Choreographed Man of War

2001 studio album by Robert Pollard, Greg Demos, and Jim Macpherson

Choreographed Man of War

Studio album by

Robert Pollard, Greg Demos, and Jim Macpherson

Released| 2001
Studio| Cro-Magnon Studios (Dayton, Ohio)
Genre| Indie rock
Label| Fading Captain Series
Producer| John Shough
Robert Pollard chronology
| Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
(1999)  | Choreographed Man of War
(2001)  | Motel of Fools (EP)
(2003)

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Choreographed Man of War is a collaboration album by American indie rock musicians Robert Pollard, Greg Demos, and Jim Macpherson, all members of Guided by Voices. The album features Pollard (vocals, guitar), Demos (bass), and Macpherson (drums) under the name Robert Pollard and his Soft Rock Renegades, a line from the song "A Big Fan of the Pigpen" from the album Bee Thousand. It is the only album by the trio released under this name.[1][2]

## Track listing[edit]

1. "I Drove a Tank" – 2:53
2. "She Saw the Shadow" – 2:11
3. "Edison's Memos" – 4:39
4. "7th Level Shutdown" – 3:19
5. "40 Yards to the Burning Bush" – 2:08
6. "Aerial" – 3:15
7. "Citizen Fighter" – 2:24
8. "Kickboxer Lightning" – 3:35
9. "Bally Hoo" – 3:29
10. "Instrument Beetle" – 7:02

## Personnel[edit]

### Musicians[edit]

* Robert Pollard – vocals, guitar
* Greg Demos – bass guitar, lead guitar
* Jim Macpherson – drums

### Technical[edit]

* John Shough – engineering
* Mark Greenwald – photography
* Ed Kinsella – photography
* Nick Kizirnis – layout
* Robert Pollard – cover artwork

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Robert Pollard and His Soft Rock Renegades: Choreographed Man of War". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
2. ^ Robert Pollard - Choreographed Man of War Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-08-16

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Guided by Voices

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

* Tobin Sprout
* Mitch Mitchell
* 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)

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 (2001)
* The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002)
* Down by the Racetrack (2013)
* Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018)
* 100 Dougs (2018)
* 1901 Acid Rock (2019)
* Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)

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)

Robert Pollard
solo albums|

* Not in My Airforce (1996)
* Waved Out (1998)
* Kid Marine (1999)
* Motel of Fools (2003)
* Fiction Man (2004)
* Relaxation of the Asshole (2005)
* From a Compound Eye (2006)
* Normal Happiness (2006)
* Silverfish Trivia (2007)
* Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007)
* Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007)
* Superman Was a Rocker (2008)
* Weatherman and Skin Goddess (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)
* The Universe & Me (2017)

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)

Lifeguards and
Doug Gillard albums|

* Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999)
* Mist King Urth (2003)
* Waving at the Astronauts (2011)

Robert Pollard side projects|

* In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999)
* Big Trouble (2000)
* Choreographed Man of War (2001)
* Calling Zero (2002)
* Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)

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)
* Laughs Last (2017)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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