Robert Pollard, From a Compound Eye - 1h 11m 16s

Tracks & Durations

1. Gold	3:03
2. Field Jacket Blues	1:50
3. Dancing Girls And Dancing Men	2:39
4. Flowering Orphans	1:52
5. The Right Thing	4:37
6. U.S. Mustard Company	2:54
7. The Numbered Head	5:11
8. I'm A Widow	3:42
9. Fresh Threads, Salad Shooters And Zip Guns	1:52
10. Kick Me And Cancel	2:09
11. Other Dogs Remain	2:42
12. Kensington Cradle	1:53
13. Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft	4:13
14. Hammer In Your Eyes	1:43
15. 50-Year-Old Baby	2:15
16. I Surround You Naked	2:42
17. Cock Of The Rainbow	1:44
18. Conquerer Of The Moon	5:05
19. Blessed In An Open Head	2:56
20. A Boy In Motion	1:38
21. Denied	2:40
22. Light Show	2:30
23. I'm A Strong Lion	1:09
24. Payment For The Babies	2:04
25. Kingdom Without	2:30
26. Recovering	3:27

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Review

Sure, he's had like a dozen albums out since disbanding Guided By Voices(including a comedy album!), but this is Robert Pollard's first major solo release since GBV's final tour, so it's kind of a big deal. Do I need to tell you that these twenty-six songs are an eclectic batch, that some are throwaways and others slices of pure pop genius, that some songs were recorded in a full studio with a bnd and others were plopped down to a hissy four-track in a stupor of some sort? "Dancing Girls And Dancing Men," one of those timelessly simple pop ditties that Pollard seems to write twenty of before breakfast, is seriously worth the price of admission, and that's just track three. Recorded in 2004 with Todd Tobias, Chris Sheehan and Scott Bennett, F.A.C.E. may not stop GBV fans from entirely mourning the loss of one of the smartest and raddest bands of the last twenty years. But it's at least as good as the first albums that George Harrison and Paul McCartney released after the Beatles split up, and it surpasses GBV's last few studio albums. So what's there to complain about? -Mike McGonigalWith 26 songs clocking in at over 70 minutes, "From A Compound Eye" finally makes good on Pollard's threat to release a double album. The wealth of new material is astounding. Highlights include some of the best of the Pollard/Guided By Voices canon ("Dancing Girls And Dancing Men", "I'm A Widow", and "Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft"), as well as other nuggets that find Robert tweaking his style and experimenting with new sounds.

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