Let's Go Eat the Factory

Studio album by Guided by Voices

Released

December 20, 2011 (iTunes Store)
January 1, 2012 (mail-order)
January 24, 2012 (retail)

Recorded

2011

Genre

Indie rock

Length

41:44

Label

Guided by Voices Inc. / Fire Records (UK)

Producer

self-produced

Guided by Voices chronology

Half Smiles of the Decomposed
(2004)

Let's Go Eat the Factory
(2012)

Class Clown Spots a UFO
(2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Paste Magazine	(8.4/10)^[2]
Pop 'stache	^[3]
Pitchfork	(6.9/10)^[4]

Let's Go Eat the Factory is the 16th album by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. The album is the first since their 2004 dissolution, and the first to feature the band's classic lineup since 1996's Under the Bushes Under the Stars.^[5] The album was produced by the band and recorded at the homes of members Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, and Greg Demos. As with previous albums, it features the band's famously lo-fi 4-track sound as well as more modern production. It is also the first Guided by Voices album to be released under the Guided by Voices, Inc. label.

The album debuted at #17 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and #24 on Billboard's Tastemaker Albums chart. It eventually reached #8 on Heatseekers, #5 on Tastemaker Albums and #35 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Pollard, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Laundry and Lasers"	2:38
2.	"The Head"	1:10
3.	"Doughnut for a Snowman"	1:44
4.	"Spiderfighter" (Tobin Sprout)	3:35
5.	"Hang Mr. Kite"	1:40
6.	"God Loves Us" (Mitch Mitchell, Jim Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout)	1:28
7.	"The Unsinkable Fats Domino"	1:53
8.	"Who Invented the Sun" (Sprout)	1:21
9.	"The Big Hat and Toy Show" (Greg Demos, J. Pollard, R. Pollard)	2:12
10.	"Imperial Racehorsing"	2:54
11.	"How I Met My Mother"	1:02
12.	"Waves" (Sprout)	3:22
13.	"My Europa"	1:48
14.	"Chocolate Boy"	1:31
15.	"The Things That Never Need" (Sprout)	1:11
16.	"Either Nelson"	2:04
17.	"Cyclone Utilities (Remember Your Birthday)" (Mitchell, R. Pollard)	2:50
18.	"Old Bones" (Sprout)	2:03
19.	"Go Rolling Home" (Demos, R. Pollard)	0:34
20.	"The Room Taking Shape" (Demos, R. Pollard)	0:43
21.	"We Won't Apologize for the Human Race"	4:01
Total length:		41:44

^[6]

References

↑ Deming, Mark. "Let's Go Eat the Factory review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
↑ "Guided By Voices: Let's Go Eat the Factory". Paste Magazine.
↑ "Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory Album Review for Pop 'stache".
↑ "Guided By Coices: Let's Go Eat the Factory". Pitchfork Media.
↑ "Guided By Voices Releasing New Album, Let's Go Eat the Factory". Buzzgrinder.com. 2011-09-21. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
↑ "Let's Go Eat The Factory: Guided By Voices: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

External links

First Listen at NPR

Guided by Voices

Robert Pollard Bobby Bare, Jr. Doug Gillard Mark Shue Kevin March Tobin Sprout Mitch Mitchell Greg Demos Kevin Fennell Nate Farley Jim Pollard Chris Slusarenko Jim Macpherson Tim Tobias Don Thrasher James Greer Nick Mitchell

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)

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: Do the Collapse B-sides (2001) The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) Down by the Racetrack (2013)

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)

Compilation albums	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007)

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Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) Waved Out (1998) Kid Marine (1999) Motel of Fools (EP) (2003) Fiction Man (2004) Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) From a Compound Eye (2006) Normal Happiness (2006) Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) Superman Was a Rocker (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)

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)

Acid Ranch albums	Some of the Magic Syrup was Preserved (2002) As Forever: A Manifesto of Fractured Imagination and Wreckless Living (2005) The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great (2007)

Lifeguards and Doug Gillard albums	Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) Mist King Urth (2003) Waving at the Astronauts (2011)

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)

Ricked Wicky albums	I Sell the Circus (2015) King Heavy Metal (2015) Swimmer to a Liquid Armchair (2015)

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