Sentimental Stations [EP]

Tobin Sprout | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Recordhead Records
• ASIN: B00006JK9Y
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,978 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Tobin Sprout and Robert Pollard have been known to put out new projects simultaneously (their initial solo albums, for instance), and they did again with the release of the short Guided By Voices album The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet and this CD EP from Sprout, a "taster" for the full-length to follow in 2003. For those looking for signs, what that tandem coordination could have implied was a return, of sorts, to roots. It is certainly true of Sentimental Stations. The album harks back to the basement recordings of mid-period GBV as well as Sprout's first few tries at solo recording, complete with the tape saturation, the blanket of woolly guitars wrapped around his echoey, soft rock vocals. Not only did Sprout produce the effort on his own, and not only did he get help from some old drinking buddies (including present Voices drummer Jim MacPherson) during the proceedings, but he actually recorded it on a return trip to his Dayton, OH, stomping grounds. It's a lively collection, and includes some of the songwriter's finest and most varied writing, namely "Inside the Blockhouse," the most typically Sprout-ian song here, the almost prog-like instrumental drone "Branding Dennis," with its unsettling keyboard lines, and the title track. ~ Stanton Swihart, Rovi

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good . . .just a little short, January 21, 2004

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D. G. Hicks (Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sentimental Stations (Audio CD)

An excellent album from Tobin Sprout-the OTHER half of the songwiriting genius behind early Guided By Voices albums. Choice tracks inlcude: "I Think You Would" and "Doctor #8." This album really is for fans as opposed to necomers. However, if you are checking out this artist for the first time, check out other albums like "Carnival Boy."