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Do the Collapse
Do the Collapse
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	August 3, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Indie rock; pop rock;
Length	43:45
Label	TVT/Orchard (US); Creation (UK); East West (Germany);
Producer	Ric Ocasek
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Do the Collapse is the 11th album by Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided by Voices. In contrast with their lo-fi reputation, the album features glossy production work from Ric Ocasek, which drew a mixed reception from critics and fans. "Hold On Hope" was covered by country singer Glen Campbell on his 61st album Ghost on the Canvas in 2011. In his introduction to James Greer's book Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll, Academy Award-winning film maker Steven Soderbergh referenced the album stating "that album Ric Ocasek produced was terrific."

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Alternative Press	4/5^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
NME	7/10^[5]
Pitchfork	4.7/10^[6]
Q	^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Select	4/5^[9]
Spin	6/10^[10]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave a negative review, giving the album 2 stars of 5. He criticized the album for having similar compositions of past releases despite major production differences, and considered the band to be lost musically speaking. He also believed the production didn't work with the tracks and resulted in the band creating an "overblown" sound which contrasted negatively with their indie aesthetics. Conversely, in a warmer review for NME, the album was praised as a “timeless, seamless, psychedelic folk-rock soul-quaver perfection to fall in love with life to”.

Accolades

The track "Teenage FBI" was named the 160th on the "500 Greatest Modern Rock Song of All Time" by 97X in 2006.^[11]

In popular culture

featured on the soundtrack to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV-series
featured on NCAA Football 2006
featured on the Scrubs episode "My Occurrence"
featured on the 2000 film Attraction^[12]

Track listing

"Teenage FBI" – 2:53
"Zoo Pie" – 2:18
"Things I Will Keep" – 2:25
"Hold on Hope" – 3:31
"In Stitches" – 3:39
"Dragons Awake!" – 2:08
"Surgical Focus" – 3:48
"Optical Hopscotch" – 3:01
"Mushroom Art" – 1:47
"Much Better Mr. Buckles" – 2:24
"Wormhole" – 2:33
"Strumpet Eye" – 1:58
"Liquid Indian" – 3:38
"Wrecking Now" – 2:33
"Picture Me Big Time" – 4:01
"An Unmarketed Product" – 1:08

Personnel

Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard – lead vocals, guitar
Doug Gillard – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
Greg Demos – bass guitar
Jim Macpherson – drums

Additional musicians

Ariane Lallemand – cello
Dylan Williams – viola
David Soldier – string arrangements, violin
Ric Ocasek – keyboards
Brian Sperber – keyboards

Technical

Ric Ocasek – production, mixing, engineering
Brian Sperber – engineer, mixing
George Marino – mastering

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Do the Collapse – Guided by Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Alternative Press. No. 134. September 1999. p. 96.
^ Hermes, Will (August 6, 1999). "Do the Collapse". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ Cameron, Keith (October 1, 1999). "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse (Creation)". The Guardian.
^ Patterson, Sylvia (October 7, 1999). "Guided By Voices – Do The Collapse". NME. Archived from the original on January 27, 2000. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^ Lieberman, Neil (August 1999). "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Q. No. 158. November 1999. p. 122.
^ Weingarten, Marc (September 2, 1999). "Do The Collapse". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ Muirhead, Stuart (November 1999). "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Select. No. 113. p. 87.
^ Kreilkamp, Ivan (September 1999). "The Lo-Fi Meets Hi-Life". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 9. pp. 185–86. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
^ woxy.com > Music > 2006 Modern Rock 500 Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Attraction (2000) - Soundtrack". IMDb.

[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Do the Collapse – Guided by Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[2] "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Alternative Press. No. 134. September 1999. p. 96.

[3] Hermes, Will (August 6, 1999). "Do the Collapse". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[4] Cameron, Keith (October 1, 1999). "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse (Creation)". The Guardian.

