Brown Submarine

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Brown Submarine
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Studio album by
Boston Spaceships
Released2008
Genre Alternative rock, Indie, Lo-fi
Label Guided By Voices Inc.
Boston Spaceships chronology
Brown Submarine
(2008)		 The Planets Are Blasted
(2009)

Brown Submarine is the first album by the Boston Spaceships, released in 2008. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard. [2]

Side A

  1. Winston's Atomic Bird – 1:48
  2. Brown Submarine – 1:22
  3. You Satisfy Me – 3:04
  4. Ate It Twice – 1:56
  5. Two Girl Area – 2:31
  6. North 11 A.M, – 2:35
  7. Zero Fix – 2:44

Side B

  1. Psych Threat – 3:39
  2. Andy Playboy – 1:30
  3. Rat Trap – 2:22
  4. Soggy Beavers – 1:34
  5. Ready To Pop – 2:33
    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    Metacritic 75/100 [3]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    Pitchfork 7.1/10 [4]
    Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
  6. Still In Rome – 2:57
  7. Go For The Exit – 2:23

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Boston Spaceships at Discogs
  2. ↑ "GBVDB – Guided By Voices Database". www.gbvdb.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Brown Submarine by Boston Spaceships". Metacritic .
  4. ↑ "Boston Spaceships: Brown Submarine". Pitchfork .
  5. ↑ "Brown Submarine - Boston Spaceships | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic .
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