“Guided By Voices' classic record gets a makeover on this vinyl-only release. The new album includes the original 33-track sequence for Bee Thousand, another record's-worth of tracks that weren't initially included but eventually made their way onto the LP, and The Grand Hour and I Am a Scientist EPs.”
“Late in Bee Thousand, Guided by Voices singer/songwriter Robert Pollard provides a skeleton key to his remarkable music. "I am a pharmacist, prescriptions I will fill you," he sings, "potions, pills and medicines to ease your painful lives." It’s no empty boast — the stately little hymn "I Am a Scientist" and the 19 other […]”
