Bee Thousand

This article is about the album by Guided by Voices. For the song by the same band, see The Grand Hour.
Bee Thousand
Against a blank white background, the band name appears upside-down in a distressed font. The album title appears orientated normally. Below the text is a relatively small collaged image of a wizard wearing a purple hat and cape facing a dark silhouette of a house.
Studio album by
Guided by Voices
ReleasedJune 21, 1994 (1994-06-21)
Recorded1984–1993
StudioVarious places in Dayton, Ohio, with recordings pulled from as far back as the early 1980s
Genre
Length36:35
LabelScat
Guided by Voices chronology
Vampire on Titus
(1993) 		Bee Thousand
(1994) 		Alien Lanes
(1995)
Alternative cover
Bee Thousand was reissued in 2004 as Bee Thousand: The Director's Cut.

Bee Thousand is the seventh album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices, released on June 21, 1994, on Scat Records. After its release the band became one of the more prominent groups associated with the "lo-fi" genre, a movement defined by the relatively low fidelity of audio releases. Musically, the album draws inspiration from British Invasion-era rock music and punk rock. Following the release of Bee Thousand, the band began to attract interest from other record labels, eventually signing with Matador for their next album.

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