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Guided by Voices discography
Guided by Voices discography
	Guided by Voices performing in 2012
Studio albums	40
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	12
Video albums	7
EPs	19
Singles	39
Soundtrack albums	7
Box sets	6
Books	2

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The Guided by Voices discography includes dozens of releases, both official and unofficial.^[3] Robert Pollard, the main creative force behind the band, is an extremely prolific songwriter, having written or co-written more than 1,600 songs, with over 500 of them released under the Guided by Voices moniker.^[4]

In addition to official Guided by Voices albums, there have been numerous official singles, extended plays, split releases and compilations, as well as four box-sets of previously unreleased material known as "Suitcases" that each contain four CDs with twenty-five tracks each, for a total of 100 songs per release.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	US ^[5]^[6]	US Heat. ^[5]^[6]	US Indie ^[5]^[6]
1987	Devil Between My Toes Released: February 15, 1987 Label: Schwa (GBV0001) Format: LP	—	—	—
1987	Sandbox Released: 1987 Label: Halo (#1) Format: LP	—	—	—
1989	Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia Released: 1989 Label: Halo (#2) Format: LP	—	—	—
1990	Same Place the Fly Got Smashed Released: 1990 Label: Rocket #9 (OX846) Format: LP	—	—	—
1992	Propeller Released: 1992 Label: Rockathon (#001) Format: LP	—	—	—
1993	Vampire on Titus Released: 1993 Label: Scat (#31) Format: LP	—	—	—
1994	Bee Thousand Released: June 21, 1994 Label: Scat Records (#35) Format: LP, Cassette, CD	—	—	—
1995	Alien Lanes Released: April 4, 1995 Label: Matador (OLE 123) Format: LP, Cassette, CD	—	—	—
1996	Under the Bushes Under the Stars Released: March 26, 1996 Label: Matador (OLE 161) Format: LP + 12-inch, Cassette, CD	—	19	—
1996	Tonics & Twisted Chasers Released: 1996^[7] Label: Rockathon (#002) Format: LP	—	—	—
1997	Mag Earwhig! Released: May 20, 1997 Label: Matador (OLE 241) Format: LP, Cassette, CD	—	19	—
1999	Do the Collapse Released: August 3, 1999 Label: TVT (TVT-1980) Format: LP, Cassette, CD	—	14	—
2001	Isolation Drills Released: April 10, 2001 Label: TVT (TVT 2160) Format: LP, CD	168	8	6
2002	Universal Truths and Cycles Released: June 18, 2002 Label: Matador (OLE 547) Format: LP, CD	160	3	10
2003	Earthquake Glue Released: August 19, 2003 Label: Matador (OLE 574) Format: LP, CD	193	12	8
2004	Half Smiles of the Decomposed Released: August 24, 2004 Label: Matador (OLE 612) Format: LP, CD	—	16	22
2012	Let's Go Eat the Factory Released: January 1, 2012 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-16), Fire Records (FIRECD/LP248) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	—	8	35
2012	Class Clown Spots a UFO Released: June 11, 2012 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-22), Fire Records (FIRECD/LP249) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	—	12	—
2012	The Bears for Lunch Released: November 13, 2012 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-27), Fire Records (FIRECD/LP259) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	—	9	—
2013	English Little League Released: April 30, 2013 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-34), Fire Records (FIRECD/LP294) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	—	21	—
2014	Motivational Jumpsuit Released: February 18, 2014 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-45), Fire Records (FIRECD/LP337) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	—	18	—
2014	Cool Planet Released: May 13, 2014 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-50), Fire Records (FIRECD/LP355) Format: LP, CD, Cassette	—	20	—
2016	Please Be Honest Released: April 22, 2016 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2017	August by Cake Released: April 7, 2017 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: 2-LP, CD	—	22	—
2017	How Do You Spell Heaven Released: August 11, 2017 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	20	37
2018	Space Gun Released: March 23, 2018 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2019	Zeppelin Over China^[8] Released: February 1, 2019 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: 2-LP, CD	—	—	—
2019	Warp and Woof^[9] Released: April 26, 2019 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2019	Sweating the Plague^[8] Released: October 25, 2019 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2020	Surrender Your Poppy Field Released: February 20, 2020^[10] Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2020	Mirrored Aztec ^[11] Released: August 21, 2020 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2020	Styles We Paid For ^[12] Released: December 11, 2020 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2021	Earth Man Blues Released: April 30, 2021 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2021	It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! Released: October 22, 2021 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2022	Crystal Nuns Cathedral Released: March 4, 2022 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2022	Tremblers and Goggles by Rank Released: July 1, 2022 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2023	La La Land Released: January 20, 2023 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
	Welshpool Frillies Released: July 21, 2023 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
	Nowhere to Go but Up Released: November 24, 2023 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: LP, CD	—	—	—
2024	Strut of Kings^[1] Released: June 28, 2024 Label: Guided by Voices Inc./Rockathon Records Format: LP, CD	—	—	—

