- Universal Truths and Cycles
Infobox Album |
Name = Universal Truths and Cycles
Type =Album
Artist =Guided by Voices
Released =June 18 ,2002
Recorded = 2001
Genre =Indie rock
Length = 46:25
Label = Matador
Producer =Todd Tobias , Guided by Voices
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:knfrxq80ld6e link]
Last album = "Isolation Drills " (2001)
This album = "Universal Truths and Cycles" (2002)
Next album = "Earthquake Glue " (2003)"Universal Truths and Cycles" is the thirteenth
album byDayton, Ohio indie rock groupGuided by Voices . After releasing their previous two albums onTVT Records , GBV came back toMatador Records for this album.The album reached higher chart positions on the
Billboard charts than any other GBV release before it. Peaking at #160 on theBillboard Top 200 , #10 on theTop Independent Albums list and in their highest ranking on any chart ever, #3 on theTop Heatseekers chart [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:rx6xlffe5cqe~T5] .Track listing
All songs written by
Robert Pollard .ide A
# "Wire Greyhounds" – 0:35
# "Skin Parade" – 2:57
# "Zap" – 1:14
# "Christian Animation Torch Carriers" – 3:54
# "Cheyenne" – 2:58
# "The Weeping Bogeyman" – 1:35
# "Back to the Lake" – 2:33
# "Love 1" – 0:54
# "Storm Vibrations" – 4:59
# "Factory of Raw Essentials" – 1:25ide B
#
- "Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:36
# "Pretty Bombs" – 3:06
# "Eureka Signs" – 3:06
# "Wings of Thorn" – 2:10
# "Car Language" – 4:44
# "From a Voice Plantation" – 2:06
# "The Ids Are Alright" – 1:10
# "Universal Truths and Cycles" – 2:19
# "Father Sgt. Christmas Card" – 2:04Trivia
* In the television series "
The IT Crowd " episode "Red Door", Roy hides stolen computer equipment under a "Universal Truths and Cycles" t-shirt.
* In the television series "The Wire"Nick Sobotka has a "Universal Truths and Cycles" poster on his wall.
* GBV perform "Everywhere With Helicopter" live on "The Late Late Show " with Craig Kilborn on June 17, 2002. This has been viewed over 20,000 times on youtube.com since.- "Everywhere with Helicopter" – 2:36
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