Alien Lanes (studio album) by Guided By Voices
Top 20 albums of 1995 (Guided By Voices bestography
Alien Lanes is ranked 2nd best out of 62 albums by Guided By Voices on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Guided By Voices is Bee Thousand which is ranked number 525 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,425.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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65/100  | 08/27/2024 20:29 | Jamie | | 64/100 |
100/100 | 06/09/2024 16:08 | cicadelic | | 73/100 |
80/100 | 04/03/2024 13:16 | considerthejosh | | 83/100 |
25/100 | 03/29/2024 17:32 | Proto | | 41/100 |
100/100 | 03/11/2024 12:26 | Jantje | | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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This is such a unique and brilliant way of approaching an album. Every song is a short snippet that never over stays its welcome and in most cases is also a brilliant song. This record definitely takes a few listens before you really grasp it but after that it is just 41 minutes of new, quick and exciting cuts. This makes it a very exhilarating album to experience. However, the criticisms on this record are very strong as well, with a lot of the songs sounding incomplete and if they were given a bit more time they could be incredible tracks but they are cut short. This is disappointing as all the factors of a fantastic album are present. Overall, if the track listing was trimmed down a bit and then that time put into fully developing the better songs this could be one of the greatest albums of all time but due to this not being the case it falls short.
Such a disappointment. So many songs that I'm sure I would like if they weren't 30 seconds long. It's as if Robert gets bored very easily. Don't see the point to writing songs that short. Frustrating.
planetneutral 02/14/2018 12:29
It's not that I didn't like it so much as it didn't really impress me.
Cuddos to the community here coming up with some great descriptions of GBV. "Broken radio" and "artists sketchbook" for sure, and I love it. This one deserves to be equally well thought of as Bee Thousand IMO.
babyBlueSedan 01/06/2015 04:29
Every time I hear this album I go through the same thought process: I think it's awful for the first 10 or so songs, and then from Motor Away on I think it's perfect. My favorite GBV album before listening to it is always Bee Thousand, and after listening to it my favorite GBV album is always Alien Lanes. What I'm saying is that it might be the most back-loaded album of all time. It takes fewer chances than its predecessor, but it also crafts some way more catchy songs. Motor Away is probably the band's best song, and Blimps Go 90, Always Crush Me, Game of Pricks, and Striped White Jets are all incredible as well. Not the blissful mess that Bee Thousand is but it's its own kind of fun.
HazeyTwilight 12/23/2014 14:56
Sending help messages in morse code from the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile on the other end of the line, it sounds like you're browsing channels on the radio. So basically, you're fucked.
meccalecca 05/05/2014 01:37
My broken radio keeps switching stations, but I can’t complain when every song has been fantastic.
i love the lo-fi sound and the atmosphere it creates. a very good record filled with many good ideas and beautiful tunes.
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