Blazing Gentlemen

Blazing Gentlemen
Blazing Gentlemen
Studio album by Robert Pollard
Released	December 10, 2013
Genre	Rock
Label	Guided by Voices Inc. (US); Fire (UK)
Producer	Todd Tobias
Robert Pollard chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Consequence of Sound	^[3]
Paste Magazine	(6.0/10)^[4]
Pitchfork Media	(5.7/10)^[5]
PopMatters	(7/10)^[6]

Blazing Gentlemen is the 20th studio album by American musician Robert Pollard. It was released in December 2013 under Guided by Voices Records.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magic Man Hype"
2.	"Blazing Gentleman"
3.	"Red Flag Down"
4.	"Storm Center Level Seven"
5.	"Return of the Drums"
6.	"Piccadilly Man"
7.	"Professional Goose Trainer"
8.	"Extra Fool's Day"
9.	"1000 Royalty Street"
10.	"My Museum Needs An Elevator"
11.	"Tonight's the Rodeo"
12.	"Tea People"
13.	"Faking the Boy Scouts"
14.	"Triple Sec Venus"
15.	"This Place Has Everything"
16.	"Lips of Joy"

References[edit]

^ "Blazing Gentleman Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
^ Deming, Matt. "Blazing Gentlemen - Robert Pollard". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
^ C, Marc (2013-12-11). "Blazing Gentlemen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
^ R. Danton, Eric (December 17, 2013). "Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen". Paste Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
^ Thompson, Paul (December 9, 2013). "Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentleman". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
^ Fiander, Matthew (2013-12-08). "Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

[1] "Blazing Gentleman Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

[2] Deming, Matt. "Blazing Gentlemen - Robert Pollard". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

[3] C, Marc (2013-12-11). "Blazing Gentlemen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

[4] R. Danton, Eric (December 17, 2013). "Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen". Paste Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2017.

[Pitchfork_media-5] Thompson, Paul (December 9, 2013). "Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentleman". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

[6] Fiander, Matthew (2013-12-08). "Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

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v t e Guided by Voices
Robert Pollard Doug Gillard Mark Shue Bobby Bare Jr. Kevin March Tobin Sprout Mitch Mitchell Greg Demos Kevin Fennell Jim Macpherson James Greer Discography
Studio albums	Devil Between My Toes (1987) Sandbox (1987) Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) Propeller (1992) Vampire on Titus (1993) Bee Thousand (1994) Alien Lanes (1995) Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996) Mag Earwhig! (1997) Do the Collapse (1999) Isolation Drills (2001) Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) Earthquake Glue (2003) Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) The Bears for Lunch (2012) English Little League (2013) Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) Cool Planet (2014) Please Be Honest (2016) August by Cake (2017) How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) Space Gun (2018) Zeppelin Over China (2019) Warp and Woof (2019) Sweating the Plague (2019) Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) Mirrored Aztec (2020) Styles We Paid For (2020) Earth Man Blues (2021) It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021) Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022) Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022) La La Land (2023) Welshpool Frillies (2023) Nowhere to Go but Up (2023) Strut of Kings (2024)
EPs	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) The Grand Hour (1993) Static Airplane Jive (1993) Get Out of My Stations (1994) Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) I Am a Scientist (1994) Tigerbomb (1995) Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) Wish in One Hand… (1997) Plugs for the Program (1999) Hold on Hope (2000) Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5 (2000) Daredevil Stamp Collector (2001) The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) Down by the Racetrack (2013) Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018) 100 Dougs (2018) 1901 Acid Rock (2019) Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
Live albums	Live from Austin, TX (2007)
Compilation albums	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007) Scalping the Guru (2022)
Box sets	Box (1995) Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009) Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) Waved Out (1998) Kid Marine (1999) Motel of Fools (2003) Fiction Man (2004) Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) From a Compound Eye (2006) Normal Happiness (2006) Silverfish Trivia (2007) Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) Superman Was a Rocker (2008) Weatherman and Skin Goddess (2008) Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008) The Crawling Distance (2009) Elephant Jokes (2009) We All Got Out of the Army (2010) Moses on a Snail (2010) Space City Kicks (2011) Lord of the Birdcage (2011) Mouseman Cloud (2012) Jack Sells the Cow (2012) Honey Locust Honky Tonk (2013) Blazing Gentlemen (2013) Faulty Superheroes (2015) Of Course You Are (2016)
Tobin Sprout albums	Carnival Boy (1996) Moonflower Plastic (1997) Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999) Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003) The Bluebirds of Happiness Tried to Land on My Shoulder (2010) The Universe & Me (2017)
Airport 5 albums	Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001) Life Starts Here (2002)
Boston Spaceships albums	Brown Submarine (2008) The Planets are Blasted (2009) Zero to 99 (2009) Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010) Let It Beard (2011)
Lifeguards and Doug Gillard albums	Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) Mist King Urth (2003) Waving at the Astronauts (2011)
Robert Pollard side projects	In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999) Big Trouble (2000) Choreographed Man of War (2001) Calling Zero (2002) Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)
Circus Devils albums	Ringworm Interiors (2001) The Harold Pig Memorial (2002) Pinball Mars (2004) Five (2005) Sgt. Disco (2007) Ataxia (2008) Gringo (2009) Mother Skinny (2010) Capsized! (2011) When Machines Attack (2013) My Mind Has Seen the White Trick (2013) Escape (2014) Stomping Grounds (2015) Laughs Last (2017)