Motivational Jumpsuit

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Motivational Jumpsuit
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2014
StudioCyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio
Genre Indie rock
Length37:39
Label Guided by Voices Inc. / Fire Records (UK)
Guided by Voices chronology
English Little League
(2013)
Motivational Jumpsuit
(2014)
Cool Planet
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club C+ [3]
Consequence of Sound B [4]
Exclaim! 9/10 [5]
Pitchfork Media 7.3/10 [6]

Motivational Jumpsuit is the 21st album by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. It was released in February 2014 under their own record label, Guided by Voices Inc. It reached #18 on the Top Heatseekers chart.

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Littlest League Possible"1:18
2."Until Next Time"1:28
3."Writer's Bloc (Psycho All the Time)"2:43
4."Child Activist"1:21
5."Planet Score"1:41
6."Jupiter Spin" (Tobin Sprout)2:23
7."Save the Company"2:21
8."Go Without Packing"1:14
9."Record Level Love" (Sprout)1:16
10."I Am Columbus"2:54
11."Difficult Outburst and Breakthrough"1:42
12."Calling Up Washington" (Sprout)1:12
13."Zero Elasticity"2:06
14."A Bird With No Name"1:23
15."Shine (Tomahawk Breath)" (Sprout)3:03
16."Vote For Me Dummy"2:21
17."Some Things Are Big (And Some Things Are Small)" (Sprout)2:08
18."Bulletin Borders"1:23
19."Evangeline Dandelion"1:16
20."Alex and the Omegas"2:15
Total length:37:39

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