August by Cake

2017 studio album by Guided by Voices

August by Cake

Studio album by

Guided by Voices

Released| April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)
Studio| Serious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio
Genre| Indie rock
Length| 71:15
Label| Rockathon
Guided by Voices chronology
| Please Be Honest
(2016)  | August by Cake
(2017)  | How Do You Spell Heaven
(2017)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 70/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Pitchfork| 7.1/10[3]

August by Cake is the 24th album by the Dayton, Ohio-based group Guided by Voices. It is also said to be the 100th album recorded by main member Robert Pollard, though different numbers have been counted in his entire discography and side projects. It was released on April 7, 2017.[4] August by Cake is a double album.

## Track listing

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* All tracks written by Robert Pollard, except noted.

1. "5º On the Inside" – 2:29
2. "Generox Gray" – 1:59
3. "When We All Hold Hands at the End of the World" – 2:03
4. "Goodbye Note" (Doug Gillard) – 2:52
5. "We Liken the Sun" – 2:10
6. "Fever Pitch" – 1:02
7. "Absent the Man" (Mark Shue) – 1:37
8. "Packing the Dead Zone" – 2:52
9. "What Begins On New Years Day" – 2:00
10. "Overloaded" (Kevin March) – 3:33
11. "Keep Me Down" – 2:34
12. "West Coast Company Man" – 1:56
13. "Warm Up to Religion" – 1:53
14. "High Five Hall of Famers" (Bobby Bare, Jr.) – 2:09
15. "Sudden Fiction" (Shue) – 2:42
16. "Hiking Skin" – 1:57
17. "It's Food" – 2:54
18. "Cheap Buttons" – 2:13
19. "Substitute 11" – 2:32
20. "Chew the Sand" (Shue) – 3:46
21. "Dr. Feelgood Falls Off the Ocean" (Robert Pollard/Jim Pollard)– 2:00
22. "The Laughing Closet" – 1:33
23. "Deflect/Project" (Gillard) – 2:34
24. "Upon the Circus Bus" (Bare Jr.) – 2:21
25. "Try It Out (It's Nothing)" – 1:48
26. "Sentimental Wars" (March) – 2:49
27. "Circus Day Holdout" – 2:03
28. "Whole Tomatoes" – 1:13
29. "Amusement Park Is Over" – 2:19
30. "Golden Doors" – 1:42
31. "The Possible Edge" – 2:03
32. "Escape to Phoenix" – 2:08

## Personnel

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* Robert Pollard – vocals
* Doug Gillard – guitar, vocals
* Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, vocals
* Mark Shue – bass guitar, vocals
* Kevin March – drums, vocals

## References

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1. ^ "August by Cake by Guided by Voices". Metacritic.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
2. ^ "August by Cake - Guided by Voices - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
3. ^ "Guided by Voices: August by Cake". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
4. ^ Sodomsky, Sam (January 25, 2017). "Guided by Voices' New Album Is Robert Pollard's 100th LP". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.

* v
* t
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Guided by Voices

* Robert Pollard
* Doug Gillard
* Mark Shue
* Bobby Bare Jr.
* Kevin March

* Tobin Sprout
* 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)
* Strut of Kings (2024)
* Universe Room (2025)

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)
* The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002)
* Down by the Racetrack (2013)

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)

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