Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow

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Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
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Box set by
Guided by Voices
Released2005
Recorded1978–2005
Genre Rock, Lo-fi, indie rock
Label Fading Captain Series
Guided by Voices chronology
Half Smiles of the Decomposed
(2004)		Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
(2005)		 Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
(2009)
Guided by Voices Box Set chronology
Hardcore UFOs
(2003)		Suitcase 2
(2005)		 Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [2]

Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow is the second box set of 100 unreleased songs by Guided by Voices. As with the first Suitcase box set, each song is credited to a fictional band name. For this set's artwork, fictional artwork, album covers, and ephemera associated with some of the acts was created.

The mastering process for this set involved a cassette-deck and a consumer-model standalone CD burner operated by bandleader Robert Pollard himself, and the transfer process left a handful of tracks marred by digital audio glitches.

The subtitle "American Superdream Wow" comes from lyrics from the song "Denied" on From a Compound Eye .

Pollard later created a band called Boston Spaceships, which appears as a song on this collection.

Track listing

Fictitious bandnames do not appear in italics. Continuing from the previous Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft, the discs are numbered 5–8 and the songs 101–200.

Disc 5:

  1. "The Plague" – This Ream – 1:34
  2. "Terror Of Living" – Rocket Head – 2:38
  3. "Ragged Enzymes" – The Golden Pickle – 0:29
  4. "Hey John, Bees" – Your Charming Proposal – 1:08
  5. "Wim Dials" – Searing Tonight – 1:52
  6. "Billy Ray Human" – Somewhere Sometime – 3:04
  7. "Milko Waif" – If You Think It's Easy – 1:00
  8. "Wig Stomper" – His Spacetruck Is Strange – 2:11
  9. "Child Of Joe" – Tin Can Laughter – 2:55
  10. "7 Feet Of Sunshine" – Sacred Space – 2:07
  11. "Bore Co." – Soul Flyers – 3:07
  12. "Throne" – Gods Of Richard – 1:32
  13. "Scott Joy" – It's Only Up To You – 2:19
  14. "Ax" – Dancing With The Answers – 4:06
  15. "Devron Zones" – Waiting For Your Touch – 1:44
  16. "Milko Waif" – Soggy Beavers – 0:45
  17. "The Bug-Eyed Mums" – Invisible Train To Earth – 1:53
  18. "Seraphim Barf" – Stingy Queens – 3:20
  19. "Karma Yeah" – Something For Susan In The Shadows – 2:18
  20. "Heavy River" – Sinister Infrared Halo – 4:05
  21. "Herkimer Mohawk" – Happy At The Drag Strip – 2:08
  22. "Apes In The Window" – Arms – 2:03
  23. "Yummy Ropes" – Solid Gold Animal Collection – 1:46
  24. "Some Are Bullets In Dreams" – Beach Towers – 4:24
  25. "Bleep Bleep F*ck" – Cosmic Clown – 1:05

Disc 6:

  1. "Timid Virus" – I Am Decided – 2:12
  2. "Mutts U.K." – Tainted Angels With Butter Knives – 2:24
  3. "Brainbow" – What About The Rock? – 6:43
  4. "Scott Joy" – Pack Of Rolling Papers – 0:26
  5. "The One Too Many" – Telephone Town – 2:41
  6. "The Pukes" – Hey, I Know Your Old Lady – 0:48
  7. "Dale Frescamo" – Headache Revolution – 1:19
  8. "Stumpy In The Ocean" – Every Man – 2:16
  9. "Milko Waif" – Alibible – 1:37
  10. "Ben Zing" – I Can't Help But Noticing – 2:20
  11. "Red Faced Rats" – Mannequin's Complaint – 2:09
  12. "U B Hitler" – Zarkoff's Coming – 1:35
  13. "Acid Ranch" – Supersonic Love Funky Love Gun – 2:18
  14. "The Bad Babies" – Perch Warble [Studio Version] – 1:28
  15. "Scott Joy" – You're Not The Queen Anymore – 1:24
  16. "Throne" – Ivanhoe – 1:01
  17. "Herkimer Mohawk" – How Can You? – 1:53
  18. "Shoot'em" – The Lodger Carried A Gun – 2:47
  19. "Modular Dance Units" – Metro XVI – 1:47
  20. "Milko Waif" – My Dream Making Machine – 1:22
  21. "Usually To Death" – Mustard Man – 4:18
  22. "Wheels Pig Harvey" – Alone In Time – 1:10
  23. "The Plexigrall Bee-hive" – Dusty Bushworms [Different Version] – 3:22
  24. "Wheels Pig Harvey" – Free It – 1:14
  25. "Christopher Lightship" – Are You Faster? [Demo] – 3:42

