I Am a Scientist is the title of a 1994 EP released by Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...

. The title track originally appeared in a stripped down, four track version on the band's celebrated 1994 LP Bee Thousand

Bee Thousand

Bee Thousand is the seventh album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices released on June 21, 1994. The album was recorded on consumer-quality audio recorders rather than in a studio, and many of the songs included were less than two minutes long...

; a music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was also made. The song appears here in a live-in-studio full-band arrangement recorded by Andy Shernoff

Andy Shernoff

Andy Shernoff is a musician, songwriter, record producer and oenophile.He is a founding member of The Dictators, one of the original New York punk bands, in which he wrote nearly all of the songs, played bass guitar and keyboards, and sang backing vocals and occasional leads...

, along with 3 other songs.

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices, who disbanded in 2004, only to reform in 2010...

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1. "I Am a Scientist" [7" Version] – 2:31
2. "Curse of the Black Ass Buffalo" – 1:20
3. "Do the Earth" – 2:42
4. "Planet's Own Brand" – 1:15