Half Smiles of the Decomposed


Half Smiles of the Decomposed is the fifteenth album by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. It was the final album by the band before their 2010 reformation. Pollard said, "It got to the point with this album that I’d come to a pinnacle in the way I wanted to make a record with Guided By Voices and I really didn’t know what direction to take it in after that. So for me it really did feel like the last album."

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.
  1. "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud " – 3:20
  2. "Sleep Over Jack" – 3:04
  3. "Girls of Wild Strawberries" – 2:30
  4. "Gonna Never Have to Die" – 2:17
  5. "Window of My World" – 2:58
  6. "The Closets of Henry" – 2:31
  7. "Tour Guide at the Winston Churchill Memorial" – 3:02
  8. "Asia Minor" – 2:23
  9. "Sons of Apollo" – 4:04
  10. "Sing for Your Meat" – 4:03
  11. "Asphyxiated Circle" – 2:50
  12. "A Second Spurt of Growth" – 2:46
  13. "Mothering and Coaching" – 3:21
  14. "Huffman Prairie Flying Field" – 3:14

Personnel

The credits do not give specific instruments played by each individual, but rather list every performer who appeared on the release in any capacity.

GBV

Other/production