Disc 7:

  1. "The Fake Organisms" – A Proud And Booming Industry [Different Version] – 2:25
  2. "We Too Bark" – Two Or Three Songs – 2:20
  3. "Milko Waif" – Little Games – 1:03
  4. "Ax" – Daughter Of The Gold Rush – 4:58
  5. "Leon Lemans" – Color Coat Drawing – 3:48
  6. "Silent Knife" – Learning To Burn – 1:32
  7. "Howling Wolf Orchestra" – A Minute Before The Evil Street – 1:00
  8. "The Needmores" – I'd Choose You – 3:55
  9. "Wavo" – You're Killin' Me – 1:40
  10. "Lectricalroo" – Old Friend – 2:05
  11. "Devron Zones" – She Don't Shit (No Golden Bricks For Me) – 0:51
  12. "Milko Waif" – I Have A Hard Heart – 0:53
  13. "The One Too Many" – Shoddy Clothes – 4:08
  14. "The Plague" – Sordid Forst – 2:08
  15. "The Needmores" – Shake It Out – 2:01
  16. "The Accidental Texas Who" – Cowboy Zoo – 1:45
  17. "Peter Built Bombs" – Soul Barn – 3:16
  18. "Modular Dance Units" – Phase IV (Rise Of The Ants) – 3:22
  19. "Burial Wind" – Piece – 1:09
  20. "Sucko" – Lonely Town – 2:46
  21. "Wavo" – Do Be – 1:02
  22. "Academy Of Crowsfeet" – Boston Spaceships – 2:44
  23. "Scott Joy" – Drugs & Eggs – 2:32
  24. "Stumpy In The Ocean" – That Ain't No Good – 2:31
  25. "Alvin Haisles" – Immediate Frozen Lookalikes – 0:43

Disc 8:

  1. "7 Feet Of Sunshine" – Madroom Assistance – 2:31
  2. "Praying Man vs. Bo Diddley" – Man of Dimension – 2:21
  3. "Alvin Haisles" – Nerve Gas – 0:47
  4. "The Fun Punk 5" – Do The Ball – 1:21
  5. "Peter Built Bombs" – The Issue Presents Itself – 2:52
  6. "The Banana Show" – Leprechaun Catfish Fighter – 0:29
  7. "Leon Lemans" – Child – 3:12
  8. "Howling Wolf Orchestra" – Invisible Exercise – 2:00
  9. "Carl Goffin" – All Around The World – 1:39
  10. "Alvin Haisles" – Late Night Scamerica – 1:51
  11. "Stumpy In The Ocean" – A World Of My Own – 2:50
  12. "Milko Waif" – She's The One – 0:56
  13. "7 Dog 3" – Daddy's In The State Pen – 1:58
  14. "The One Too Many" – Cox Municipal Airport Song – 2:25
  15. "Gene Autrey's Psychic" – Scare Me No. 3 – 1:18
  16. "Manimal" – Grope – 2:33
  17. "God's Little Lightning Bolt" – Heavy Crown – 2:13
  18. "Wim Dials" – So Roll Me Over – 1:12
  19. "The Inbrids" – Home By Ten – 2:38
  20. "Milko Waif" – Come Make My Shadow – 1:39
  21. "The One Too Many" – Paper Girl [Different Version] – 1:46
  22. "Yummy Ropes" – Jimmy's Einstein Poster – 0:50
  23. "Hot Skin Apartment" – My Only Confection – 1:45
  24. "Otim Grimes" – Groundwork – 2:59
  25. "The Fun Punk 5" – Bye Bye Song – 2:47

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  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r793969
  2. ↑ "Guided by Voices: Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow". Pitchfork .
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