Extended plays

Year	Album details
1986	Forever Since Breakfast Released: 1986 Label: I Wanna (605058X) Format: 12-inch EP
1993	The Grand Hour Released: 1993 Label: Scat (#28) Format: 7-inch EP
1993	Static Airplane Jive Released: 1993 Label: City Slang (04939-7) Format: 7-inch EP
1994	Get Out of My Stations Released: 1994 Label: Siltbreeze (SB 028) Format: 7-inch EP
1994	Fast Japanese Spin Cycle Released: 1994 Label: Engine (VROOM-07) Format: 7-inch EP, CD
1994	Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer Released: 1994 Label: Domino (RUG 11) Format: 7-inch EP, CD
1994	I Am a Scientist Released: October 15, 1994 Label: Scat (#38) Format: 7-inch EP, CD
1995	Tigerbomb Released: November 14, 1995 Label: Matador (OLE 168-7) Format: 7-inch EP
1996	Sunfish Holy Breakfast Released: November 19, 1996 Label: Matador (OLE 185) Format: 12-inch EP, CD
1996	Plantations of Pale Pink Released: November 19, 1996 Label: Matador (OLE 208-7) Format: 7-inch EP
1997	Wish in One Hand… Released: 1997 Label: Jass (J001) Format: 7-inch EP
1999	Plugs for the Program Released: December 3, 1999 Label: TVT (TVT 1983-2) Format: CD
2000	Hold on Hope Released: March 7, 2000 Label: TVT (TVT 1985-2) Format: CD
2000	Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5 Released: April 2, 2000 Label: Fading Captain Series (#5) Format: 7-inch EP
2001	Daredevil Stamp Collector: Do The Collapse B-sides Released: March 30, 2001 Label: Fading Captain Series (#10) Format: 12-inch EP
2002	The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet Released: September 17, 2002 Label: Fading Captain Series (#24) Format: 12-inch EP, CD
2013	Down by the Racetrack Released: January 22, 2013 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. (GBVI-28) Format: 7-inch EP, CD
2018	Wine Cork Stonehenge Released: December 7, 2018 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: 7-inch EP
2018	100 Dougs Released: December 7, 2018 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: 7-inch EP
2019	1901 Acid Rock Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: 7-inch EP
2019	Umlaut Over the Ozone Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Guided by Voices Inc. Format: 7-inch EP

Split EPs

Year	Split Details	Songs
1996	Superchunk/Guided by Voices ^[13] Released: 1996 (Australia) Label: Fellaheen (JACK 046-2) Format: CD Total length: 16:06	Superchunk – "A Small Definition" – 4:01 Superchunk – "Her Royal Fisticuffs" – 3:37 Superchunk – "The Mine Has Been Returned to the Original Owner" – 3:27 Guided by Voices – "Delayed Reaction Brats" – 1:07 Guided by Voices – "He's the Uncle" – 1:38 Guided by Voices – "Key Losers" – 2:16
1997	8 Rounds: GVSB vs GBV ^[14] Released: July 1, 1997 Label: Radiopaque Recordings (RR013) Format: CD Total length: 24:19	Girls Against Boys – "Learned It" – 3:42 Girls Against Boys – "Vera Cruz" – 4:31 Girls Against Boys – "Disco 666" – 2:43 Girls Against Boys – "Kill the Sexplayer" – 3:55 Guided by Voices – "Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy" [Live] – 1:58 Guided by Voices – "Motor Away" [Live] – 2:22 Guided by Voices – "My Valuable Hunting Knife" [Live] – 2:08 Guided by Voices – "Shocker in Gloomtown/Some Drilling Implied" [Live] – 3:00
2001	Selective Service ^[15] Released: December 10, 2001 Fading Captain Series (#16) Format: CD Total length: 28:10	Guided by Voices – "Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5" [Live] – 2:56 Guided by Voices – "Travels" – 2:00 Guided by Voices – "No Welcome Wagons" – 2:00 Guided by Voices – "Selective Service" – 1:54 Airport 5 – "Total Exposure" – 4:05 Airport 5 – "Cold War Water Sports" – 3:26 Airport 5 – "The Wheel Hits the Path (Quite Soon)" – 1:27 Airport 5 – "Stifled Man Casino" – 3:18 Airport 5 – "Peroxide" – 1:42 Airport 5 – "Eskimo Clockwork" – 1:23 Airport 5 – "In the Brain" [Bonus track] – 3:59

