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Cool Planet

Cool Planet is the 22nd album by Ohio-based group, Guided by Voices. It was the final album by the band before their 2016 reformation. It was released in the United States on May 13, 2014, on the band's own label, Guided by Voices Inc. It was released in the UK a few days later, May 19, on Fire Records.

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Cool Planet
Studio album by
Guided by Voices
ReleasedMay 13, 2014
Recorded2014
StudioCyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio
GenreIndie rock
Length36:28
LabelGuided by Voices Inc. / Fire Records
ProducerRobert Pollard
Guided by Voices chronology
Motivational Jumpsuit
(2014) 		Cool Planet
(2014) 		Please Be Honest
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/1001
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star2
Exclaim!7/103
MusicOMHStarStarStar4
Paste7.0/105
Pitchfork6.2/106

Cool Planet is the 22nd album by Ohio-based group, Guided by Voices. It was the final album by the band7 before their 2016 reformation. It was released in the United States on May 13, 2014, on the band's own label, Guided by Voices Inc.8 It was released in the UK a few days later, May 19, on Fire Records.9

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Pollard, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Authoritarian Zoo"2:22
2."Fast Crawl"1:42
3."Psychotic Crush" (Tobin Sprout)1:23
4."Costume Makes the Man" (R. Pollard/Greg Demos)2:04
5."Hat of Flames"1:32
6."These Dooms"2:00
7."Table at Fool's Tooth"1:21
8."All American Boy" (Sprout)3:45
9."You Get Every Game"2:08
10."Pan Swimmer"1:02
11."The Bone Church" (Sprout/Mitch Mitchell)2:15
12."Bad Love Is Easy to Do"2:05
13."The No Doubters"2:37
14."Narrated by Paul" (Sprout)1:06
15."Cream of Lung"1:14
16."Males of Wormwood Mars"2:53
17."Ticket to Hide" (Sprout)3:04
18."Cool Planet"1:55
Total length:36:28

Charts

Chart performance for Cool Planet
Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 20010 7
References

References

  1. "Cool Planet Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. Deming, Mark. "Cool Planet - Guided by Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  3. Barakat, Fariah (May 15, 2014). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  4. Kilby, Dylan (May 19, 2014). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  5. Martin, Garrett (May 13, 2014). "Guided by Voices: Cool Planet Review". Paste. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  6. Heller, Jason (May 13, 2014). "Guided By Voices: Motivational Jumpsuit". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  7. Pelly, Jenn (September 18, 2014). "Guided By Voices Break Up (Again)". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  8. "Guided By Voices Database". Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  9. "Guided By Voices' New Album 'Cool Planet' Due Out 19 May 2014". contactmusic.com. March 5, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  10. "Guided by Voices Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2020.