Thursday, October 19, 2023

Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (2 LP) (1994)



Side A:
1. Hardcore UFOs
2. Buzzards and Dreadful Crows
3. Tractor Rape Chain
4. The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory
5. Hot Freaks
6. Smothered in Hugs
7. Yours to Keep
8. Echos Myron

Side B:
9. Gold Star for Robot Boy
10. Awful Bliss
11. Mincer Ray (samples Way to a Man's Heart)
12. A Big Fan of the Pigpen (samples 2nd Moves to Twin)
13. Queen of Cans and Jars
14. Her Psychology Today
15. Kicker of Elves
16. Ester's Day (samples At Odds With Dr. Genesis)
17. Demons Are Real
18. I Am a Scientist
19. Peep-Hole
20. You're Not an Airplane

Side C:
21. Crunch Pillow
22. Indian Was an Angel
23. Bite
24. Revolution Boy
25. Deathtrot and Warlock Riding a Rooster
26. 2nd Moves to Twin (full version)
27. Please Freeze Me
28. Scissors
29. Postal Blowfish

Side D:
30. Good For a Few Laughs
31. What Are We Coming Up To?
32. I'll Buy You a Bird
33. Twig
34. Curse of the Black Ass Buffalo
35. Do the Earth
36. Planet's Own Brand
37. Taco, Buffalo, Birddog, and Jesus
38. Supermarket the Moon

This is my answer to the question: What if Guided by Voices had released Bee Thousand as a double album like they intended? The Director's Cut was mostly based on an earlier version of it that was gonna have two LPs, but if we're really gonna imagine it as a double album, then the first two sides would be the two sides of Bee Thousand, the third side would be based on the second side of King Shit and the Golden Boys, and the fourth side mops up the rest of the best from the Director's Cut and the first Suitcase as well as the "I Am a Scientist" EP. 

For the second LP, I tried to stay away from songs that would later end up on an album, like "Don't Stop Now" on Under the Bushes, Under the Trees and "Crocker's Favorite Song" on Class Clown Spots a UFO. Though its track listing at 38 is the same as the abridged version of the Director's Cut. Just for reference, there were 64 songs that were at one point gonna be on Bee Thousand. Officially there were 65 but I couldn't find the last one. Some songs had multiple names though and one song (Scissors and the Blue Ox) was listed incorrectly.

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