RE:SCORE - Guided By Voices: Forever Since Breakfast (1986)

TOTAL SCORE: 15, AVG: 2.14

Back in January of 2006 I originally reviewed this early EP and enthusiastically declared that GBV were rocking from the very beginning. Forever Since Breakfast is alright, but today it is even more clear how un-GBV it sounds. Especially in light of the hoard of releases in recent years, and where the line between Robert Pollard solo releases are blurred with GBV-proper, and how it is almost impossible to define how GBV sounds, this EP still is not that sound...

As a curiosity of how the band sounded in the early days, and to be surprised by how polished this EP appears, it is definitely worth checking out. Hunting down a copy of the Hardcore UFO's box set for solely this, however, is not recommended. 

here is the updated ranking:

Among Bob's Best
-- none

Gems

-- none

Almost Gems

-- none

They're Good

01 Land of Danger

04 Sometimes I Cry

07 The Other Place

They're OK

02 Let's Ride

05 She Wants to Know

Could Live Without

03 Like I Do

06 Fountain of Youth

Toss-Offs & Throwaways
-- none

Given the scoring above, the album would get 48 points total (and an average of 2.14).