "Cut Out Witch" – 3:33
  4. "Gonna Never Have to Die" – 2:32
  5. "Best of Jill Hives" – 2:50
  6. "Watch Me Jumpstart" – 2:51
  7. "Tractor Rape Chain" – 2:56
  8. "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows" – 1:57
  9. "Pendulum" – 2:03
  10. "Murder Charge" – 2:53
  11. "Fair Touching" – 3:33
  12. "Teenage FBI" – 2:57
  13. "Glad Girls" – 3:59
  14. "I Am a Scientist" – 2:48
  15. "Echos Myron" – 2:44

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Deming, Mark. Live From Austin TX at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b LeMay, Matt (1 June 2007). "Guided by Voices: Live From Austin, TX". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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