How Do You Spell Heaven

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How Do You Spell Heaven
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
Recorded2017
StudioSerious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and The Stillwater River Lodge in Dayton, Ohio
GenreIndie rock, lo-fi
Length37:04
LabelRockathon Records
Guided by Voices chronology
August by Cake
(2017)
How Do You Spell Heaven
(2017)
Space Gun
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.4/10[2]
AllMusic[3]

How Do You Spell Heaven is the 25th album to be released by lo-fi band Guided By Voices. It was released on August 11, 2017.[4]

It was recorded and mixed by Travis Harrison at Serious Business Music, NY, and Stillwater Lodge.[5]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks written by Robert Pollard, except "Pearly Gates Smoke Machine" by Doug Gillard & Pollard.

  1. "The Birthday Democrats" – 2:30
  2. "King 007" – 2:51
  3. "Boy W" – 2:33
  4. "Steppenwolf Mausoleum" – 3:21
  5. "Cretinous Number Ones" – 1:45
  6. "They Fall Silent" – 0:55
  7. "Diver Dan" – 2:03
  8. "How to Murder a Man (In 3 Acts)" – 2:43
  9. "Pearly Gates Smoke Machine" – 4:02
  10. "Tenth Century" – 2:37
  11. "How Do You Spell Heaven" – 1:52
  12. "Paper Cutz" – 2:36
  13. "Low Flying Perfection" – 2:36
  14. "Nothing Gets You Real" – 2:23
  15. "Just to Show You" – 2:17

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "How do You Spell Heaven by Guided by Voices". Metacritic.
  2. ^ "Guided by Voices: How do You Spell Heaven". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ "How do You Spell Heaven - Guided by Voices | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Guided By Voices: How Do You Spell Heaven". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  5. ^ "Guided By Voices Database". Retrieved 2018-02-06.