[5] Patterson, Sylvia (October 7, 1999). "Guided By Voices – Do The Collapse". NME. Archived from the original on January 27, 2000. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

[6] Lieberman, Neil (August 1999). "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[7] "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Q. No. 158. November 1999. p. 122.

[8] Weingarten, Marc (September 2, 1999). "Do The Collapse". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[9] Muirhead, Stuart (November 1999). "Guided by Voices: Do the Collapse". Select. No. 113. p. 87.

[10] Kreilkamp, Ivan (September 1999). "The Lo-Fi Meets Hi-Life". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 9. pp. 185–86. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

[11] woxy.com > Music > 2006 Modern Rock 500 Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

[12] "Attraction (2000) - Soundtrack". IMDb.

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-== Reception ==
+== Critical reception ==
+{{Album ratings
-Allmusic's [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] gave a negative review, giving the album 2 stars of 5. He critisized the album for having similar compositions of past releases despite major production differences, and considered the band to be lost musically speaking. He also believed the production didn't work with the tracks and resulted in the band creating an "overblown" sound which contrasted negatively with their indie aesthetics.
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+[[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] gave a negative review, giving the album 2 stars of 5. He criticized the album for having similar compositions of past releases despite major production differences, and considered the band to be lost musically speaking. He also believed the production didn't work with the tracks and resulted in the band creating an "overblown" sound which contrasted negatively with their indie aesthetics. Conversely, in a warmer review for ''[[NME]]'', the album was praised as a “timeless, seamless, psychedelic folk-rock soul-quaver perfection to fall in love with life to”.
 === Accolades ===
-The track 'Teenage FBI' was named the 160th on the '500 Greatest Modern Rock Song of All Time' by [[WOXY.com|97X]] in 2006.<ref>[http://woxy.lala.com/music/mr500-06.php woxy.com > Music > 2006 Modern Rock 500<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606233434/http://woxy.lala.com/music/mr500-06.php |date=2008-06-06 }}</ref>
+The track "Teenage FBI" was named the 160th on the "500 Greatest Modern Rock Song of All Time" by [[WOXY.com|97X]] in 2006.<ref>[http://woxy.lala.com/music/mr500-06.php woxy.com > Music > 2006 Modern Rock 500<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606233434/http://woxy.lala.com/music/mr500-06.php |date=2008-06-06 }}</ref>
-== Appearance In popular culture ==
+== In popular culture ==
-* featured on the soundtrack to the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' TV-series.
+* featured on the soundtrack to the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' TV-series
-* featured on ''[[NCAA Football 2006]]''.
+* featured on ''[[NCAA Football 2006]]''
 * featured on the ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' episode "[[My Occurrence]]"
-* featured on the 2000 film ''Attraction''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238627/soundtrack?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7|title=Attraction (2000) - Soundtrack|last=|first=|date=|website=[[IMDB]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
+* featured on the 2000 film ''Attraction''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238627/soundtrack?ref_=tt_ql_trv_7|title=Attraction (2000) - Soundtrack|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
 == Track listing ==
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 == Personnel ==
-=== GBV ===
+=== Guided by Voices ===
+* [[Robert Pollard]] – lead vocals, guitar
+* [[Doug Gillard]] – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
+* [[Greg Demos]] – bass guitar
+* Jim Macpherson – drums
+=== Additional musicians ===
-* [[Robert Pollard]] - Vocals, guitar, composer
+* Ariane Lallemand – cello
+* Dylan Williams – viola
+* [[David Sulzer|David Soldier]] – string arrangements, violin
+* [[Ric Ocasek]] – keyboards
+* Brian Sperber – keyboards
+=== Technical ===
-* [[Doug Gillard]] - Guitar, keyboard, vocals
+* [[Ric Ocasek]] – production, mixing, engineering
+* Brian Sperber – engineer, mixing
-* [[Greg Demos]] - Bass
+* George Marino – mastering
-* [[Jim Macpherson]] - Drums