Singles

Year	Song/Single Details	Album
1995	"Motor Away" Released: June 6, 1995 Label: Matador (OLE 148-7) Format: 7-inch Single	Alien Lanes
1996	"The Official Ironmen Rally Song" Released: February 27, 1996 Label: Matador (OLE 184-7/OLE 184-2) Format: 7-inch Single, CD Single	Under the Bushes Under the Stars
1996	"Cut-Out Witch" Released: June 17, 1996 Label: Matador (OLE 218-7) Format: 7-inch Single (Picture Disc)	Under the Bushes Under the Stars
1997	"Bulldog Skin" Released: May 6, 1997 Label: Matador (OLE 217-7/OLE 217-2) Format: 7-inch Single, CD Single	Mag Earwhig!
1997	"I Am a Tree" Released: July 29, 1997 Label: Matador (OLE 264-7/OLE 264-2) Format: 7-inch Single, CD Single	Mag Earwhig!
1999	"Surgical Focus" Released: June 22, 1999 Label: TVT (TVT-1981-7) Format: 7-inch Single	Do the Collapse
1999	"Teenage FBI" Released: September 28, 1999 Label: Creation (CRES 325/CRESCD 325) Format: 7-inch Single, CD Single
1999	"Hold on Hope" Released: November 1, 1999 Label: Creation (CRES 328) Format: 7-inch Single
2001	"Chasing Heather Crazy" Released: March 13, 2001 Label: TVT (2162) Format: 7-inch Single	Isolation Drills
2001	"Glad Girls" Released: July 9, 2001 Label: TVT (020412) Format: 7-inch Single	Isolation Drills
2002	"Back to the Lake" Released: May 21, 2002 Label: Fading Captain Series (#20) / Matador (OLE 564-2) Format: 7-inch Single, CD Single (released August 19, 2002)	Universal Truths and Cycles
2002	"Cheyenne" Released: May 21, 2002 Label: Fading Captain Series (#21) Format: 7-inch Single
2002	"Everywhere with Helicopter" Released: May 21, 2002 Label: Fading Captain Series (#22) / Matador (OLE 552-2) Format: 7-inch Single, CD Single (released June 3, 2002)
2002	"Universal Truths and Cycles" Released: May 21, 2002 Label: Fading Captain Series (#23) Format: 7-inch Single
2003	"My Kind of Soldier" Released: July 29, 2003 Label: Fading Captain Series (#28) Format: 7-inch Single	Earthquake Glue
2003	"The Best of Jill Hives" Released: September 23, 2003 Label: Matador (OLE 598-2) Format: CD Single	Earthquake Glue
2011	"We Won't Apologize for the Human Race" / "The Unsinkable Fats Domino" Released: November 22, 2011 Label: Matador (OLE-973-7) Format: 7-inch Single	Let's Go Eat the Factory
2011	"Doughnut for a Snowman" Released: November 28, 2011 Label: Fire (BLAZE45188) Format: 7-inch Single
2012	"Chocolate Boy" Released: January 17, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-17) Format: 7-inch Single
2012	"Keep It In Motion" Released: March 20, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-18), Fire (BLAZE45190) Format: 7-inch Single	Class Clown Spots a UFO
2012	"Jon The Croc" Released: April 17, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-20), Fire (BLAZE45191) Format: 7-inch Single
2012	"Class Clown Spots a UFO" Released: May 15, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-21), Fire (BLAZE45192) Format: 7-inch Single
2012	"White Flag" Released: October 29, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-24), Fire (BLAZE45203) Format: 7-inch Single	The Bears for Lunch
2012	"Everywhere is Miles From Everywhere" Released: October 29, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-25), Fire (BLAZE45202) Format: 7-inch Single
2012	"Hangover Child" Released: October 29, 2012 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-26), Fire (BLAZE45201) Format: 7-inch Single
2013	"Flunky Minnows" Released: February 19, 2013 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-29) Format: 7-inch Single	English Little League
2013	"Islands (She Talks In Rainbows)" Released: March 5, 2013 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-30) Format: 7-inch Single
2013	"Trash Can Full Of Nails" Released: March 19, 2013 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-31) Format: 7-inch Single
2013	"Xeno Pariah" Released: April 2, 2013 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-32) Format: 7-inch Single
2013	"Noble Insect" Released: April 16, 2013 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-33) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"Save The Company" Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-40) Format: 7-inch Single	Motivational Jumpsuit
2014	"Vote For Me Dummy" Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-41) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"Alex And The Omegas" Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-42) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"The Littlest League Possible" / "Jupiter Spin" Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-43) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"Planet Score" / "Zero Elasticity" Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-44) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"Authoritarian Zoo" Released: April 29, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-46) Format: 7-inch Single	Cool Planet
2014	"Males Of Wormwood Mars" Released: April 29, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-47) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"Table At Fool’s Tooth" Released: April 29, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-48) Format: 7-inch Single
2014	"All American Boy" Released: April 29, 2014 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-49) Format: 7-inch Single

