The bears for lunch

The bears for lunch
	Studioalbum van Guided by Voices
	(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	13 november 2012
Opgenomen	Todd Tobias; Waterloo Sound; Brecksville, Verenigde Staten; Tobin Sprout
Gemasterd	Carl Saff; Saff Mastering; Chicago, Verenigde Staten
Genre	Alternatieve rock, indierock
Duur	43:05
Label(s)	Guided by Voices Inc., Fire
Producent(en)	Todd Tobias, Guided by Voices
Hoesontwerp	Robert Pollard, Joe Patterson
Positie(s) in de hitlijsten
	#9 (Top Heatseekers);
Professionele recensie
	AllMusic Link; Consequence of Sound C+ Link; Pitchfork 7.3 Link
Chronologie
	(en) Allmusic-pagina; (en) MusicBrainz-pagina;
Portaal	Muziek

The bears for lunch is het 19^e studioalbum van de Amerikaanse indie rockband Guided by Voices. Het album verscheen op 13 november 2012 en belandde op 1 december op #9 in de Top Heatseekers.^[1]

Tracklist

Alle muziek en teksten zijn geschreven door Robert Pollard, tenzij anders aangegeven.

Nr.	Titel	Duur
1.	King Arthur the Red	2:15
2.	The corners are glowing (Tobin Sprout)	3:02
3.	Have a jug	1:09
4.	Hangover child	2:58
5.	Dome rust	1:10
6.	Finger gang	1:51
7.	The challenge is much more	1:49
8.	Waving at airplanes (Sprout)	3:14
9.	The military school dance dismissal (Greg Demos, Pollard)	2:07
10.	White flag	2:15
11.	Skin to skin combat (Sprout)	3:43
12.	She lives in an airport	2:44
13.	Tree fly jet	2:46
14.	Waking up the stars (Sprout)	2:14
15.	Up instead of running	2:13
16.	Smoggy boy	0:35
17.	Amorphous sunrise	2:00
18.	You can fly anything right	1:55
19.	Everywhere is miles from everywhere	3:05

Personeel

Bezetting

Robert Pollard, zang
Mitch Mitchell, gitaar
Tobin Sprout, gitaar
Greg Demos, bas
Kevin Fennell, drums

Productie

Carl Saff, geluidstechnicus
Joe Patterson, hoesontwerp

Externe links

(en) The bears for lunch in de Guided by Voices Database
(en) The bears for lunch op Discogs
(en) The bears for lunch op MusicBrainz

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

↑ (en) Guided by Voices The Bears For Lunch Chart History. Billboard.

[1] (en) Guided by Voices The Bears For Lunch Chart History. Billboard.

[1]

Leden:	Robert Pollard · Bobby Bare jr. · Doug Gillard · Mark Shue · Kevin March
Ex-leden:	Greg Demos · Nate Farley · Kevin Fennell · James Greer · Jim MacPherson · Mitch Mitchell · Chris Slusarenko · Tobin Sprout · Tim Tobias · Dan Toohey · Don Thrasher
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)
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)