Fast Japanese Spin Cycle [EP]

Guided by Voices | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 25, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Blackout Records
• ASIN: B000000T4K
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,009 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. 3rd World Birdwatching

2. My Impression Now

3. Volcano Divers

4. Snowman

5. Indian Fables

6. Marchers In Orange

7. Dusted

8. Kisses To The Crying Cooks

Editorial Reviews

GUIDED BY VOICES Fast Japanese Spin Cycle EP (1994 US Limited Edition 8-track CD EP housed in a card wallet picture sleeve VROOM07)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early GBV at their best!, October 29, 2003

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Bruce A. Dunkle (Greenville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (Audio CD)

What a classic! All of the aspects of GBV that really grabbed me are contained within this E.P. If one listens to the "Get Out Of My Stations" E.P., you'll notice the noisey tape hiss, and the songs seem half finished. Now don't get me wrong, I dig the lo-fi aspect of early GBV, but "Fast Japanese Spin Cycle" contains fantastic power-pop gems. Really not much experimentation going on here, just wonderfully crafted tunes by Robert Pollard. Check out "My Impression Now", and the amped-up version of "Marchers in Orange". The E.P. closes with an acoustic version of "Kisses To The Crying Cooks" that will simply make you cry for all of it's simplistic beauty.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy of a purchase by all GbV fans..., May 29, 2005

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C. Wynes (Dyersburg, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (Audio CD)

You are reading this review because you are wondering if this EP is worth the price you'll pay for it. If you are paying $10 or less, than it is.

It's short, at only about 15 minutes. It is probably only for GbV enthusiasts, who are obsessive completists by nature anyways. For its length, it contains several essential GbV tracks, and therefore cannot be easily slotted into the "hardcore fans only" slot. "My Impression Now" is excellent, "Indian Fables" is among their best acoustic fare since "14 Cheerleader Coldfront", "Dusted" is a good reworking of the original track, and "Kisses to the Crying Cooks" is a masterful reworking of the very excellent "Over the Neptune" that appeared on the "Propeller" album.

If you have a half-dozen or so albums by Pollard and/or GbV, I woiuld recommend this album as a good compliment to what you already have.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 12-minute album you'll ever hear!, November 2, 2004

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J. Thornburg - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (Audio CD)

At over fifty cents per minute these had better be great songs, and they are. There are enough hooks here for the last 3 GBV albums, which should tell you how great the old stuff was (sorry Bob - I understand your need to evolve though). The disc (at least the old version I have) comes in one of those low-budget cardboard covers similar to LPs, which seems to cause this disc to disappear from my collection and then reappear occasionaly for several consecutive listenings. The cliche "pop gem" truly applies here.