Split singles

Year	Split Details	Songs
1993	GBV / Jenny Mae Leffel^[16] Released: 1993 Label: Anyway (ANYWAY 013) Format: 7-inch Single	A1: Guided by Voices – "If We Wait" (Robert Pollard) B1: Jenny Mae Leffel – "Red Chair"
1994	GBV / Grifters^[17] Released: 1994 Label: Now Sound (NOW #2) Format: 7-inch Single	A1: Guided by Voices – "Hey Mr. Soundman" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) A2: Guided by Voices – "Announcers and Umpires" (R. Pollard) A3: Guided by Voices – "Evil Speaker B" (Jim Pollard) A4: Guided by Voices – "Uncle Dave" (R. Pollard) B1: Grifters – "I'm Drunk" (Grifters)
1994	GBV / Belreve^[18] Released: 1994 Label: Anyway (ANYWAY 021) Format: 7-inch Single	A1: Belreve – "The Sulk King" B1: Guided by Voices – "Always Crush Me" (R. Pollard)
1995	GBV / New Radiant Storm King^[19] Released: 1995 Label: Chunk (CH4520) Format: 7-inch Single	A1: Guided by Voices – "The Opposing Engineer (Sleeps Alone)" (New Radiant Storm King) B1: New Radiant Storm King – "I Am a Scientist" (R. Pollard)
1997	GBV / Cobra Verde^[20] Released: March 10, 1997 Label: Wabana (ORE 10) Format: 7-inch Single	A1: Guided by Voices – "Aim Correctly" (R. Pollard) A2: Guided by Voices – "Orange Jacket" (R. Pollard) B1: Cobra Verde – "Terrorist"
2002	GBV / Sin Sin 77^[21] Released: 2002 Label: Devil in the Woods (#53) Format: 7-inch Single	A1: Guided by Voices – "Cheyenne" [Live] (R. Pollard) B1: Sin Sin 77 – "Radio"

Live albums

Year	Album details
2007	Live from Austin, TX^[22] Released: May 15, 2007 Label: New West Format: 2 CDs
2018	Ogre's Trumpet Released: March 9, 2018 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. Format: 2×LP, CD

Box sets

Year	Album details
1995	Box Released: February 28, 1995 Label: Scat (#40) Format: 6 LPs, 5 CDs
2000	Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft Released: October 17, 2000 Label: Fading Captain Series (#6) Format: 4 CDs
2003	Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere Released: November 4, 2003 Label: Matador (OLE 550) Format: 5 CDs + 1 DVD
2005	Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow Released: October 4, 2005 Label: Fading Captain Series (#37) Format: 4 CDs
2009	Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now Released November 3, 2009 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-8) Format: 4 CDs
2015	Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War Released November 20, 2015 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-65) Format: 4 CDs

Compilation albums

Each of the four Briefcase releases is a single LP compilation of songs selected from the associated 4-disc Suitcase box-set.

