Tremblers and Goggles by Rank

Studio album by

Guided by Voices

Released

July 1, 2022

Recorded

2022

Studio

Magic Door, Montclair, New Jersey, United States

Genre

Length

37:27

Language

English

Label

Guided by Voices, Inc.

Producer

Travis Harrison

Guided by Voices chronology

Crystal Nuns Cathedral
(2022)

Tremblers and Goggles by Rank
(2022)

Scalping the Guru
(2022)

Tremblers and Goggles by Rank is the 36th studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices, released on July 1, 2022. It has received positive reviews from critics.^[3]

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Reception

Tremblers and Goggles by Rank received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on five reviews.^[3] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that "Tremblers and Goggles by Rank reflects his desire to move away from the compact pop tunes that dominated lo-fi triumphs like 1994's Bee Thousand and 1995's Alien Lanes in favor of more ambitious structures" and speculates that the band's recent output has made it "possible [that] Guided by Voices have become the best recording act of their day".^[4] James McNair of Mojo gave this release 4 out of 5 stars, praising Robert Pollard's songwriting and writing that his "quality control remains excellent".^[5] In The Observer, Phil Mongredien rated Tremblers and Goggles by Rank 3 out of 5 stars, writing that this work "is as packed with invention as ever, leaning towards their proggier side" and criticizing some tracks as "not all as good" as the best of the album.^[1] Jay Honeycomb of PopMatters sums up his review that "this colorful album is a strong addition to the enigma of Guided by Voices" that "is a smashing and replayable album that only sometimes forgets that people are listening"; he rated it a 7 out of 10.^[6] Peter Watts gave this album an 8 out of 10 in Uncut for an "LP full of charm, imagination, and winning tunes".^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

"Lizard on the Red Brick Wall" – 4:39
"Alex Bell" – 5:03
"Unproductive Funk" – 3:28
"Roosevelt's Marching Band" – 4:10
"Goggles by Rank" – 2:48
"Cartoon Fashion (Bongo Lake)" – 2:56
"All Sick Again"

"Bongo Lake"

"Letter Man, Better Man"

"Bring On the Fobs"
"Boomerang" – 1:54
"Focus on the Flock" – 3:13
"Puzzle Two" – 2:58
"Who Wants to Go Hunting" – 6:18

Personnel

Guided by Voices

Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, backing vocals
Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals, string arrangement
Kevin March – drums, backing vocals
Robert Pollard – lead vocals, guitar, cover art, layout
Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Travis Harrison – production
Ray Ketchem – drum engineering
Joe Patterson – artwork
Jeff Powell – mastering for vinyl LP edition
Jamal Ruhe – mastering
Vince Williams – artwork

References

^ ^a ^b Mongredien, Phil (July 3, 2022). "Guided By Voices: Tremblers and Goggles By Rank review – a fine addition to an illustrious indie legacy". The Observer. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Watts, Peter (August 2022). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 26. ISSN 1368-0722.
^ ^a ^b "Tremblers & Goggles by Rank by Guided by Voices". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Guided by Voices – Tremblers and Goggles by Rank". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ McNair, James (August 2022). Bulley, Jenny (ed.). "Filter Albums". Mojo Filter. Mojo. No. 341. p. 91. ISSN 1351-0193.
^ Honeycomb, Jay (July 13, 2022). "Guided by Voices: Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (Album Review)". PopMatters. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

External links

Entry in the Guided by Voices Database
Tremblers and Goggles by Rank at Discogs (list of releases)
Tremblers and Goggles by Rank at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

v t e Guided by Voices
Robert Pollard Doug Gillard Mark Shue Bobby Bare Jr. Kevin March Tobin Sprout Mitch Mitchell Greg Demos Kevin Fennell Jim Macpherson James Greer Discography
Studio albums	Devil Between My Toes (1987) Sandbox (1987) Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) Propeller (1992) Vampire on Titus (1993) Bee Thousand (1994) Alien Lanes (1995) Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996) Mag Earwhig! (1997) Do the Collapse (1999) Isolation Drills (2001) Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) Earthquake Glue (2003) Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) The Bears for Lunch (2012) English Little League (2013) Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) Cool Planet (2014) Please Be Honest (2016) August by Cake (2017) How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) Space Gun (2018) Zeppelin Over China (2019) Warp and Woof (2019) Sweating the Plague (2019) Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) Mirrored Aztec (2020) Styles We Paid For (2020) Earth Man Blues (2021) It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021) Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022) Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022) La La Land (2023) Welshpool Frillies (2023) Nowhere to Go but Up (2023)
EPs	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) The Grand Hour (1993) Static Airplane Jive (1993) Get Out of My Stations (1994) Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) I Am a Scientist (1994) Tigerbomb (1995) Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) Wish in One Hand… (1997) Plugs for the Program (1999) Hold on Hope (2000) Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5 (2000) Daredevil Stamp Collector (2001) The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) Down by the Racetrack (2013) Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018) 100 Dougs (2018) 1901 Acid Rock (2019) Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
Live albums	Live from Austin, TX (2007)
Compilation albums	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007) Scalping the Guru (2022)
Box sets	Box (1995) Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009) Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) Waved Out (1998) Kid Marine (1999) Motel of Fools (2003) Fiction Man (2004) Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) From a Compound Eye (2006) Normal Happiness (2006) Silverfish Trivia (2007) Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) Superman Was a Rocker (2008) Weatherman and Skin Goddess (2008) Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008) The Crawling Distance (2009) Elephant Jokes (2009) We All Got Out of the Army (2010) Moses on a Snail (2010) Space City Kicks (2011) Lord of the Birdcage (2011) Mouseman Cloud (2012) Jack Sells the Cow (2012) Honey Locust Honky Tonk (2013) Blazing Gentlemen (2013) Faulty Superheroes (2015) Of Course You Are (2016)
Tobin Sprout albums	Carnival Boy (1996) Moonflower Plastic (1997) Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999) Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003) The Bluebirds of Happiness Tried to Land on My Shoulder (2010) The Universe & Me (2017)
Airport 5 albums	Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001) Life Starts Here (2002)
Boston Spaceships albums	Brown Submarine (2008) The Planets are Blasted (2009) Zero to 99 (2009) Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010) Let It Beard (2011)
Lifeguards and Doug Gillard albums	Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) Mist King Urth (2003) Waving at the Astronauts (2011)
Robert Pollard side projects	In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999) Big Trouble (2000) Choreographed Man of War (2001) Calling Zero (2002) Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)
Circus Devils albums	Ringworm Interiors (2001) The Harold Pig Memorial (2002) Pinball Mars (2004) Five (2005) Sgt. Disco (2007) Ataxia (2008) Gringo (2009) Mother Skinny (2010) Capsized! (2011) When Machines Attack (2013) My Mind Has Seen the White Trick (2013) Escape (2014) Stomping Grounds (2015) Laughs Last (2017)

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