Vampire on Titus

Studio album by Guided by Voices

Released

1993

Recorded

1993

Genre

Indie rock, lo-fi

Length

30:42

Label

Scat Records

Producer

Steve Wilbur

Guided by Voices chronology

Propeller
(1992)

Vampire on Titus
(1993)

Bee Thousand
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Vampire on Titus is the sixth album by indie rock group Guided by Voices, from Dayton, Ohio, United States.

The image on the cover is from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John Mandeville, 1499. ^[2]

Overview

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 (drums, guitar and vocals), Jim Pollard (guitar, noise), and Tobin Sprout (bass, guitar, and vocals). Jim Shepard of V-3 remarked to Pollard once that he “was like a vampire on Titus, sucking songs out of the earth.” ^[3] 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

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ [warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/ndb110b2285270.pdf]
↑ https://belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/re-post-of-jim-shepard-and-ohio-ill-be-reading-from-these-at-brothers-drake-meadery-as-part-of-word-church-tuesday-800/

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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