Vampire on Titus

Vampire on Titus is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices.

Background

Vampire on Titus was recorded after a short-lived dissolution of the band (after 1992's "farewell" album Propeller) but prior to the full-time regrouping that occurred with the assemblage of the Bee Thousand album and the band's return to live performance. The album was recorded with a skeletal line-up consisting of Robert Pollard, Jim Pollard and Tobin Sprout. Jim Shepard of V-3 remarked to Pollard once that he “was like a vampire on Titus, sucking songs out of the earth.” Pollard lived on Titus Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. The album is often acknowledged as being the most abrasively lo-fi in the entire Guided by Voices catalog.

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard unless otherwise noted.

Side A

1. ""Wished I Was a Giant"" – 2:43
2. "#2 in the Model Home Series" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout) – 1:45
3. "Expecting Brainchild" (Jim Pollard, R. Pollard) – 2:30
4. "Superior Sector Janitor X" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:37
5. "Donkey School" (Sprout) – 1:03
6. "Dusted" – 2:08
7. "Marchers in Orange" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard) – 1:24
8. "Sot" (Sprout, R. Pollard) – 2:35
9. "World of Fun" – 0:55

Side B

1. <li value="10"> "Jar of Cardinals" – 1:22
2. "Unstable Journey" – 2:15
3. "E-5" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:29
4. "Cool Off Kid Kilowatt" (J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:56
5. "Gleemer (The Deeds of Fertile Jim)" (Sprout) – 2:24
6. "Wondering Boy Poet" (R. Pollard, Sprout) – 0:59
7. "What About It?" – 1:37
8. "Perhaps Now the Vultures" – 2:23
9. "Non-Absorbing" – 1:37

Personnel

Guided by Voices

• Robert Pollard – vocals, guitar, drums
• Jim Pollard – guitar
• Tobin Sprout – vocals, guitar, bass

Technical

• Bruce Greenwald – photography
• John Mandeville – cover artwork

References