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Robert Pollard
Superman Was a Rocker
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Another Man's Blood - Robert Pollard, Mitchell, Mitch
2. Go Down First - Robert Pollard, Dodson, John
3. Back to the Farm - Robert Pollard, March, Kevin
4. Substitute Heaven - Robert Pollard, Mitchell, Mitch
5. Prince Alphabet - Robert Pollard, Pollard, Robert
6. You Drove the Snake Crazy - Robert Pollard, Pollard, Robert
7. Surveillance - Robert Pollard, Pollard, Robert
8. Love Your Spaceman - Robert Pollard, March, Kevin
9. Jumping - Robert Pollard, Pollard, Robert
10. St. Leroy - Robert Pollard, Pollard, Robert
11. Peacock - Robert Pollard, Mitchell, Mitch
12. More Hot Dogs Please - Robert Pollard, Mitchell, Mitch

CD Details

All Artists: Robert Pollard
Title: Superman Was a Rocker
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Happy Jack Rock
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 2/12/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 656605491929

Synopsis

Product Description

Robert Pollard's Superman Was A Rocker is a return to old ways. This mini-album (13 songs, 30 minutes) finds Pollard using recording methods he hasn't engaged in since his time in Guided By Voices.

Pollard recently poured through a bunch of old cassette tapes and found some great, never-used instrumentals that he either wrote or co-wrote, and and he decided to go into the studio and put vocals (and melodies!) over them, just like he used to back in the old Guided By Voices days. The music spans a 20+ year period, so in essence, this is an album 20 years in the making.

Due to the span of time and body of work from which the clips were accessed, many of the classic Guided By Voices alumni appear on this album: Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Doug Gillard, Nate Farley. This is the most fun Pollard album in years.

CD Reviews

Three stars for having the audacity to attempt this project,

a concerned citizen | pa | 03/15/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"An extremely fun and infectious album that recalls the messy, haphazard, and tuneful EPs that GBV put out in its heyday. Stuff like Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer, Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, and Static Airplane Jive -- if you even recognize those titles, you will find something to love on this album. Only complaint is that it's too short.

My favorites: "Prince Alphabet," a brief, minimal song with a gorgeous vocal melody, "You Drove the Snake Crazy," a super-catchy campfire ditty, and "Surveillance," a psychedelic fever dream on which Pollard sings a spare melody over backwards music, transcending that gimmick to create something beautiful (and dare I say even better than the original, forwards version of the song, an old GBV nugget called "Stabbing a Star").

Fun lyric sheet/packaging too."

Even hardcore fans will be disappointed.

Me | Canada | 06/18/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"The reviews on this site of this particular album are over-selling it just a bit. There is only really one song worth the time on this release. I guess I am what you would call a Robert Pollard fanboy (hate that word), and I own over 50 of his lp,ep,single whatevers and this is the one thing he has released that I would tell everyone to stay clear of."