Under the Bushes Under the Stars

Under the Bushes Under the Stars
A fairly surreal, impressionistic collage whose main focus is a circular cut-out of a man holding two sticks and looking up. The band name and album cover appear in a bold font in the upper left corner.
Studio album by
Guided by Voices
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
Recorded1995
GenreIndie rock
Length55:45 (38:01 / 17:44)
61:20 (with bonus tracks)
LabelMatador
Producer
  • John Shough
  • Doug Easley
  • Davis McCain
  • Kim Deal[A]
  • Steve Albini[B]
Guided by Voices chronology
Alien Lanes
(1995) 		Under the Bushes Under the Stars
(1996) 		Tonics & Twisted Chasers
(1996)
Singles from Under the Bushes Under the Stars
  1. "The Official Ironmen Rally Song"
    Released: February 27, 1996
  2. "Cut-Out Witch"
    Released: June 17, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
NME8/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Spin6/10[6]

Under the Bushes Under the Stars is the ninth Guided by Voices album overall, and the last until 2012's Let's Go Eat the Factory[7] to feature the "classic" lineup including Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell in addition to leader Robert Pollard. The album is noted as Guided by Voices' first stab at professionalism, being recorded in 24 track studios rather than their customary 4 track. Sessions for the album were reportedly arduous, spread as they were across at least four studios and as many sets of producers, and many titles and configurations were vetted before a final sequence was reached.

The final six tracks on the CD do not appear on the album's back cover. These tracks, which were included as a separate 12" EP in the vinyl edition, were not originally included in the completed album sequence, having been dropped from earlier proposed versions of the album, but were included at the request of Matador label executives who regretted their exclusion.

  1. ^ "Under the Bushes Under the Stars - Guided by Voices - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ^ Slankard, Noah (May 1996). "Music Reviews". Alternative Press. Vol. 10, no. 94. p. 78.
  3. ^ "Under the Bushes Under the Stars". Entertainment Weekly. 29 March 1996. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ John Mulvey. "NME.COM - GUIDED BY VOICES - Under The Bushes Under The Stars - 23/3/1996". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ^ Michael Corcoran (2 February 1998). "Guided By Voices: Under The Bushes Under The Stars". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ Guided by Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars
  7. ^ "Guided by Voices Releasing New Album, Let's Go Eat the Factory | BUZZGRINDER". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2011-12-20.