Our Cubehouse Still Rocks

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Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
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Studio album by
Released2010
Genre Alternative rock, Indie, Lo-fi
Label Guided By Voices Inc.
Boston Spaceships chronology
Zero to 99
(2009)
Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
(2010)
Let It Beard
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (78/100)
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork (7.4/10)
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Our Cubehouse Still Rocks is the fourth album by the Boston Spaceships, released in 2010. [1] The title refers to a passage from Finnegans Wake , the classic modernist novel by James Joyce. This album is the highest rated Boston Spaceships release on Metacritic, exceeding Let It Beard . [2] This release is also the highest rating Robert Pollard project on the site, with his solo album, Lord Of The Birdcage, being his highest rating album in general.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

Side A

  1. Track Star - 3.08
  2. John The Dwarf Wants To Become An Angel - 2.49
  3. I See You Coming - 2.53
  4. Fly Away (Terry Sez) - 2.46
  5. Trick Of The Telekinetic Newlyweds - 2.36
  6. Saints Don't Lie - 3.09
  7. The British And The French - 1.45
  8. Unshaven Bird - 2.28

Side B -

  1. Come On Baby Grace - 2.34
  2. Freedom Rings - 3.53
  3. Stunted - 2.12
  4. Bombadine - 2.07
  5. Airwaves - 2.29
  6. Dunkirk Is Frozen - 2.44
  7. King Green Stamp - 1.53
  8. In The Bathroom (Up 1/2 The Night) - 3.08

Personnel

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References

  1. Boston Spaceships at Discogs
  2. Let It Beard by Boston Spaceships , retrieved 2017-07-04