RE:SCORE - Guided By Voices: An Earful O' Wax (1993)

TOTAL SCORE: 55, AVG: 3.24

An Earful O' Wax is a greatest hits album that covered Guided By Voices' first 4 albums and 1 EP that was made in Germany. Since I've re:scored all of the albums covered in the compilation I thought I'd apply the scoring to it at well...

Based on my song rankings, I would generally swap Crux, Hey Hey Spaceman, and a couple of the other "They're Good" songs for The Tumblers (DBMT), Trap Door Soul (SB), Radio Show (SIAN), and Drinker's Peace (SPTFGS). I might throw on Club Molluska (SPTFGS) just to throw a curve-ball. Here is the updated ranking with the album the song was originally from listed (legend is below):

Among Bob's Best
-- none

Gems

01 Navigating Flood Regions (SIAN)

13 Pendulum (SPTFGS)

Almost Gems

02 Captain's Dead (DBMT)

17 Liar's Tale (SIAN)

They're Good

03 The Hard Way (SPTFGS)

06 An Earful O 'Wax (SIAN)

07 Lips of Steel (SB)

08 How Loft I Am? (SPTFGS)

09 Sometimes I Cry (FSB)

10 A Visit to the Creep Doctor (SB)

11 The Future is in Eggs (SIAN)

12 The Great Blake Street Canoe Race (SIAN)

14 Long Distance Man (SB)

15 Old Battery (DBMT)

16 The Other Place (FSB)

They're OK

04 Crux (DBMT)

05 Hey Hey Spaceman (DBMT)

Could Live Without

-- none

Toss-Offs & Throwaways
-- none

Given the scoring above, the compilation album would get 55 points total (and an average of 3.24).

Legend:

FSB - Forever Since Breakfast (1986)

DBMT - Devil Between My Toes (1987)

SB - Sandbox (1987)

SIAN - Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989)

SPTFGS - Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)