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	US Heat. ^[5]^[6]	US Indie ^[5]^[6]
1992	An Earful O' Wax^[23] Released: 1992 Label: Get Happy Records Format: LP	—	—
1993	Vampire On Titus/Propeller^[24] Released: 1993 Label: Scat Records/Matador Format: CD	—	—
1995	King Shit & The Golden Boys Released: February 2, 1995 (reissued January 27, 2015) Label: Scat (#61) Format: LP, CD	—	—
2000	Briefcase (Suitcase Abridged: Drinks and Deliveries) Released: October 17, 2000 Label: Fading Captain Series (#7) Format: LP	—	—
2003	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates Released: November 4, 2003 Label: Matador (OLE 565) Format: CD	39	26
2005	Briefcase 2 (Suitcase 2 Abridged – The Return of Milko Waif) Released: October 4, 2005 Label: Fading Captain Series (#38) Format: LP	—	—
2007	Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 Released: May 29, 2007 Label: Fading Captain Series (#44) Format: 2 CDs	—	—
2009	Briefcase 3: Cuddling Bozo's Octopus Released: November 3, 2009 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-9) Format: LP	—	—
2010	Metro: The Official Bootleg Series, Volume 1 Released: July 25, 2010 Format: CD	—	—
2013	Glue On Bicycle^[25] Released: 2013 Label: Fire Records, Guided By Voices Inc. Format: CD	—	—
2015	Briefcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War Released: November 20, 2015 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-64) Format: LP	—	—
2022	Scalping the Guru Released: October 28, 2022 Label: Guided By Voices Inc. (GBVI-116) Format: CD, CS, LP	—	—

Soundtracks

Year	Album details	Track details
1996	Brain Candy Soundtrack Released: 1996 Label: Matador (OLE 183-1) Format: LP, CD	#11 - "Postal Blowfish" [New version] (Robert Pollard, Mitch Mitchell)
1999	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album Released: October 19, 1999 Label: TVT (8300) Format: CD	#2 - "Teenage FBI" (R. Pollard)
2000	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Soundtrack Released: August 22, 2000 Label: Milan (73138 35909-2) Format: CD	#12 - "Learning to Hunt" (R. Pollard)
2001	Dean Quixote: The Soundtrack to the Film Released: November 20, 2001 Label: spinART (SPART 99) Format: CD	#3 - "If We Wait" (R. Pollard)
2002	ESPN's Ultimate X: The Movie Soundtrack Released: May 14, 2002 Label: Hollywood (162340) Format: CD	#5 - "Skills Like This" (R. Pollard)
2002	Scrubs Soundtrack Released: September 24, 2002 Label: Hollywood (162353) Format: CD	#8 - "Hold on Hope" (R. Pollard)
2006	Beer League Soundtrack Released: September 5, 2006 Label: Lakeshore (LKS 338812) Format: CD	#3 - "Bulldog Skin" (R. Pollard) #9 - "Girls of Wild Strawberries" (R. Pollard)

Video albums

Year	Video details
1996	Live at the Whisky a Go Go Released: 1996 Label: Rockathon Format: VHS
2003	Watch Me Jumpstart Released: November 4, 2003 Label: Matador (OLE 284) Format: VHS
2000	The Who Went Home and Cried Released: 2000 Label: Rockathon, MVD Format: VHS, DVD
2002	Some Drinking Implied Released: October 12, 2002 Label: Rockathon Format: DVD
2003	Watch Me Jumpstart: Expanded Version Released: November 4, 2003 Label: Matador (OLE 596) Format: DVD
2005	The Electrifying Conclusion Released: November 15, 2005 Label: Plexifilm Format: DVD
2007	Live from Austin, TX Released: May 15, 2007 Label: New West Format: DVD

Unofficial albums

Year	Album details
1994	Crying Your Knife Away Released: 1994 Label: None/Simple Solution Records Format: LP, CD, Unofficial live album
1995	For All Good Kids Released: 1995 Label: None Format: LP, Unofficial live album
K.A.	Live at The Embassy, London, ONT - October 26, 1995 Released: Unknown Label: None Format: CD, Unofficial live album
1996	Benefit For The Winos Released: 1996 Label: None Format: LP, CD, Unofficial live album
K.A.	@ The Garage, London, June 21, 1996 Released: Unknown Label: None Format: Cassette, Unofficial live album
1996	Jellyfish Reflector Released: 1996 Label: None Format: LP, CD, Unofficial live album
K.A.	The Garage, London, October 8, 1997 Released: Unknown Label: None Format: Cassette, Unofficial live album
K.A.	Live at Bernie's, Columbus, OH - March 28, 1998 Released: Unknown Label: None Format: CD, Unofficial live album
1999	I'm Much Greater Than You Think Released: 1999 Label: None Format: CD, Unofficial live album^[26]

