Space City Kicks is the 16th full-length solo studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released by singer-songwriter 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...

since 1996. It was released on January 18, 2011.

Pollard has stated that for Space City Kicks he scrambled the titles of various classic rock songs in hopes that the new titles would provide inspiration...this particular experiment happened to work, I think. The titles seem instantly familiar although not immediately traceable.”

Track listing

1. "Mr. Fantastic Must Die"
2. "Space City Kicks"
3. "Blowing like a Sunspot"
4. "I Wanna Be Your Man in the Moon"
5. "Sex She Said"
6. "One More Touch"
7. "Picture a Star"
8. "Something Strawberry"
9. "Follow a Loser"
10. "Children Ships"
11. "Stay Away"
12. "Gone Hoping"
13. "Into It"
14. "Tired Life"
15. "Touch Me in the Right Place at the Right Time"
16. "Woman to Fly"
17. "Getting Going"
18. "Spill the Blues"