Zero to 99

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Zero to 99
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2009
RecordedLast Of The Explorers
Waterloo Studios
Genre Alternative rock, Indie, Lo-fi
Label Guided By Voices Inc.
Producer Chris Slusarenko, Jonathan Drews
Boston Spaceships chronology
The Planets are Blasted
(2009)
Zero to 99
(2009)
Our Cubehouse Still Rocks
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork(6.8|10)
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Zero to 99 is the third album by the Boston Spaceships, released in 2009. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

Side A

  1. Pluto The Skate - 1.17
  2. How Wrong You Are - 2.27
  3. Radical Amazement - 3.20
  4. Found Obstruction Rock N' Rolls (We're The Ones Who Believe In Love) - 2.04
  5. Question Girl All Right - 4.17
  6. Let It Rest For A Little While - 2.23 (Featuring Peter Buck) [2]
  7. Trashed Aircraft Baby - 2.16
  8. Psycho Is A Bad Boy - 1.38

Side B

  1. Godless - 1.08
  2. Meddle - 2.59
  3. Go Inside - 2.44
  4. Mr. Ghost Town - 1.52
  5. Return To Your Ship - 1.36
  6. Exploding Anthills - 2.11
  7. The Comedian - 3.33
  8. A Good Circuitry Soldier - 1.39

Personnel

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References

  1. Boston Spaceships at Discogs
  2. "Boston Spaceships: Zero to 99 Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.