Vampire on Titus is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices.
Background
Vampire on Titus was recorded after a short-lived dissolution of the band (after 1992's "farewell" album Propeller) but prior to the full-time regrouping that occurred with the assemblage of the Bee Thousand album and the band's return to live performance. The album was recorded with a skeletal line-up consisting of Robert Pollard, Jim Pollard and Tobin Sprout. Jim Shepard of V-3 remarked to Pollard once that he “was like a vampire on Titus, sucking songs out of the earth.” Pollard lived on Titus Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. The album is often acknowledged as being the most abrasively lo-fi in the entire Guided by Voices catalog.
Track listing All songs written by Robert Pollard unless otherwise noted.
Side A ""Wished I Was a Giant"" – 2:43 "#2 in the Model Home Series" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) – 1:45 "Expecting Brainchild" (Jim Pollard, R. Pollard) – 2:30 "Superior Sector Janitor X" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:37 "Donkey School" (Sprout) – 1:03 "Dusted" – 2:08 "Marchers in Orange" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 1:24 "Sot" (Sprout, R. Pollard) – 2:35 "World of Fun" – 0:55
Side B "Jar of Cardinals" – 1:22 "Unstable Journey" – 2:15 "E-5" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:29 "Cool Off Kid Kilowatt" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:56 "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Sprout) – 2:24 "Wondering Boy Poet" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:59 "What About It?" – 1:37 "Perhaps Now the Vultures" – 2:23 "Non-Absorbing" – 1:37
Personnel
Guided by Voices Robert Pollard – vocals, guitars, drums Jim Pollard – guitars Tobin Sprout – vocals, guitars, bass guitar
Technical
Bruce Greenwald – photography John Mandeville – cover artwork
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