Lord of the Birdcage

2011 studio album by Robert Pollard

Lord of the Birdcage

Studio album by

Robert Pollard

Released| June 7, 2011
Genre| Indie rock
Label| Guided by Voices Inc.
Producer| Todd Tobias
Robert Pollard chronology
| Space City Kicks
(2011)  | Lord of the Birdcage
(2011)  | Mouseman Cloud
(2012)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| (80|100)[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
A.V. Club| B [3]

Lord of the Birdcage is the 16th full-length solo studio album from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard, released on June 7, 2011.[1]

In this album, Pollard uses different songwriting techniques by converting written poems into songs.[2]

## Critical reception

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In a 2011 review, Steven Hyden of The A.V. Club said Lord of the Birdcage "probably won't be this year's 'new' Robert Pollard record for long, but it might very well be the one worth remembering."[3]

## Tracklist

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1. "Smashed Middle Finger"
2. "Aspersion"
3. "Dunce Codex"
4. "Garden Smarm"
5. "You Can't Challenge Forward Progress"
6. "In a Circle"
7. "You Sold Me Quickly"
8. "The Focus (Burning)"
9. "Ribbon of Fat"
10. "Silence Before Violence"
11. "Holy Fire"
12. "Ash Ript Telecopter"

## References

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1. ^ "New Release: Robert Pollard: Lord of the Birdcage". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
2. ^ "Guided By Voices Database". GBVDB. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
3. ^ "Robert Pollard: Lord Of The Birdcage". Music. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

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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)
* 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)
* 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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