| Waved Out | ||||
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| Released | June 23, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Indie rock | |||
| Label | Matador Records | |||
| Producer | Robert Pollard [1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [4] |
Waved Out is an album by the American musician Robert Pollard, released in 1998 on Matador Records. [5] [6] Jim Macpherson played drums on the album. [7]
The Guardian wrote that "it's a GBV album in all but name, which means poor editing skills, an early Genesis fixation, and a song called 'Showbiz Opera Walrus' that could have been recorded in Pollard's bath." [3] The Sunday Times thought that "perhaps—as ex-Car Ric Ocasek is set to produce the next GBV album—Waved Out was designed to be Pollard's last stab at his trademark lo- fi ramshackledness." [8] The Dayton Daily News concluded that "on its shortest cuts, Waved Out sounds like standard Pollard, undercooked." [9]
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