The Crawling Distance
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The Crawling Distance is 12th studio album
released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard
on January 20, 2009. Similar to many of Pollard's releases since Fiction Man
in 2004, all instrumentation on the album was performed by producer Todd Tobias
. The Crawling Distance has a 64/100 score on metacritic
and thus was Pollard's lowest rated album on the site, until 2011's Space City Kicks
which has a 62. http://www.metacritic.com/person/robert-pollard
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...
on January 20, 2009. Similar to many of Pollard's releases since Fiction Man
Fiction Man
Fiction Man is an album by Robert Pollard, released in 2004. The songs recorded for this album were written during the same time as the material for Guided by Voices' 2003 release Earthquake Glue. Producer Todd Tobias plays almost every instrument on the album...
in 2004, all instrumentation on the album was performed by producer Todd Tobias
Todd Tobias
Todd Tobias is a record producer and musician/ multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Robert Pollard and his band Guided by Voices. Other projects include Circus Devils, Clouds Forming Crowns, the Sleeptalkers, The Library is on Fire, the Celebrity Pilots, Kramies, Brian Lisik, Slark...
. The Crawling Distance has a 64/100 score on metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
and thus was Pollard's lowest rated album on the site, until 2011's Space City Kicks
Space City Kicks
Space City Kicks is the 16th full-length solo studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard since 1996. It was released on January 18, 2011....
which has a 62. http://www.metacritic.com/person/robert-pollard
Track listing
- "Faking My Harlequin" - 3:46
- "Cave Zone" - 2:55
- "Red Cross Vegas Night" - 3:41
- "The Butler Stands for All of Us" - 3:45
- "It's Easy" - 4:09
- "No Island" - 4:49
- "Silence Be Destroyed" - 2:49
- "Imaginary Queen Ann" - 2:20
- "On Short Wave" - 3:21
- "Too Much Fun" - 4:09