Let's Welcome the Circus People

1999 studio album by Tobin Sprout
Let's Welcome the Circus People
Studio album by
Tobin Sprout
Released1999
GenreIndie, Lo-fi
LabelWigwam[1]
Tobin Sprout chronology
Moonflower Plastic
(1997)
Let's Welcome the Circus People
(1999)
Lost Planets & Phantom Voices
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Tampa Tribune[3]

Let's Welcome the Circus People is an album by the Guided by Voices member Tobin Sprout, released in 1999.[4][5]

Production

Jim Eno plays drums on three of the album's songs.[3]

Critical reception

Newsday wrote that the album "falls under the sway of a Beatles-meets-Pavement pop resonance."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Smokey Joe's Perfect Hair" – 3.40
  2. "Digging Up Wooden Teeth" – 3.57
  3. "Mayhem Stone" – 2.23
  4. "And So On" – 2.03
  5. "Making A Garden" – 2.49
  6. "Vertical Insect (The Lights Are On)" – 2.22
  7. "Maid To Order" – 3.56
  8. "Liquor Bag" – 2.47
  9. "Who's Adolescence" – 2.08
  10. "Lucifer's Flaming Hour" – 3.25
  11. "100% Delay" – 2.29
  12. "And Then The Crowd Showed Up" – 3.05

References

  1. ^ "Guided By Voices Flamboyant Careers In Alcoholism | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  2. ^ "Let's Welcome the Circus People - Tobin Sprout | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b Ross, Curtis (March 12, 1999). "Tobin Sprout, Let's Welcome the Circus People". The Tampa Tribune. Friday Extra!. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Tobin Sprout | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Ryan, Maureen (26 Feb 1999). "NEW SPROUTS". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. 3.
  6. ^ Amorim, Kevin (18 Apr 1999). "Guided by Solo Voices". Newsday. p. D23.
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