English Little League

English Little League
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	April 30, 2013
Studio	The Public Hi-Fi Balloon in Dayton, Ohio
Genre	Indie rock
Length	45:54
Label	Guided by Voices Inc. / Fire Records (UK)
Guided by Voices chronology
The Bears for Lunch (2012) English Little League (2013) Motivational Jumpsuit (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence of Sound	[2]
The A.V. Club	B [3]

English Little League is the 19th album by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. ^[4]

In a July 2013 interview with Magnet magazine, Robert Pollard hinted that English Little League would be the final Guided by Voices album. ^[5] A 20th album Motivational Jumpsuit was then released in 2014.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Pollard, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Xeno Pariah"		2:04
2.	"Know Me As Heavy"		2:50
3.	"Islands (She Talks In Rainbows)"	Tobin Sprout	2:16
4.	"Trashcan Full Of Nails"		3:31
5.	"Send To Celeste (And The Cosmic Athletes)"		3:19
6.	"The Quiet Game"	Sprout	3:19
7.	"Noble Insect"	Pollard, Sprout	3:24
8.	"Sir Garlic Breath"	Pollard, Greg Demos	2:26
9.	"Crybaby 4-Star Hotel"		1:53
10.	"Biographer Seahorse"		3:36
11.	"Flunky Minnows"		2:12
12.	"Birds"	Pollard, Sprout	2:45
13.	"The Sudden Death Of Epstein's Ways"	Sprout	2:16
14.	"Reflections In A Metal Whistle"		1:47
15.	"Taciturn Caves"		3:55
16.	"A Burning Glass"		2:01
17.	"W/ Glass In Foot"		2:20
Total length:			45:54

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6]	21

References

1. "English Little League Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
2. Grant, Sarah (May 2, 2013). "Album Review". consequence.net. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
3. Wild, Matt (April 30, 2013). "Guided by Voice - English Little League". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
4. "Guided by Voices announces new album, English Little League". Consequence of Sound. December 21, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
5. "– Curated News, Gossip, Concert Reviews, Fearless Political Commentary, Interviews….Plus, the Usual Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll » Blog Archive » EXCERPT: In Bob We Trust". Phawker.com. July 3, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
6. "Guided by Voices Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2018.