Cool Planet

Cool Planet is the 22nd album by Ohio-based group, Guided by Voices. It was the final album by the band[7] before their 2016 reformation. It was released in the United States on May 13, 2014, on the band's own label, Guided by Voices Inc.[8] It was released in the UK a few days later, May 19, on Fire Records.[9]

Cool Planet
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	May 13, 2014
Recorded	2014
Studio	Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio
Genre	Indie rock
Length	36:28
Label	Guided by Voices Inc. / Fire Records
Producer	Robert Pollard
Guided by Voices chronology
Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) Cool Planet (2014) Please Be Honest (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
MusicOMH	[4]
Paste	7.0/10[5]
Pitchfork	6.2/10[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Pollard, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Authoritarian Zoo"	2:22
2.	"Fast Crawl"	1:42
3.	"Psychotic Crush" (Tobin Sprout)	1:23
4.	"Costume Makes the Man" (R. Pollard/Greg Demos)	2:04
5.	"Hat of Flames"	1:32
6.	"These Dooms"	2:00
7.	"Table at Fool's Tooth"	1:21
8.	"All American Boy" (Sprout)	3:45
9.	"You Get Every Game"	2:08
10.	"Pan Swimmer"	1:02
11.	"The Bone Church" (Sprout/Mitch Mitchell)	2:15
12.	"Bad Love Is Easy to Do"	2:05
13.	"The No Doubters"	2:37
14.	"Narrated by Paul" (Sprout)	1:06
15.	"Cream of Lung"	1:14
16.	"Males of Wormwood Mars"	2:53
17.	"Ticket to Hide" (Sprout)	3:04
18.	"Cool Planet"	1:55
Total length:		36:28

Charts

Chart performance for Cool Planet

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	7

References

1. "Cool Planet Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
2. Deming, Mark. "Cool Planet - Guided by Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
3. Barakat, Fariah (May 15, 2014). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
4. Kilby, Dylan (May 19, 2014). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
5. Martin, Garrett (2014-05-13). "Guided by Voices: Cool Planet Review". Paste. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
6. Heller, Jason (2014-05-13). "Guided By Voices: Motivational Jumpsuit". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
7. Pelly, Jenn (2014-09-18). "Guided By Voices Break Up (Again)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
8. "Guided By Voices Database". Retrieved 2014-07-28.
9. "Guided By Voices' New Album 'Cool Planet' Due Out 19 May 2014". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
10. "Guided by Voices Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2020.