Books

Guided by Voices: A Brief History — Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in The Forests of Rock and Roll
- Written by James Greer and published by Grove/Atlantic in 2005, this is the first biography of GBV authorized by the band.^[27] Steven Soderbergh wrote the foreword.^[27] Author Jim Greer, a former editor of Spin magazine, was also a member of the band from 1994 to 1996 (he wrote the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on Sunfish Holy Breakfast).^[27]^[28]

Bee Thousand
- Written by Marc Woodworth and published by Continuum Books in 2006 as part of their 33⅓ series, this book is about the 1994 album Bee Thousand.^[29] The book explores the unusual production of the album, the lyrics of Robert Pollard, and the influence the album has had.^[29]

Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices
- Written by Matthew Cutter.^[30]

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^ "Guided By Voices - An Earful O'Wax". Discogs. October 2, 1994. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ "Guided By Voices - Vampire On Titus / Propeller". Discogs. October 2, 1993. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ "Guided By Voices - Glue On Bicycle". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Guided By Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years Of Hunting Accidents In The Forests Of Rock And Roll (By James Greer)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
^ "Jim Greer". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Bee Thousand (By Marc Woodworth)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
^ "Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices (By Matthew Cutter)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

External links

Official Guided by Voices website
GBVDB – Guided by Voices Database

[sok-1] Lapierre, Megan (April 16, 2024). "Guided by Voices Announce 'Strut of Kings,' Their Only Album of 2024". Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved April 16, 2024.

[fan_club-2] Since the album Tonics & Twisted Chasers was originally released only to the GBV fan club, it is often not counted among the GBV studio albums.

[3] "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

[Pollard-4] "Robert Pollard". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
1,101 songs credited as "Songwriter" + 547 as "Co-Songwriter" = 1,648 songs in total; 539 credited to Guided by Voices

[5] 1,101 songs credited as "Songwriter" + 547 as "Co-Songwriter" = 1,648 songs in total; 539 credited to Guided by Voices

[US-billboard-5] "Artist Chart History – Guided by Voices". Billboard.com. Nielsen Company. Retrieved September 4, 2008.

[US-allmusic-6] "Guided by Voices | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

[7] Released the following year with bonus tracks.

[Music-8] "Music". Factory of Raw Essentials. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.

[9] "The Quietus | Reviews | Guided By Voices". The Quietus. Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[10] Rowin, Michael Joshua (February 14, 2020). "Review: Guided by Voices's Surrender Your Poppy Field Serves Power Pop with a Twist". Slant. Retrieved July 19, 2020.

[11] Rowin, Michael Joshua (August 14, 2020). "Review: With Mirrored Aztec, Guided by Voices Gets Back to Basics". Slant Magazine. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

[12] Schatz, Lake (October 19, 2020). "Guided by Voices Announce Third Album of 2020, Share "Mr. Child": Stream". Consequence. Retrieved December 10, 2020.

[Superchunk-13] "Superchunk/Guided By Voices [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[GVSB_vs_GBV-14] "8 Rounds: GVSB vs GBV [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Airport_5-15] "Guided By Voices & Airport 5 - Selective Service [Split, Bonus Tracks]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Jenny_Mae-16] "Guided By Voices/Jenny Mae Leffel [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Grifters-17] "Guided By Voices/Grifters [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[18] "Guided By Voices/Belreve [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[19] "Guided By Voices/New Radiant Storm King [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[20] "Guided By Voices/Cobra Verde [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[21] "Guided By Voices/Sin Sin 77 [Split]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Austin-22] "Live From Austin, TX [Live]". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[23] "Guided By Voices - An Earful O'Wax". Discogs. October 2, 1994. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[24] "Guided By Voices - Vampire On Titus / Propeller". Discogs. October 2, 1993. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[25] "Guided By Voices - Glue On Bicycle". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[26] "Guided By Voices". Discogs. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

[Greer_book-27] "Guided By Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years Of Hunting Accidents In The Forests Of Rock And Roll (By James Greer)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[GBVDB_Greer-28] "Jim Greer". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Woodworth-29] "Bee Thousand (By Marc Woodworth)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Cutter_book-30] "Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices (By Matthew Cutter)". Gbvdb.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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v t e Guided by Voices
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)