Fiction Man

2004 studio album by Robert Pollard
Fiction Man
Studio album by
Robert Pollard
Released2004
GenreIndie rock
LabelFading Captain Series
ProducerTodd Tobias
Robert Pollard chronology
Motel of Fools (EP)
(2003)
Fiction Man
(2004)
From a Compound Eye
(2006)

Fiction Man is the fourth solo studio album by American indie rock musician Robert Pollard, released in 2004. The songs recorded for this album were written during the same time as the material for Guided by Voices' 2003 release Earthquake Glue. Producer Todd Tobias plays almost every instrument on the album.[1] This album marks a producing relationship between Pollard and Todd Tobias that would continue with Robert's future solo albums, including From a Compound Eye, Normal Happiness and others.

Track listing

  1. "Run Son Run"
  2. "I Expect a Kill"
  3. "Sea of Dead"
  4. "Children Come On"
  5. "The Louis Armstrong of Rock and Roll"
  6. "Losing Usage"
  7. "Built to Improve"
  8. "Paradise Style"
  9. "Conspiracy of Owls"
  10. "It's Only Natural"
  11. "Trial of Affliction and Light Sleeping"
  12. "Every Word in the World"
  13. "Night of the Golden Underground"
  14. "Their Biggest Win"

References

  1. ^ Fiction Man liner notes
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Guided by Voices
  • Robert Pollard
  • Doug Gillard
  • Mark Shue
  • Bobby Bare Jr.
  • Kevin March
Studio albums
EPsLive albums
  • Live from Austin, TX (2007)
Compilation albums
  • The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003)
  • Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007)
  • Scalping the Guru (2022)
Box sets
  • Box (1995)
  • Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000)
  • Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003)
  • Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005)
  • Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009)
  • Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
Robert Pollard
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Doug Gillard albumsRobert Pollard side projects
Circus Devils albums
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