| Cool Planet | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 13, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 36:28 | |||
| Label | Guided by Voices Inc. / Fire Records | |||
| Producer | Robert Pollard | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating | 
| Metacritic | 68/100 [1] | 
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating | 
| AllMusic |      [2] | 
| Exclaim! | 7/10 [3] | 
| MusicOMH |      [4] | 
| Paste | 7.0/10 [5] | 
| Pitchfork | 6.2/10 [6] | 
Cool Planet is the 22nd album by Ohio-based group, Guided by Voices. It was the final album by the band [7] before their 2016 reformation. It was released in the United States on May 13, 2014, on the band's own label, Guided by Voices Inc. [8] It was released in the UK a few days later, May 19, on Fire Records. [9]
All tracks are written by Robert Pollard, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length | 
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Authoritarian Zoo" | 2:22 | 
| 2. | "Fast Crawl" | 1:42 | 
| 3. | "Psychotic Crush" (Tobin Sprout) | 1:23 | 
| 4. | "Costume Makes the Man" (R. Pollard/Greg Demos) | 2:04 | 
| 5. | "Hat of Flames" | 1:32 | 
| 6. | "These Dooms" | 2:00 | 
| 7. | "Table at Fool's Tooth" | 1:21 | 
| 8. | "All American Boy" (Sprout) | 3:45 | 
| 9. | "You Get Every Game" | 2:08 | 
| 10. | "Pan Swimmer" | 1:02 | 
| 11. | "The Bone Church" (Sprout/Mitch Mitchell) | 2:15 | 
| 12. | "Bad Love Is Easy to Do" | 2:05 | 
| 13. | "The No Doubters" | 2:37 | 
| 14. | "Narrated by Paul" (Sprout) | 1:06 | 
| 15. | "Cream of Lung" | 1:14 | 
| 16. | "Males of Wormwood Mars" | 2:53 | 
| 17. | "Ticket to Hide" (Sprout) | 3:04 | 
| 18. | "Cool Planet" | 1:55 | 
| Total length: | 36:28 | |
| Chart | Peak position | 
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 [10] | 7 |