Half Smiles of the Decomposed

Half smiles of the decomposed
	Studioalbum van Guided by Voices
	(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	24 augustus 2004
Opgenomen	December 2003; Todd Tobias; Waterloo Sound; Kent, Verenigde Staten
Gemasterd	Greg Calbi; Sterling Sound; New York, Verenigde Staten
Gemixt	Todd Tobias; Waterloo Sound; Kent, Verenigde Staten
Genre	Indierock
Duur	42:23
Label(s)	Matador
Producent(en)	Guided by Voices, Todd Tobias
Hoesontwerp	Robert Pollard, Bob Ohe, Mark Ohe
Professionele recensie
	AllMusic Link; Pitchfork 7 Link; Rolling Stone Link
Chronologie
	(en) MusicBrainz-pagina;
Portaal	Muziek

Half smiles of the decomposed is het 16^e studioalbum van de Amerikaanse indie rockband Guided by Voices. Het album verscheen op 24 augustus 2004.

Na het uitbrengen van het album hief zanger en frontman Robert Pollard de band op.^[1]^[2] Echter, later zou Pollard de band tweemaal opnieuw oprichten en in hetzelfde tempo albums uitbrengen.

Tracklist

Alle muziek en teksten zijn geschreven door Robert Pollard.

Nr.	Titel	Duur
1.	Everybody thinks I'm a raincloud (when I'm not looking)	3:20
2.	Sleepover Jack	3:04
3.	Girls of wild strawberries	2:30
4.	Gonna never have to die	2:17
5.	Window of my world	2:58
6.	The closets of Henry	2:31
7.	Tour guide at the Winston Churchill Memorial	3:02
8.	Asia Minor	2:23
9.	Sons of Apollo	4:04
10.	Sing for your meat	4:03
11.	Asphyxiated circle	2:50
12.	A cecond cpurt of growth	2:46
13.	(S)mothering and coaching	3:21
14.	Huffman prairie flying field	3:14

Personeel

Bezetting

Robert Pollard, zang
Doug Gillard, gitaar
Nate Farley, gitaar
Tobin Sprout, gitaar op #3 en #14
Chris Slusarenko, bas
Kevin March, drums
Jim Pollard, aanvullend op #9
The Ragged Enzymes, outro op #9

Productie

Greg Calbi, geluidstechnicus
Todd Tobias, geluidstechnicus

Externe links

(en) Half smiles of the decomposed in de Guided by Voices Database
(en) Half Smiles of the Decomposed op Discogs

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

↑ (en) Carr, Eric, Guided By Voices Says Goodbye. Pitchfork (17 januari 2005). Gearchiveerd op 27 april 2021.
↑ (en) Smith, Frank, The day the voices died.. The Black Table (5 mei 2004). Gearchiveerd op 8 juni 2007.

[1] (en) Carr, Eric, Guided By Voices Says Goodbye. Pitchfork (17 januari 2005). Gearchiveerd op 27 april 2021.

[2] (en) Smith, Frank, The day the voices died.. The Black Table (5 mei 2004). Gearchiveerd op 8 juni 2007.

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Leden:	Robert Pollard · Bobby Bare jr. · Doug Gillard · Mark Shue · Kevin March
Ex-leden:	Greg Demos · James Greer · Chris Slusarenko · Tobin Sprout
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 (2011) · 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)
Ep's:	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: Do The Collapse B-sides (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)
Verzamelalbums:	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)
Boxsets:	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)