-=== Other/production ===
-* [[Ric Ocasek]] - Production, Mixing, Engineering, Keyboards
-* [[David Sulzer|David Soldier]] (Sulzer) - String Arrangements, Violin
-* [[Brian Sperber]] - Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing
-* George Marino - Mastering
-* Ariane Lallemand - [[Cello]]
-* Dylan Williams - [[Viola]]
 == References ==
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Robert Pollard Doug Gillard Mark Shue Bobby Bare Jr. Kevin March Tobin Sprout Mitch Mitchell Greg Demos Kevin Fennell Jim Macpherson James Greer Discography
Studio albums	Devil Between My Toes (1987) Sandbox (1987) Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) Propeller (1992) Vampire on Titus (1993) Bee Thousand (1994) Alien Lanes (1995) Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996) Mag Earwhig! (1997) Do the Collapse (1999) Isolation Drills (2001) Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) Earthquake Glue (2003) Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) The Bears for Lunch (2012) English Little League (2013) Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) Cool Planet (2014) Please Be Honest (2016) August by Cake (2017) How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) Space Gun (2018) Zeppelin Over China (2019) Warp and Woof (2019) Sweating the Plague (2019) Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) Mirrored Aztec (2020) Styles We Paid For (2020) Earth Man Blues (2021) It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021) Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022) Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022) La La Land (2023) Welshpool Frillies (2023) Nowhere to Go but Up (2023) Strut of Kings (2024)
EPs	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) The Grand Hour (1993) Static Airplane Jive (1993) Get Out of My Stations (1994) Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) I Am a Scientist (1994) Tigerbomb (1995) Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) Wish in One Hand… (1997) Plugs for the Program (1999) Hold on Hope (2000) Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5 (2000) Daredevil Stamp Collector (2001) The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) Down by the Racetrack (2013) Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018) 100 Dougs (2018) 1901 Acid Rock (2019) Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
Live albums	Live from Austin, TX (2007)
Compilation albums	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007) Scalping the Guru (2022)
Box sets	Box (1995) Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009) Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) Waved Out (1998) Kid Marine (1999) Motel of Fools (2003) Fiction Man (2004) Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) From a Compound Eye (2006) Normal Happiness (2006) Silverfish Trivia (2007) Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) Superman Was a Rocker (2008) Weatherman and Skin Goddess (2008) Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008) The Crawling Distance (2009) Elephant Jokes (2009) We All Got Out of the Army (2010) Moses on a Snail (2010) Space City Kicks (2011) Lord of the Birdcage (2011) Mouseman Cloud (2012) Jack Sells the Cow (2012) Honey Locust Honky Tonk (2013) Blazing Gentlemen (2013) Faulty Superheroes (2015) Of Course You Are (2016)
Tobin Sprout albums	Carnival Boy (1996) Moonflower Plastic (1997) Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999) Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003) The Bluebirds of Happiness Tried to Land on My Shoulder (2010) The Universe & Me (2017)
Airport 5 albums	Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001) Life Starts Here (2002)
Boston Spaceships albums	Brown Submarine (2008) The Planets are Blasted (2009) Zero to 99 (2009) Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010) Let It Beard (2011)
Lifeguards and Doug Gillard albums	Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) Mist King Urth (2003) Waving at the Astronauts (2011)
Robert Pollard side projects	In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999) Big Trouble (2000) Choreographed Man of War (2001) Calling Zero (2002) Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)
Circus Devils albums	Ringworm Interiors (2001) The Harold Pig Memorial (2002) Pinball Mars (2004) Five (2005) Sgt. Disco (2007) Ataxia (2008) Gringo (2009) Mother Skinny (2010) Capsized! (2011) When Machines Attack (2013) My Mind Has Seen the White Trick (2013) Escape (2014) Stomping Grounds (2015) Laughs Last (2017)